I just want to point out- after literally dozens of Elektra's posts in this thread- the 'citation' she has provided- is the one I provided.
And which she proceeds to lie about.
There is nothing in Dr. Hall's article about homosexual families- not one mention.
But Elektra blatantly lies and says that there is- is she a pathological liar- is she unable to control herself?
I did not provide that link, you did? Now you are upset when it states, that families without fathers are at a greater risk of men attacking the children?
The word 'father' is used three times in the article- all right here:
A significant number of fathers in the mgroup were absent for at least 3 years before the child
turned 16 years old. The fathers themselves tended to be of lower socioeconomic and educational levels than controls,
but this finding was not statistically significant probably
because a substantial amount of data were missing concerning the absentee fathers.
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What does 'not statistically significant' mean Elektra? It means that number cannot be considered va
And where does it say anything about 'homosexual families'?
The study says among other factors:
- Lower education of parents- do you think we should prevent lower educated people from marrying?
- Higher rates with single parents- do you think we should take children away from single parents?
- Children of divorced parents might have a higher rate of abuse- should we eliiminate divorce?
What you ignore is what ignore is the elephant in the room.
That according to the data of Dr. Hall's(Table 2) are the cold facts:
Girls are molested between 69% and 90% of the time
Family members are responsible between 49% and 24% of the time.
Men are the molesters between 88% and 97% of the time.
68% of child molesters had molested a family member
30% had molested a step child, adopted child or foster child
19% had molested one of their own biological children
And yet you argue- the danger is 'gay men adopting'
So here is the thing- statistically- the danger is men.
Not gay men- not straight men- men. If every gay man in America disappeared tomorrow there would still be boys being assaulted in America.
IF the criteria for adoption was to prevent children from being sexually assaulted- then lesbian couples should have a priority-
Followed by single females who promised never to marry, or have boyfriends in the house.
But that is not the criteria we follow- and thank god- because we have children who need to be adopted.
We should encourage responsible persons who want to be adoptive parents, who can pass stringent screenings to adopt.
And yes- men should require not only more screening- but more follow up visits- whether they adopt boys or girls.