So you're saying the childhood sexual abuse of him as a boy by a man had nothing to do with his gay promiscuous sexual behavior as a adult?
yeah, pretty much.
Most people I knew who were abused sexually as children actually were pretty hung up about sex.
Most people you know... hmmm well there you have it. Shut down the research facilities. "JoeB" has spoken!
Interestingly, researchers have been trying to add the psychological signs of childhood sexual abuse to the DSM, but have been disallowed by the audited-group-think gang at the APA...I guess if it was pointed out that these symptoms are indications of childhood sexual abuse, there might be a line drawn between adults who behave this way and an environmental causal agent. Can't have that happening...
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Psychosocial Indicators of Child Sexual Abuse
Comparable efforts to identify the psychosocial indicators of child sexual abuse have been made by mental health professionals. In 1985, 100 national experts in sexual abuse met to develop criteria for the "Sexually Abused Child Disorder," in the hope that it would be included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Three-Revised (DSMIII-R). It was not, but the effort remains important. The criteria of the "Sexually Abused Child Disorder" differentiate three levels of certainty (high, medium, and low) and vary by developmental stage. These criteria include both sexual and nonsexual indicators.
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Sexual Indicators Found in Younger Children...
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Sexual interaction with other people.
Sexual aggression toward younger or more naive children (represents an identification with the abuser).
Sexual activity with peers (indicates the child probably experienced a degree of pleasure from the abusive activity).
Sexual invitations or gestures to older persons (suggests the child expects and accepts sexual activity as a way of relating to adults).
Sexual interactions involving animals or toys.
A child may be observed sucking a dog's penis.
A child makes "Barbieâ„¢
* dolls" engage in oral sex...
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Sexual Indicators Found in Older Children
As children mature, they become aware of societal responses to their sexual activity, and therefore overt sexual interactions of the type cited above are less common. Moreover, some level of sexual activity is considered normal for adolescents. However, there are three sexual indicators that
may signal sexual abuse.
sexual promiscuity among girls,
being sexually victimized by peers or nonfamily members among girls, and
adolescent prostitution.
Of these three indicators, the last is most compelling.
One study found that 90 percent of female adolescent prostitutes were sexually abused.62 Although there has not been comparable research on male adolescent prostitutes, there are clinical observations that they become involved in prostitution because of sexual abuse.
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Hmmm a complete vacuum of research done on male survivors of childhood sexual abuse...I wonder why that would be?.... Maybe CQR wouldn't approve of or fund such research because those conclusions might have to be "audited" ...
ATLANTA [2005 Clinical Psychiatry News] -- Substance abuse is pervasive among gay men and is so intricately intertwined with epidemics of depression, partner abuse, and childhood sexual abuse that adequately addressing one issue requires attention to the others as well, said Ronald Stall, Ph.D., chief of prevention research for the division of HIV/AIDS prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta...