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That's ok to some.
Do you also thank god I work with kids, and influence them? Some of my nieces and nephews were able to abandon religion with my help. I have a way of priming young minds to ask serious questions, the sort of questions that religion tends to not survive.
That's cool. But to myself, and many more than you realize, children are a burden, a curse, and way too much what other people expect of us instead of what we want for ourselves.
I'm an Aussie mate. Though I suppose we do resemble our Brit brothers quite a bit. And our history is pretty much unique to just us. It's weird.
Where was I inaccurate?
You just said it was the mother's job while the father goes out and does other stuff.
Yes, children abandoned by messed up heteros will finally be able to be loved like they should.
It's biblical, too. Honor thy father and mother or they will shank yo' butt.
I was rereading Mark for a book I'm writing. Mark has Jesus talk about a sower of seeds who doesn't know how plants grow. This is our God, ladies and gentlemen: "I just go with it. Who cares how it works?"
I do. Anyone who rescues children from abusers is a saint in my book. No one ever rescued us. <3
I don't think there is any evidence that child abuse of any sort has been linked directly with homosexuality, and especially sexual abuse. From what I have seen, not recent I will admit, there are more indications that it is something that one tends to be born with - for whatever reasons. But I wouldn't discount early experiences, like mine, having an effect - for some. The fact that it might have a genetic basis might be strengthened by the fact that homosexual behaviour is rather common in many animal species.
List of animals displaying homosexual behavior - Wikipedia
I'm not in any way qualified to say what goes on in the animal world, but it might just be genetically passed on, as it might be in humans. You can tell the difference? Imprinting has nothing to do with any mechanism that might cause an abused child to be altered by any sexual abuse. they are probably long past any stage where imprinting would have any effect. Do you know anything about imprinting? There is usually a window of opportunity (age range) for such to take effect and outside of this it has no effect.
Uhh when discussing the affects of imprinting on sexually abused children the actual discussion tends to be about explaining sexual offenders, as in sex crimes perpetrated by previously abused individuals or even an unhealthy understanding of relationships in general (with regards to expectations or even consent.) Usually through a combination of....."complications" let's say.
Sometimes statements in generalities lead to wrong conclusions. Some, many, most psychologists and psychiatrists may have abandoned the "learned" many have not.