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In reply to the discussion: Are Boy Scout abusers necessarily Gay? [View all]obamanut2012
(29,511 posts)10. None are gay -- they are pedophiles
None are straight -- they are pedophiles.
None are bisexual -- they are pedophiles.
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If a person is attracted to prepubescent or young adolescents, they are a pedophile
Fresh_Start
Oct 2012
#4
As a lesbian, I'm totally aware of how others and some in the media portray us
justiceischeap
Oct 2012
#28
Of course not. But you already knew that, and you have research capablities
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#16
I woman FB friend of mine posts on about every pro-choice, birth control, "legitimate rape"
brewens
Oct 2012
#19
Being nosey, I looked through about 50 of these reports the other day and 'homosexual' is
CurtEastPoint
Oct 2012
#21
Men who are heterosexual and are pedophiles sometimes abuse girls, sometimes boys
gollygee
Oct 2012
#25
There was a study that was published in 1988, although I don't think the numbers have changed
Aristus
Oct 2012
#29
To be "gay" is to participate in sexual intercourse with others of the same gender. n/t
sharkman25
Oct 2012
#31
To be gay is to have affection and romantic attraction to adults of the same gender
gollygee
Oct 2012
#36
Actually, that's not correct. Being "gay" is much more than sexual intercourse.
yardwork
Oct 2012
#37
People might have sex for reasons other than affections and passions being stirred
gollygee
Oct 2012
#44
This OP is extremely offensive. Gay people are no more likely to be pedophiles than straight people.
yardwork
Oct 2012
#35
PEDOPHILIA IS NOT HOMOSEXUALITY! Does anybody know anything anymore? n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#46