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Childhood sexual abuse is likely the most common cause of homosexual disoriented self-misidentification. Children are deeply traumatized by sexual abuse and this trauma often results in the adoption of a [[ABC_Theory_of_Emotion#Homosexual_Lifestyle|homosexual lifestyle]] as an adult. A review of the autobiographies of “gay” leaders is enough to confirm this assertion. A large number of them report homosexual molestation by an adult during their childhood or early adolescence, from the German “grandfather of the ‘gay’ movement,” [[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], to the father of the American “gay” movement, [[Harry Hay]], and many of the leading activists of the past half-century. Significantly, however, in the case of many of those who do later adopt a homosexual pseudoidentity, these early sexual encounters are not characterized as abuse or molestation, but more often as “consensual” sex.

Childhood sexual abuse is likely the most common cause of homosexual disoriented self-misidentification. Children are deeply traumatized by sexual abuse and this trauma often results in the adoption of a [[ABC_Theory_of_Emotion#Homosexual_Lifestyle|homosexual lifestyle]] as an adult. A review of the autobiographies of “gay” leaders is enough to confirm this assertion. A large number of them report homosexual molestation by an adult during their childhood or early adolescence, from the German “grandfather of the ‘gay’ movement,” [[Karl Heinrich Ulrichs]], to the father of the American “gay” movement, [[Harry Hay]], and many of the leading activists of the past half-century. Significantly, however, in the case of many of those who do later adopt a homosexual pseudoidentity, these early sexual encounters are not characterized as abuse or molestation, but more often as “consensual” sex.

While abuse is a common factor in male homosexuality, the correlation of [[Child molestation|childhood sexual molestation]] with adult [[lesbianism]] is almost universal, and that of many people who have ministered to or professionally observed women who misidentify themselves as lesbians. In their cases, however, the molestations are far more often perpetrated by men than by women and are almost never later characterized as consensual. Virtually every lesbian [[Scott Lovely|Lovely]] have ever known personally was sexually molested by a man when she was a child or early adolescent. In fact, it is not unreasonable to define these women’s later adult lesbianism as a retreat from the company of men.

While abuse is a common factor in male homosexuality, the correlation of [[Child molestation|childhood sexual molestation]] with adult [[lesbianism]] is almost universal, and that of many people who have ministered to or professionally observed women who misidentify themselves as lesbians. In their cases, however, the molestations are far more often perpetrated by men than by women and are almost never later characterized as consensual. Virtually every lesbian [[Scott Lively|Lively]] have ever known personally was sexually molested by a man when she was a child or early adolescent. In fact, it is not unreasonable to define these women’s later adult lesbianism as a retreat from the company of men.

The Greek legend of the Island of [[Lesbos]] lends credence to this conclusion: Lesbos was a female sanctuary where men were not allowed. Such sanctuary communities are not uncommon even today.

The Greek legend of the Island of [[Lesbos]] lends credence to this conclusion: Lesbos was a female sanctuary where men were not allowed. Such sanctuary communities are not uncommon even today.