Ha. Ha ha ha. HA HA HA HA HA!
/deep breath
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Tee hee. Hee hee. Hee!
Stupid homophobic motherfuckers! (headline):
Child Abuse Rate At Zero Percent In Lesbian Households, New Report Finds
Hee hee hee!
Los Angeles, CA -- The Williams Institute, a research center on sexual orientation law and public policy at UCLA School of Law, has announced new findings from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), the longest-running study ever conducted on American lesbian families (now in its 24th year). In an article published today in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, the 17-year-old daughters and sons of lesbian mothers were asked about sexual abuse, sexual orientation, and sexual behavior.
The paper found that none of the 78 NLLFS adolescents reports having ever been physically or sexually abused by a parent or other caregiver. This contrasts with 26 percent of American adolescents who report parent or caregiver physical abuse and 8.3 percent who report sexual abuse.
Now, seriously, both physical abuse and sexual abuse are no laughing matter. We all know that. But as we also know, being gay does not mean that you're a pedophile or that you're a rage-o-holic, which are equally terribly insulting and cringe-worthy comparisons.
And I don't know about you, but I was in a loving, lesbian relationship for 4 years and not only did it not scare my child, but my child is still ridiculously close to my ex-partner. She always will be, I think. (I hope.) She loves D and considers her a parent, which is the way it should be.
Little Shiz never gave two little shits that I was with a woman; she grew up knowing that it was not only normal, but cool. And even though D and I couldn't make it work romantically, we're still wonderfully close and care for Little Shiz together quite frequently.
It's good. It's stable. And Little Shiz has nothing but benefited greatly from having D in her life, in all honesty. D may be a good friend to me, but she's an even better parent to Little Shiz.
So this report tickles me to stiches. I see it as justification and rationalization for gay parenting of either gender, and a hearty, full-throated endorsement at that. 78 kids in that study and not a one can say that they've been physically and/or sexual abused.
That makes me happy. That makes me want to find out every popular homophobe's contact information, and e-mail them with this article attached, and tell them all to suck it!
Also:
According to the authors, "the absence of child abuse in lesbian mother families is particularly noteworthy, because victimization of children is pervasive and its consequences can be devastating. To the extent that our findings are replicated by other researchers, these reports from adolescents with lesbian mothers have implications for healthcare professionals, policymakers, social service agencies, and child protection experts who seek family models in which violence does not occur."
WOOT! TEH GAY IN DA HOUZ!