HuffPo: Child Abuse Rate At Zero Percent In Lesbian Households, New Report Finds

[Courtesy Flush]

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.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/lesbians-child-abuse-0-percent_n_781624.html

[Ian David]

1. No demographic group REALLY has ZERO abuse. They need a bigger sample pool.

In any case, these results are encouraging, because it looks like lesbian households have A LOT LESS abuse than "regular" households.

[Courtesy Flush]

3. I agree

I am a CPS worker, and I winced a little at that "zero." The only demographic with zero child abuse is people with no access to children.

[Nikia]

8. My sister's boyfriend was physically abused by his mother's female partner

The relationship ended after a few years. The partner ended up abandoning her own daughter, which my sister's boyfriend's mother ended up adopting. I have no doubt that the partner's behavior is much rarer than women in relationships with men, but it can happen.

[Scuba]

2. Love is where you find it. n/t

[a la izquierda]

4. there was zero physical/sexual abuse in my house

my mom didn't even raise a hand to us. she was strict and a little nuts sometimes, but she also has two of three well-adjusted, normal daughters (my middle sister is off the ranch).

[pipoman]

5. ..

:popcorn:

[stray cat]

6. And there are no homosexuals in iran. Bad science is bad science whether or not you like the result

[Bill McBlueState]

9. is it bad science or bad headline-writing?

I couldn't tell.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. If my niece is any example, lesbian couples have to work very hard to keep their kids

They are under an extended family, school and social microscope.