30 Nov 05
Originally posted by lucifershammerSo says the RCC. Not those who study mental pathologies...
The strong correlation between ephebophily and homosexual orientation is a good reason to ban active homosexuals from seminaries and, hence, the priesthood.
"Ephebophilia
Ephebophilia, also known as hebephilia, is the condition in which adults are dependent on the sexual attraction to postpubescent adolescents. Pederasty refers to attraction toward male adolescents. Attraction to female adolescents is sometimes referred to as "Lolita syndrome" or "Lolita Complex" (an equivalent term for males is the uncommon "Shota Complex"😉. These terms are used in contrast with pedophilia; however pedophilia is sometimes used more broadly in the western world to describe both ephebophilia and attraction to younger children, i.e. any person younger than the legal age of consent.
Sexual desires including youths are common among adults with a heterosexual or homosexual orientation, though their attraction is not specifically to persons that young. Only when it is a specific and exclusive attraction, is it labeled ephebophilia as a sexual condition or orientation. It should also be noted that unlike pedophilia, attraction to adolescents has never been regarded by psychologists as pathological. In fact, it has often been considered normative in some societies, such as those in which adolescent girls have been married to adult men. Nonetheless, it is often illegal for adults to act on an attraction to adolescents below a certain age, and such activity is disapproved of in many societies."
[From http://www.measuroo.com/Leg-P/Pedophilia.php ]
30 Nov 05
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Originally posted by echeceroCorrection: The strong correlation between actual abuse of postpubescent boys by men* and homosexual orientation is a good reason to ban active homosexuals from seminaries and, hence, the priesthood.
So says the RCC. Not those who study mental pathologies...
"Ephebophilia
Ephebophilia, also known as hebephilia, is the condition in which adults are dependent on the sexual attraction to postpubescent adolescents. Pederasty refers to attraction toward male adolescents. Attraction to female adolescents is sometimes referred to as "Lolita syndrome" ...[text shortened]... ity is disapproved of in many societies."
[From http://www.measuroo.com/Leg-P/Pedophilia.php ]
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* regardless of whether the abuser is exclusively attracted to postpubescent boys or boys & men.
30 Nov 05
Originally posted by lucifershammerSo basically, you are claiming a strong correlation between homosexuality and homosexuality!
Correction: The strong correlation between actual abuse of postpubescent boys by men* and homosexual orientation is a good reason to ban active homosexuals from seminaries and, hence, the priesthood.
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* regardless of whether the abuser is exclusively attracted to postpubescent boys or boys & men.
Wow.
Stop the presses - this is amazing!
30 Nov 05
Originally posted by lucifershammerSince we mean homosexual men in this context (there being no priestesses), I think that this correlation gains nothing: a man who is attracted to males is going to be termed a homosexual. A man who sexually abuses postpubescent boys is clearly going to be termed a homosexual.
Correction: The strong correlation between actual abuse of postpubescent boys* and homosexual orientation is a good reason to ban active homosexuals from seminaries and, hence, the priesthood.
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* regardless of whether the abuser is exclusively attracted to postpubescent boys or boys & men.
The important question is whether there is a correlation between men who engage in (or wish to engage in) homosexual relations with other adult males and men who sexually abuse postpubescent boys.
Why is this the important question? Because if no such correlation exists, then banning all homosexuals isn't effectively combatting the problem, and actually changes nothing.
Can you provide any evidence of either your suggested correlation or the one that I have posited? Further, is there any evidence of a causal relationship?
30 Nov 05
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Originally posted by lucifershammerHrm. I don't know about that. I believe there to be a strong correlation between unmarried adult clergy and priests who sexually abuse children.... :-)
Good. At least one less person will bring up the old argument about married priests being the solution to abuse scandals.
30 Nov 05
Originally posted by lucifershammerThat may be. Of course, the percentages of homosexuals who abuse children seem to be the same as that of heterosexuals.
Exactly the same percentage as that of married men who abuse children.
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsabuse1.htm#25
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_chil.htm
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Sexual_abuse_an_overview?OpenDocument
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html
It appears that the actual issue is whether homosexual men should be allowed to be priests and the only actual basis that should be used to determine that is the fact of homosexuality, since that is the only defining factor. Banning them based on the rate of child abuse, which seems to be on par with married men and unmarried clergy seems to indicate that we would need to change to women, since they seem to be the only group with a statistically smaller rate of abuse (although that seems to be uncertain, since it hasn't been studied as much).