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2023-08-26 02:52:06 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

False. The study found 14% of abuse cases were fathers abusing males. The 53% figure includes the 39% of cases of mothers abusing girls: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15825933/ The study's author Paul Cameron is criticised for attributing all same-sex sex abuse to homosexuals, even if abusers are heterosexual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cameron#Claims_of_linkage_between_homosexuality_and_child_sex_abuse https://lgbpsychology.org/html/facts_molestation.html

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• False. The study found 14% of abuse cases were fathers abusing males. The 53% figure includes the 39% of cases of mothers abusing girls: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15825933/ The study's author Paul Cameron is criticised for attributing all same-sex sex abuse to homosexuals, even if abusers are heterosexual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cameron#Claims_of_linkage_between_homosexuality_and_child_sex_abuse https://lgbpsychology.org/html/facts_molestation.html