Re: Fearing the queers?

From this -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rind_et_al._controversy

A study published in The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice attempted to replicate the Rind study, correcting for methodological and statistical problems identified by Dallam and others. It supported some of the Rind findings, both with respect to the percentage of variance in later psychological outcomes accounted for by sexual abuse and in relation to the finding that there was a gender difference in the experience of child sexual abuse, such that females reported more negative effects. However it also acknowledged the limitations of the findings (college student sample, self-report data), and did not endorse Rind's recommendation to abandon the use of the term 'child sexual abuse' in cases of apparent consent in favor of the term 'adult-child sex'. In their conclusion, the authors address the objection that Rind's work and their own would give support to those who deny that child sexual abuse can cause harm: "The authors of the current research would hesitate to support such a general statement. Instead, our results, and the results of the Rind et al. meta-analysis, can be interpreted as providing a hopeful and positive message to therapists, parents, and children. Child sexual abuse does not necessarily lead to long-term harm."

Whilst it may be true that such sexual relationships will not inevitably be viewed as abuse subsequently I think the very nature of development within those early years will have a marked affect on how some will see their relationships and like a mother who never sees anything bad in her offspring so this can occur with regards towards those in such relationships. There is much controversy about the methods and results of the Rind report it seems also.