Posted on 03/02/2005 8:15:06 AM PST by DBeers
CHICAGO - Every year, 1% of Illinois foster and subsidized-adoption children are molested and 3% are physically abused, according to an article published in the peer-reviewed publication, Psychological Reports.More startling, perhaps, is that--over a six-year period--34% of the sexual molestations of these Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS)-placed girls and boys were homosexual in nature, committed by the persons approved as parents by DCFS.
In 2004, DCFS Spokesman Marjorie Newman told IllinoisLeader.com that DCFS does not "discriminate based on gender, race, sexual orientation, sexual preference. There is no law that says that a gay or lesbian person cannot adopt."
The March issue of Psychological Reports published 1997-2002 data analyzed by Dr. Paul Cameron, chairman of the Colorado-based Family Research Institute, a pro-family organization.
“It is likely that these rates apply to the nation’s estimated half million foster children,” he said. “What’s shocking, is that 34% of the molestations were homosexual.”
The DCFS information shows that 69% of sexual abuse by mothers was of their foster or subsidized-adoptive daughters. In contrast, 14% of the sexual abuse by fathers was of their foster or subsidized-adoptive sons.
“These new Illinois findings also suggest that a child’s risk of being molested is considerably higher when their parent engages in homosexuality,” according to Cameron.
According to the study, “Estimates of the proportion of adults who have engaged in homosexual sex in the past 12 months vary. The 1996 National Household Survey of Drug Abuse/CDC study estimated that 1.2% of those aged 18 to 59 reported sex with a member of their sex [no age specified] in the past 12 months, other estimates put the number at around 2-3%.”
Based on responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by IllinoisLeader.com last year, the information provided by DCFS seems to indicate that most sexual abuse of children was by foster fathers, but that foster mothers were responsible for over three-fourths of physical abuse.
Cameron's point is not that heterosexual abuse of children does not occur in the foster care setting but rather that homosexual abuse is disproportionate to their percentage in the general population.
“Professional societies are so taken with gay rights they are ignoring the evidence," said Cameron. "Just last year, the American Psychological Association (APA) declared opposition to ‘discrimination against lesbian or gay parents adoption, child custody and visitation, foster care and reproductive health services.'"
Cameron added, “How does the APA answer this new evidence?"
According to Cameron, Illinois was the first state to disclose these details about the abuse of its foster and adoptive children.
Every year, Illinois has about 60,000 children in 4,300 foster or adoption-subsidized homes.
For the 6-year period, after DCFS investigation, 966 parents were determined to have violated their charges. Of foster parents who engaged in both physical and sexual abuse, 8 of the 15 abused children of their sex.
According to a DCFS spokesman, the agency does not track the sexual orientation of prospective foster or adoptive parents. "We track our foster and adoptive parents on the basis of their being single or married. That’s it."
DCFS declined to speculate as to whether this information would lead the agency to reconsider its policies and procedures.
In other words either there are a huge number of abusive lesbian foster mothers, or the figures quoted in the article are wrong.
Anecdotal evidence, but evidence just the same:
An excerpt from "Meet 'Women's Auxiliary of NAMBLA'"
Underestimated problem
How prevalent is pedophilia among women?
Hampton says that he gets an average of more than 200 reports related to female pedophilia on the Internet each day, including websites, message boards and other forums.
It's growing, he says of the presence of female pedophilia on the Web, though sites related to male pedophilia are increasing at about 10 times the rate.
"But I was surprised that this was even an issue," he said of female pedophilia. "It's been since about two years ago that we've found it to be quite prevalent."
Linda Halliday-Sumner, a sexual abuse consultant in Courtenay, B.C., Canada, told WND that when she first began in 1980, about 1.5 percent of her cases were women who abuse minors. Within six years that increased to 11 to 13 percent. In the last 10 years, she said, at least 33 percent of her 325 cases a year have been women.
"It is very underreported," she said of the incidences of abuse by females. "When it is reported it's often dismissed or laughed at as not being serious. Motherhood and apple pie, you know – we don't do that sort of thing."
Much of the opposition has been from women's groups.
"I have been strongly attacked and criticized because I've spoken out about female offenders," she said..."
Within the homosexual community, perhaps many more 'lesbians' than 'gays' apply to be foster or adoptive parents. It would be interesting to know what the actual numbers are.
I just noticed your conclusion is flawed in that you assume that the overall homosexual 34% comprised of males and females is distributed the same as the incidence of male and female sexual abuse of foster or subsidized-adoptive children which is incidently not stated as homosexual in nature (could be a composite).
No, I didn't make that assumption. Not making that assumption is what my analysis was all about. Note that F and M are not the numbers of male and female foster parents, but the numbers of acts of sexual abuse committed by each of these groups. So the equation you question is correct, based on the figures given in the article.
I find none of this surprising and fully expect the MSM to IGNORE it.
Yup -now that I read it again, you are right. So the conclusions will anger both homosexual activists and radical feminists...
As far as the media, you're right. But it isn't ONLY the media. This DCFS and many in other states, place the children with homosexuals, saying they can't discriminate. In MA, there is a percentage that must be placed in homosexual homes. The APA is opening stating they should be allowed to adopt. Media is only part of the problem, a big part yes.
"In my opinion -even if one is just a recreational homosexual they suffer from the homosexual disorder..."
And you would be right! Also, if any homosexual sexually abuses a child, they are called a molestor, not a pediphile. Even if it's a child of the same sex, and NEVER called a homosexual if the same is true! They ARE ALL 3!
They don't have any choice but to put kids with single parents, both because it would be illegally discriminatory not to, and because there are nowhere near enough two parent homes willing to take in foster children. In fact, there aren't nearly enough homes of any kind.
In many cases, they probably don't have partners. Many pedophiles, regardless of orientation, are single and heavily focused on their activities with children.
Despite their claims, none of what the APA votes on or approves is based on sound science or study. Its all leftist ideology at the social level.
"however, the disproportinate numbers could supposedly be due to women (mothers) being the primary care givers with more contact time with the children (eg. stay at home moms)..."
Yes but I believe that also includes physical abuse, not just sexual.
No. The problem is the way it is written. Perhaps intentionally. It did not say that 69% of the abuse was by mothers and 14% by fathers. There could have been 10,000 cases of abuse by fathers and 14% of those 10,000 cases was of their foster sons. There might have only been 20 cases of abuse by mothers as contrasted with the thousands by fathers.
Somehow I think the MSM doesn't want to acknowledge that thousands of gays are abusing young boys.They don't want you to know the true incidence of this abuse - hence they provide confusing statistics.
Attraction to adolescents. It really is significantly different from adults who enjoy terrorizing uncomprehending toddlers with their assaults. With an adolescent, the child may actually be enjoying it at the time, and in some cases may have initiated the "relationship" and/or eagerly seek to continue it. It rarely involves physical violence or threats by the adult. This makes it a lot easier for the adult to convince him/herself that it's all really consensual, and therefore okay. A guy who rapes 5 year old girls is very different from a male middle school teacher who has affairs with eager 12 or 13 year old students. Both wrong, but very different.
I see. Funny isn't it, how the court says they aren't accountably mature enough to get the death penalty, but apparently are to know their sexual orientation.
But it did say 34% of the sexual abuse committed by both fathers and mothers was homosexual in nature, with figures of 14% and 69% for fathers and mothers individually. Using a little algebra I was able to show that this implies that 74% of the homosexual abuse was by mothers.
If I took your figures, there would be 1400 cases of homosexual abuse committed by fathers (14% of 10000) and about 14 committed by mothers (69% of 20). Then the combined percentage of homosexual abuse cases would be 1414/10020 or roughly 14.1%.
But the article says that 34% of all abuse cases were homosexual in nature. Either the figures in the article or wrong or more women must be abusing foster daughters.
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