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Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
Are there any Glenn Beck/Libertarian/LGBTQueer supporters that would like to come forward and speak for Beck as to why Carson's statement was ridiculous?
1: Where are the stats for straight people coming out of jail gay?
Is a future POTUS really going to rely on anecdotal hearsay in making presidential decisions?
Ben Carson: Many prisoners go in straight, come out gay
"Many inmates who identify as heterosexual change their sexual habits while in prison, possibly as a victim or perpetrator of abuse or due to lack of access to the opposite sex, said Christopher Hensley, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga criminal justice professor. But a change in sexual behavior does not necessarily equate to a change in sexual orientation.
Hensley recently authored a study that he said is one of the first to examine a shift in sexual orientation in prisons. He and his co-author questioned 142 prisoners at a maximum-security facility in the South about their sexual orientation. They found that of the sample, 24 men changed sexual orientation while incarcerated.
Of those 24, 18 changed from straight to bisexual, three changed from bisexual to straight, and one each changed from bisexual to gay, gay to bisexual, and gay to straight....
It’s possible that people go into prison unaware of their sexuality, and then once they are exposed to homosexual behavior as an inmate, they realize that they are gay or bisexual, Helen Eigenberg, who also studies prison sexuality as a professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, said in an interview with PolitiFact. This isn’t necessarily captured in Hensley’s research, she said.
Eigenberg added that sometimes victims of sexual abuse -- in prisons that can mean gang rape, prostitution or other forms of coercion --
are sometimes confused. They might think that just because they played a role in a homosexual act, they are now gay, which is not necessarily true."
Read more:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...rson-many-prisoners-go-straight-come-out-gay/
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/fischer/150306
I couldn't agree more with the last statement made by Helen Eigenberg (who undoubtedly is a liberal and didn't know that she stepped on her own tongue when she made that statement).
Let's rephrase what she just said:
'Victims (i.e. children) of sexual abuse are sometimes confused (drop the sometimes, they're totally confused because their innocence has been destroyed and their outlook on normal human sexuality has been severely damaged). They might think that just because they played a role in a homosexual act, they are now gay, which is not necessarily true.'
2: Clearly some people do seem to think that they can choose which sex floats their boat, you being a prime example of such a person aCW.
I don't understand it personally but I am happy to accept your word for this, presumably from your own personal experience. :e4e:
So, for you, and those like you aCW, perhaps a period in jail may indeed lead them to a gay experience that they choose to carry on with when outside? :idunno:
However, unlike you aCW, and those like you, most people really don't have that choice, yes really it's true. It would therefore be truly ridiculous for them to even contemplate the very idea of choosing a sexual orientation, but not you obviously... :think:
We're all made in God's image Al, i.e. we come out of the womb with normal sexual desires ( even though your LGBTQueer movement has spent millions and millions trying to find that coveted 'gay gene', they'll never find it because it doesn't exist). I was fortunate that I grew up in an environment that didn't damage my normal sexual desires.
Your turn Al: What happened in your life that caused you to defend perversion?
