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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't believe a 0 rate.

I will say, that I have heard that lesbians have some of the worst divorces because women can be very emotionally manipulative. And now there's two of them.

Edit: reading through the article it states that they're reporting on whether the children have been exposed to that sort of violence between their parents. Which adds another layer, maybe women are less inclined to be physically / sexually violent in front of their kids?

Edit edit: best I suppose if you're a solicitor who does divorces. Good for business.

[–]asteria2002 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh you are definantly a moid. Women aren't more emotional abusive than men. Fuck off. And you "heard" it lol. Moids are so illogical. What about checking if it is true? moids lie about women all the time.

[–]reader 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Study is not about abuse in lesbian households, but particularly about abuse of children and is not only believable but obvious. Lesbian couples don't have random unwanted pregnancies, rush pregnancies, pregnancies where one side tricks the other by messing with anti-conception. To have children require conscious decision, planing, financial stability, effort and cooperation of both partners. And all that eliminate a lot of irresponsible or mentally and emotionally unstable people.

[–]lovelyspearmint 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't believe the zero percent, but it's a hell of a lot less likely to happen in a gay/lesbian house as opposed to opposite sex ones where it's possible to have 'mistake' and unwanted kids.

[–]Shales123[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There are severely fucked up people in world who plan their pregnancies but still abuse their kids just for shits and giggles...lesbians are human and capable of psychopathy just like everyone else

[–]Shales123[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

My thought, is that, while statistucs do show that women are less likely to be sexually and physically abusive, lesbians are human like everyone else, and there are narcissistic, emotionally abusive lesbians out there. It could be that lesbians face more obstacles in order to get into a stable long term relationship, so maybe lesbian couples that are at the point where they're married and raising kids are more likely to be emotionally stable than straight couples who are at that point. However I don't believe that that study had enough participants in order to be reliable, and also, the number zero is a little sus, which can raise concerns that the study was done with an agenda

[–]ishutmyeyestosee 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here's a link to the actual study:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3210350/

It says the participants were all children who were conceived through artificial insemination, so yes I can believe that out of 77 (one couple didn't complete the study) lesbian couples who consented to the study, 0 percent engaged in child abuse. I don't think that would be 0 percent globally, though I'd be willing to believe that lesbians abuse their children at a far lower rate than heterosexuals.

I'd also be curious to know if heterosexual couples who have trouble conceiving and have to engage in artificial insemination are more or less likely to abuse their kids. I couldn't find anything after a cursory glance, but it seems like extensive / expensive family planning would lead to more a stable home life in general.

[–]SerpensInferna 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not for a second.

[–]Bright_painting 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They had around 80 children in the study, which means that its too small a sample to draw any general conclusions from. But what it CAN indicate, is a pattern that you can continue work with, to see if it's true or not. If I remembered how to do statistical calculations, I could calculate roughly how trustworthy the study is. But unfortunately, I do not remember how nor do I want to remember it. (Statistics was my Achilles heel ...)

I don't think that child abuse in lesbian couples are at 0%, but I do believe that it's lower than for heterosexual couples.