Tuesday, October 6, 2009

But Of Course, It Didn't Cause Her Adult Sexual Orientation

But Of Course, It Didn't Cause Her Adult Sexual Orientation

I'm just amazed at how many gay celebrities acknowledge that they were sexually abused as children, but insist that it didn't affect their adult sexual orientation. From June 18, 2001 People:
According to The Truth Is..., between the ages of roughly 7 and 10, Etheridge—daughter of John Etheridge, a high school teacher and basketball coach who died in 1991, and Elizabeth, a retired computer consultant—was sexually abused by her older sister Jennifer, now a home-maker in Arkansas. Etheridge, unwilling to be more specific about the abuse, says she is sure it affected her sexual orientation and left her unable to form a stable relationship from adolescence on, when she first realized she was a lesbian. "I don't think it's what made me gay," she says, "but it definitely shaped it."
No, of course not! Having someone sexually abuse her at a young age couldn't possibly have confused her sexual orientation! How silly to think otherwise!

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