Homosexual behavior and child molestation: a review of the evidence.
Male homosexuality and child molestation tend to be associated with each other in the minds of a large percentage of the general public. Designing a research study to test this hypothesis presents a number of methodological problems which are not easily resolved. Existing studies which contain data on this general question provide no reason to believe that anything other than a random connection exists between homosexual behavior and child molestation.
D000367:Age Factors; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008297:Male; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000209:etiology*; D012742:Sex Offenses