Most of us think of recruitment as the seduction of an innocent, perhaps emotionally vulnerable child or youth by an older sexual predator.
Recruitment is a mental and emotional process that begins long before the first sexual act occurs.
In some cases, recruitment emboldens a person to initiate a homosexual contact, in others it simply makes the person more susceptible to being seduced. Understanding this simple truth greatly increases our chances of protecting our children from homosexuality. Yet we know that all children explore life's possibilities. That's not necessarily wrong, provided that the things we believe are true, and the values we hold are good. As we grow older, most of us test our beliefs and values and, if need be, adjust them, having learned what is true and good.