Administrators FlyJ Posted December 17, 2017 Administrators Share Posted December 17, 2017 Gay and lesbian couples are happier than people in straight relationships. Maybe you’ve already suspected it, while looking at your straight friends and their relationships. That hint of sadness in their eyes, compared to the joyous glint in yours and your partner’s. Well, now an extensive study has provided some much-needed evidence. After questioning more than 25,000 people in the UK and over 9,000 in Australia, researchers found that gay and lesbian couples are better off. However, bisexual people suffered from worse relationships, on average, than straight or homosexual people. Francisco Perales and Janeen Baxter from the University of Queensland conducted the study. In their findings, they wrote: “Relationship quality in same-sex couples was as high as in heterosexual couples in the United Kingdom, and higher in Australia. “The lowest relationship quality in both countries was reported by bisexual individuals.” The researchers suggested that gay and lesbian couples might have better relationships because they are less concerned about sticking to stereotypical gender roles. They wrote that “individuals in same-sex couples (particularly lesbian women) generally are more equitable in the ways in which they allocate domestic work, including childcare”. Straight couples often reaffirm their gender roles in relationships, which, the authors state, can lead to an unfair division of labour. “Unequal household burdens are associated with poor relationship outcomes, including marital conflict and divorce,” they explained. “If gender display is not as salient in same-sex couples and these relationships are more egalitarian than heterosexual couples, higher levels of relationship quality might be expected.” The two added that same-sex couples might feel more connected to a community of similar couples, which may increase their happiness. They also suggested that “individuals in same-sex relationships may be more likely than those in different-sex relationships to have high relationship investment.” Perales and Baxter argued that their findings supported giving more rights to same-sex couples, and refuted arguments that children of same-sex parents suffer. “Our results provide robust evidence to combat deep-rooted and erroneous social perceptions of same-sex relationships being conflictual, unhappy, and dysfunctional,” they said. “Our findings support policies that seek to legalise same-sex marriage and parenting rights.” The authors also emphasised that their results “highlight the need to give further attention to bisexual individuals as a distinct group because their outcomes are comparatively poor.” Bisexual people have consistently been found to have the lowest life satisfaction among LGBT people. They also feel less worthwhile and happy – and much more anxious – than other people, according to a study from earlier this year. And just this week, it was revealed that bisexual people sleep worse than everyone else, with bi women being especially affected. Source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted December 17, 2017 Moderators Share Posted December 17, 2017 Hmmmm..... interesting read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suavity Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Oh really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txunamy Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I totally agree.. I couldn't be any happier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINA Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Bisexuals how market??? Biko Na play o, don't come for me head. Hehehehe. Of course gay people are happier, what did they expect? And our kids turn out just great.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teewhy Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I'm happy, that's all that matters. I can't say for them straight people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phegore Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 this is apt👌🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farida Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Lmao bisexual whaat!? You won’t suffer in a relationship if you don’t get into one but that’s not why we’re here today. Can’t argue with Statistics but I’m out here living my best life fam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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