[BretLudwig]

NYT: Gay marriages are just plain better than that other, more unequal,
and all-around yuckier kind of marriage

"Here's a classic article from the Health section of the New York Times
tonight:

Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage

By TARA PARKER-POPE

For insights into healthy marriages, social scientists are looking in
an unexpected place.

A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great
deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships. Most studies
show surprisingly few differences between committed gay couples and
committed straight couples, but the differences that do emerge have shed
light on the kinds of conflicts that can endanger heterosexual
relationships.

The findings offer hope that some of the most vexing problems are not
necessarily entrenched in deep-rooted biological differences between men
and women. And that, in turn, offers hope that the problems can be solved.
...

Personally, my motto is vive les deep-rooted biological differences
between men and women.

And here's a stunning finding about same-sex "marriages:" partners who
aren't of different sexes don't exhibit stereotypical sex differences!

Notably, same-sex relationships, whether between men or women, were
far more egalitarian than heterosexual ones. In heterosexual couples,
women did far more of the housework; men were more likely to have the
financial responsibility; and men were more likely to initiate sex, while
women were more likely to refuse it or to start a conversation about
problems in the relationship.

Who knew?"


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[Jenn[_2_]]

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"BretLudwig" wrote:

NYT: Gay marriages are just plain better than that other, more unequal,
and all-around yuckier kind of marriage

Nice spin