same-sex couples offer insight into gender and marriage


	same-sex couples offer insight into gender and marriage

Lexica

6-11-2008 4:29 PM

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marriage, relationships, equality

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/2bbddb67-fabf-4029-bbdd-bade2b26753c/B606F890-C6E6-4FDE-AE26-5D229A376D2C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A">A growing body of evidence shows that same-sex couples have a great deal to teach everyone else about marriage and relationships.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A">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.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A"><P>While the gay and lesbian couples had about the same rate of conflict as the heterosexual ones, they appeared to have more relationship satisfaction,   suggesting that the inequality of opposite-sex relationships can take a toll.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A"><P>Other studies show that what couples argue about is far less important than <SPAN class="italic">how </SPAN>they argue. The egalitarian nature of same-sex relationships appears to spill over into how those couples resolve conflict.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A"><P> Dr. Levenson says this is good news for all couples.</P><P> “Like everybody else, I thought this was male behavior and female behavior, but it’s not,”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?em&ex=1213329600&en=ac28f983a31a6e38&ei=5087%0A">“That means there is a lot more hope that you can do something about it.”</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B606F890-C6E6-4FDE-AE26-5D229A376D2C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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