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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 26 2017, @09:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-should-be-as-unhappy-as-the-rest-of-us dept.

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Despite the many challenges faced by people in a same-sex relationship, a study made by two students of the University of Queensland concluded that this kind of relationship is happier compared to the normal relationship we know as male to female bond.

Researchers Francisco Perales and Janeen Baxter said that the conclusion of their study is a strong counter-narrative to the usual thinking that same-sex relationships are conflictual, unhappy, and dysfunctional.

The conclusion of the study, which was published in the academic journal Family Relations, was derived after the researchers surveyed 25,000 people in the United Kingdom and 9,000 others in Australia.

Source: https://www.inquisitr.com/4686457/a-new-study-concludes-that-gay-and-lesbian-couples-are-happier-compared-to-straight-couples/

Also at Francisco Perales, Janeen Baxter. Sexual Identity and Relationship Quality in Australia and the United Kingdom. Family Relations, 2017; DOI: 10.1111/fare.12293


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Grishnakh on Tuesday December 26 2017, @10:43PM (2 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Tuesday December 26 2017, @10:43PM (#614475)

    Excellent insight and I think this is likely one of the reasons. I've been down that road myself: financial issues are indeed relationship-killers. For that reason, I think it's best if no one has any children, because they're a financial drain and a huge risk. Instead, the society depicted in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" should be emulated to some extent, with monogamous relationships eliminated, and children artificially grown and then raised by the government.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 27 2017, @01:15PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 27 2017, @01:15PM (#614720) Journal

    and children artificially grown and then raised by the government.

    Because government has demonstrated over and over again that it can be trusted with the indoctrination of the next generation of sheeple, amirite?

    • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday December 27 2017, @05:35PM

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday December 27 2017, @05:35PM (#614799)

      Because government has demonstrated over and over again that it can be trusted with the indoctrination of the next generation of sheeple, amirite?

      Depends on the government. The US government seems to be pretty incompetent these days, but some other governments are not. The Norwegian government would probably do a fine job of raising the next generation, and the Japanese government would probably do ok too.

      Besides, I fail to see how any industrialized nation's government could do a worse job than today's typical parents, most of whom are either religious wackos or poverty-stricken.