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A New Study Concludes That Gay And Lesbian Couples Are Happier Compared To Straight Couples

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.

MrPlow writes:

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: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 27 2017, @01:21PM (6 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 27 2017, @01:21PM (#614721) Journal

    Out of analogy, people who enter a difficult kind of relationship, be them same sex, or with class difference, or with age difference

    What marriages won't have some difference?

  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday December 27 2017, @05:04PM (5 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday December 27 2017, @05:04PM (#614790) Journal

    marriages with self, for instance.

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    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday December 28 2017, @04:12AM (1 child)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday December 28 2017, @04:12AM (#614978) Journal

      You know...when we all told you to go fuck yourself, it was a figure of speech. Put the null modem cable down.

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      • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:13PM

        by Bot (3902) on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:13PM (#615302) Journal

        Don't bother me for 15 minutes.

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    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 28 2017, @12:47PM (2 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 28 2017, @12:47PM (#615081) Journal

      marriages with self, for instance.

      What would be the point of such an exercise?

      • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:10PM (1 child)

        by Bot (3902) on Thursday December 28 2017, @11:10PM (#615300) Journal

        Your query did not specify that it had to be useful.

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