Gay Divorce and Straight Divorce: The Difference - Pri Legal

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• 21 AMAZG GAY MARRIAGE DIVORCE RATE STATISTICS
• GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE
• WHAT IS THE GAY DIVORCE RATE THE US?
• LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEMARE WE JT WIRED THIS WAY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017/11:35 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGCIVIL PARTNERSHIP LBIAN DIVORCE KEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017 / 11:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVE AND SEX, OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT ENGAGED WHEN I WAS 25. I HAD BEEN DATG MY GIRLIEND FOR LS THAN A YEAR AND WE ALREADY LIVED TOGETHER. THE PROPOSAL SURPRISED ME—I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BUT "Y," BEE THAT'S JT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN SUDNLY EVERYONE WAS ASKG WHEN THE WEDDG WAS AND I WAS MARRIED BY 27 (LEGALLY, IOWA, ONE OF FEW STAT THAT ALLOWED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AT THE TIME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE 27 SEEMS LIKE A TOTALLY NORMAL AGE TO GET MARRIED—MY MOM HAD ME AT 27—BUT NSIRG I'D SENTIALLY SHED TO , WASN'T IAL FOR ME. AND SO, UNSURPRISGLY, END DIVORCE. A NEW STUDY OM THE UNED KGDOM OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS (ONS) SUGGTS I WAS SOMETHG OF A TRENDSETTER.GETTY IMAGSIMPLE GAY/LBIAN MARRIAGE GRAPHIC WH TWO FEMALE STICK FIGUR HOLDG HANDS WH TWO WEDDG RGS SI A THOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARRIAGE EQUALY ME TO THE UK MARCH 2014: THREE MONTHS LATER, THERE WERE 1,409 SAME-SEX MARRIAG, 56% (796) OF WHICH WERE WOMEN. BY 2015, 22 OF THOSE UPL BROKE UP. BUT 2016, THE NUMBER OF DIVORC LEAPED TO 112, MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF WHICH (87) WERE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST MON REASON FOR THOSE SPLS WAS "UNREASONABLE BEHAVR"—WHICH N MEAN ANYTHG OM REFG TO GET A JOB TO BEG UNFAHFUL. BUT SOCLOGISTS BELIEVE THE HIGHER DIVORCE RATE AMONG LBIANS IS ED BY WOMEN HAVG HIGHER EXPECTATNS AND SHG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ME TO BRA, LBIAN UPL WERE NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY AS GAY MEN TO END A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP. OF THE 794 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED 2012, ALMOST 60% WERE BY FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR ANRSSON, PROFSOR OF MOGRAPHY AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSY, FOUND THE SAME TREND A 2013 STUDY OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS NORWAY, SWEN, AND DENMARK. QUEER WOMEN WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DISSOLVE THEIR SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS REFLECTS TRENDS A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE—BEE WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO SAY THEY WANT TO MARRY, BUT THEY’RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO IATE A DIVORCE," HE TOLD THE INPENNT. "WOMEN UALLY HAVE HIGHER MANDS ON RELATNSHIP QUALY, THAT’S [BEEN SHOWN] STUDI. EVEN IF YOU NTROL FOR AGE THERE IS STILL A TREND OF MORE WOMEN ENDG PARTNERSHIPS THAN MEN."WOMEN WH RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ADM I HAD HIGH EXPECTATNS FOR MY MARRIAGE, BUT I WASN'T THE LTLE GIRL WHO DREAMED OF A WHE DRS AND BIG FORMAL WEDDG. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN REALLY FANTASIZE ABOUT BEG SOMEONE'S WIFE. BUT DIDN'T I, A FEMIST LBIAN WHO DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO SOCIETY'S EXPECTATN OF WHAT A "WOMAN" SHOULD BE, WANT TO BE WANTED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SECURE ENOUGH (NOW, ANYWAY) TO ADM THAT ULD'VE BEEN A PART OF WHY I SAID "I DO." THE IA OF MARRIAGE WAS ROMANTIC, BUT THE REALY? NOT SO MUCH. AND AT 25 (OR 26, OR 27), I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GO TO BEG SOMEONE'S SPOE. BY THE TIME I DID, MY SIRE TO WANT TO BE THE RIGHT SUATN WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HONT FACT THAT JT WASN'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EX-WIFE WAS (AND PROBABLY STILL IS) FANTASTIC. SHE WAS A DREAM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT I DID. OUR NEWFOUND EEDOM TO MARRY GAVE A NEW DREAM TO ASPIRE TO. BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO CI IF WAS THE RIGHT DREAM FOR . (MY WIFE WAS SIGNIFINTLY OLR THAN ME. SHE ACHIEVED SOME MEASURE OF THE AMERIN DREAM—A SUCCSFUL REER, A HOE—AND THAT LIKELY FUELED HER SIRE TO TIE THE KNOT, TOO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A 2011 WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY FOUND THAT 134,000 SAME-SEX UPL THE U.S. (ABOUT 21%) WERE LEGALLY BOUND SOME WAY. OF THEM, 62% WERE WOMEN, EVEN THOUGH WOMEN MAKE UP JT 51% OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, THAT PERCENTAGE ROSE TO 64%. IN MASSACHETTS ALONE, THE FIRST STATE TO REGNIZE THE EEDOM TO MARRY, 75% OF GAY UPL TYG THE KNOT WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT HARD TO NNECT THE DOTS: MORE MARRIAGE MEAN MORE DIVORC. SO WHY ARE LADI SO HASTY TO SAY Y TO THE VT?GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE WE'RE SHG TO MARRIAGE BEE 'S FALLY AVAILABLE TO . BUT FOR QUEER WOMEN, MIGHT BE BEE WE'RE WIRED THAT WAY. IN LBIAN LOVE ADDICTN, LREN D. COSTE SUGGTS WOMEN FD FORT RELATNSHIPS BEE ONCE WE FD A NNECTN, WE FEEL A SH OF DOPAME AND OXYTOC. (LERALLY ALL THE FEELS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN DON'T EM OXYTOC THE SAME WAY," COSTE TOLD PSYCH CENTRAL. "THEREFORE, WHEN TWO WOMEN GET TOGETHER THE 'OXYFT' IS BEYOND TOXITG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM, OF URSE, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT CHEMIL SH WEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NOT YET GOOD DATA ON THE SAME-SEX DIVORCE AND DISSOLUTN RATE POST-OBERGEFELL V. HODG—AT LEAST NOT BY GENR. THE WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY DID FD THAT THE 19 STAT THAT GRANTED SOME KD OF LEGAL REGNN TO GAY UPL BETWEEN 1997 AND 2011, THE RATE FOR SAME-SEX SPLS WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER FOR SAME-SEX UPL THAN HETEROSEXUALS. (1.1% ON AVERAGE PARED TO 2%.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVORCE IS NEVER FUN (TAKE OM ME), BUT 'S LS EVABLE IF WE ENTER TO MARRIAGE WH PARTNERS WHO ARE REALLY RIGHT FOR , AND WHOM WE'RE REALLY RIGHT FOR. WE OWE TO OURSELV TO PUT THE WORK—OR EVEN MAKE PEACE WH SGLEHOOD—SO WE N STOP LG THE POCKETS OF DIVORCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M NOT SAYG LOWER YOUR EXPECTATNS OR HOLD OFF THE ALTAR FOREVER. JT TO NSIR HOW EASY IS TO BEE A ANOTHER STATISTIC STEAD OF HAPPILY EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE EQUALYLOVE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE THE NETHERLANDS: 20 THOAND UPL
• WHY LBIAN UPL ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIVORCE THAN GAY ON

21 AMAZG GAY MARRIAGE DIVORCE RATE STATISTICS

The statistics may provi some sight to how the legalizatn of same-sex marriage has affected the divorce rate among gay and lbian Marriag Takg PlaceSce the legalizatn of same-sex marriag 2015, there has been a drastic crease the unns.

This also means that lbian divorce rat are higher than other same-sex upl and about twice as likely to file for divorce as gay upl. Many people thk gay upl or gay marriag tend not to last long or that they are not lifelong marriag.

Bee more and more untri all around the world are regnizg gay marriage, the surge gay upl choosg to get married means we have more data than ever before. The Netherlands, which legally regnized gay marriage before any other untry the world, has the most data. One study suggts that approximately 15% of gay marriag end divorce wh 10 years, as opposed to 18% their heterosexual unterparts.

GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE

Below, we will review the differenc between gay and straight marriag and divorc.

Comparg the statistics on gay marriage and straight marriage. When parg gay marriag to straight marriag, the data shows that gay people typilly stay together longer and divorce ls. Are there any differenc between a gay divorce and a straight divorce?

WHAT IS THE GAY DIVORCE RATE THE US?

When discsg gay divorce, there some issu wh the law.

Gay divorc n also brg up issu if there is a child or children volved.

LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. 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I WAS ONE OF THEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVE AND SEX, OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT ENGAGED WHEN I WAS 25. I HAD BEEN DATG MY GIRLIEND FOR LS THAN A YEAR AND WE ALREADY LIVED TOGETHER. THE PROPOSAL SURPRISED ME—I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BUT "Y," BEE THAT'S JT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN SUDNLY EVERYONE WAS ASKG WHEN THE WEDDG WAS AND I WAS MARRIED BY 27 (LEGALLY, IOWA, ONE OF FEW STAT THAT ALLOWED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AT THE TIME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE 27 SEEMS LIKE A TOTALLY NORMAL AGE TO GET MARRIED—MY MOM HAD ME AT 27—BUT NSIRG I'D SENTIALLY SHED TO , WASN'T IAL FOR ME. AND SO, UNSURPRISGLY, END DIVORCE. A NEW STUDY OM THE UNED KGDOM OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS (ONS) SUGGTS I WAS SOMETHG OF A TRENDSETTER.GETTY IMAGSIMPLE GAY/LBIAN MARRIAGE GRAPHIC WH TWO FEMALE STICK FIGUR HOLDG HANDS WH TWO WEDDG RGS SI A THOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARRIAGE EQUALY ME TO THE UK MARCH 2014: THREE MONTHS LATER, THERE WERE 1,409 SAME-SEX MARRIAG, 56% (796) OF WHICH WERE WOMEN. BY 2015, 22 OF THOSE UPL BROKE UP. BUT 2016, THE NUMBER OF DIVORC LEAPED TO 112, MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF WHICH (87) WERE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST MON REASON FOR THOSE SPLS WAS "UNREASONABLE BEHAVR"—WHICH N MEAN ANYTHG OM REFG TO GET A JOB TO BEG UNFAHFUL. BUT SOCLOGISTS BELIEVE THE HIGHER DIVORCE RATE AMONG LBIANS IS ED BY WOMEN HAVG HIGHER EXPECTATNS AND SHG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ME TO BRA, LBIAN UPL WERE NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY AS GAY MEN TO END A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP. OF THE 794 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED 2012, ALMOST 60% WERE BY FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR ANRSSON, PROFSOR OF MOGRAPHY AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSY, FOUND THE SAME TREND A 2013 STUDY OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS NORWAY, SWEN, AND DENMARK. QUEER WOMEN WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DISSOLVE THEIR SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS REFLECTS TRENDS A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE—BEE WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO SAY THEY WANT TO MARRY, BUT THEY’RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO IATE A DIVORCE," HE TOLD THE INPENNT. "WOMEN UALLY HAVE HIGHER MANDS ON RELATNSHIP QUALY, THAT’S [BEEN SHOWN] STUDI. EVEN IF YOU NTROL FOR AGE THERE IS STILL A TREND OF MORE WOMEN ENDG PARTNERSHIPS THAN MEN."WOMEN WH RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ADM I HAD HIGH EXPECTATNS FOR MY MARRIAGE, BUT I WASN'T THE LTLE GIRL WHO DREAMED OF A WHE DRS AND BIG FORMAL WEDDG. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN REALLY FANTASIZE ABOUT BEG SOMEONE'S WIFE. BUT DIDN'T I, A FEMIST LBIAN WHO DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO SOCIETY'S EXPECTATN OF WHAT A "WOMAN" SHOULD BE, WANT TO BE WANTED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SECURE ENOUGH (NOW, ANYWAY) TO ADM THAT ULD'VE BEEN A PART OF WHY I SAID "I DO." THE IA OF MARRIAGE WAS ROMANTIC, BUT THE REALY? NOT SO MUCH. AND AT 25 (OR 26, OR 27), I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GO TO BEG SOMEONE'S SPOE. BY THE TIME I DID, MY SIRE TO WANT TO BE THE RIGHT SUATN WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HONT FACT THAT JT WASN'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EX-WIFE WAS (AND PROBABLY STILL IS) FANTASTIC. SHE WAS A DREAM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT I DID. OUR NEWFOUND EEDOM TO MARRY GAVE A NEW DREAM TO ASPIRE TO. BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO CI IF WAS THE RIGHT DREAM FOR . (MY WIFE WAS SIGNIFINTLY OLR THAN ME. SHE ACHIEVED SOME MEASURE OF THE AMERIN DREAM—A SUCCSFUL REER, A HOE—AND THAT LIKELY FUELED HER SIRE TO TIE THE KNOT, TOO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A 2011 WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY FOUND THAT 134,000 SAME-SEX UPL THE U.S. (ABOUT 21%) WERE LEGALLY BOUND SOME WAY. OF THEM, 62% WERE WOMEN, EVEN THOUGH WOMEN MAKE UP JT 51% OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, THAT PERCENTAGE ROSE TO 64%. IN MASSACHETTS ALONE, THE FIRST STATE TO REGNIZE THE EEDOM TO MARRY, 75% OF GAY UPL TYG THE KNOT WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT HARD TO NNECT THE DOTS: MORE MARRIAGE MEAN MORE DIVORC. SO WHY ARE LADI SO HASTY TO SAY Y TO THE VT?GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE WE'RE SHG TO MARRIAGE BEE 'S FALLY AVAILABLE TO . BUT FOR QUEER WOMEN, MIGHT BE BEE WE'RE WIRED THAT WAY. IN LBIAN LOVE ADDICTN, LREN D. COSTE SUGGTS WOMEN FD FORT RELATNSHIPS BEE ONCE WE FD A NNECTN, WE FEEL A SH OF DOPAME AND OXYTOC. (LERALLY ALL THE FEELS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN DON'T EM OXYTOC THE SAME WAY," COSTE TOLD PSYCH CENTRAL. "THEREFORE, WHEN TWO WOMEN GET TOGETHER THE 'OXYFT' IS BEYOND TOXITG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM, OF URSE, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT CHEMIL SH WEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NOT YET GOOD DATA ON THE SAME-SEX DIVORCE AND DISSOLUTN RATE POST-OBERGEFELL V. HODG—AT LEAST NOT BY GENR. THE WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY DID FD THAT THE 19 STAT THAT GRANTED SOME KD OF LEGAL REGNN TO GAY UPL BETWEEN 1997 AND 2011, THE RATE FOR SAME-SEX SPLS WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER FOR SAME-SEX UPL THAN HETEROSEXUALS. (1.1% ON AVERAGE PARED TO 2%.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVORCE IS NEVER FUN (TAKE OM ME), BUT 'S LS EVABLE IF WE ENTER TO MARRIAGE WH PARTNERS WHO ARE REALLY RIGHT FOR , AND WHOM WE'RE REALLY RIGHT FOR. WE OWE TO OURSELV TO PUT THE WORK—OR EVEN MAKE PEACE WH SGLEHOOD—SO WE N STOP LG THE POCKETS OF DIVORCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M NOT SAYG LOWER YOUR EXPECTATNS OR HOLD OFF THE ALTAR FOREVER. JT TO NSIR HOW EASY IS TO BEE A ANOTHER STATISTIC STEAD OF HAPPILY EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE EQUALYLOVE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When discsg gay divorce, pecially when parg agast straight divorce, many legal issu arise.

Home » Statistics » 21 Amazg Gay Marriage Divorce Rate StatisticsAs same sex marriag beg to bee normal throughout the Uned Stat and other regns of the world, there is a certa tert how stable those marriag will be. Bee of the low number of unns that are legally created or dissolved, most untri don’t actually lculate divorce two-thirds of registered or married same-sex upl are lbians, and only about a third are gay men.

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Breakg down the data further, rearchers found there was a difference between the rate of dissolutn between lbian upl and gay upl.

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Multiple studi found that lbian upl have a higher rate of dissolutn than their gay unterparts.