Gay Relatnships Can Be More Stable Than Straight On | Psychology Today

Contents:

• GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON
• GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?
• WHY SOME STRAIGHT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE GAY SEX

GAY RELATNSHIPS CAN BE MORE STABLE THAN STRAIGHT ON

Gays n have more stable relatnships than their straight unterparts.

The first group nsisted of gays and lbians.

GAYS VS. STRAIGHTS: ANY DIFFERENC SEXUAL SATISFACTN?

One hundred gays and lbians were terviewed as well as one hundred heterosexuals. When asked about their love liv, gays were more likely to have long term relatnships.

Though gays did state that they alt wh creased strs levels due to societal attus, they were more likely to report beg ntent and livg happy liv.

Though they were more likely to have closer ti to parents, they reported spendg ls time wh fay than their gay unterparts. After beg hont about their sexualy, homosexuals tend to ga a eedom which translat to happs and stabily.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

Clearly, gays and lbians n have better relatnships than their heterosexual unterparts.

The notn that all gays bounce om lover to lover is are many, many mted gays who want nothg more than to live their liv and be wh the love of their liv. Obvly, gays have ep, lovg relatnships and should be allowed to m to one another. Approval of same-sex relatnships has been steadily risg sce 2009 (Pew Rearch Center, 2017), and the 2015 Supreme Court cisn endorsg same-sex marriage was a w for many lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) dividuals.

ARE GAY MEN HAPPIER THAN STRAIGHT MEN?

This is nsistent wh prev fdgs: Gay and bisexual men are exposed to mory strsors that n -stabilize relatnships (Meyer, 2003; L, 2012). Rearch fund by the Natnal Instut of Health on the Health of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Populatns.

Prejudice, social strs, and mental health lbian, gay, and bisexual populatns: Conceptual issu and rearch evince. Changg Attus on Gay Marriage.

The rollary implitn is that lbian/gay upl have ls of a "battle. It's amazg how ltle rearch has foced on this — jt two studi (1983 and 1991, and they provi only a cursory look at parative gay/straight sexual satisfactn). Dire cl long-term upl, but on average, men reta more sire than women, so we would expect men gay upl to feel the most sire, and women lbian upl the least, wh the men mixed-sex upl exprsg more libido than the women.

WHY SOME STRAIGHT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE GAY SEX

But the survey, sexual sire was pretty much the same for all upl, wh gay men and lbians exprsg slightly more sire than heterosexuals. Siary breeds fort, so pared wh those heterosexual upl, we would expect people lbian and gay upl to feel more satisfied wh their sexual munitn.

" The only difference was that gay men were more to anal play. The only difference was that women, both lbian and straight, felt somewhat more satisfied wh non-genal rs than men, both gay and straight, prumably bee pared wh women, men tend to be more genal-foced. People lbian, gay male and mixed-genr upl have their differenc.

But bottom le: Contrary to nventnal wisdom, terms of sexual sire, munitn, and satisfactn, people homo- and heterosexual upl are much more siar than different.