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DIFFERENTIAL RISK THEORY AS A SUBSET OF SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY: IMPLITNS FOR MAKG GAY MARRIAGE CULTURALLY NORMATIVE AND FOR UNRSTANDG STIGMA AGAST HOMOSEXUALS
The great majory of lbian and gay upl feel that an equal balance of power would be sirable (Pepl & Cochran, 1990), but not all report that they achieve this ial state. In Pepl and Cochran's study, only 59% of lbians, 38% of gay men, 48% of heterosexual women, and 40% of heterosexual men reported that the balance of power their current relatnship was exactly equal. Others have found that majori of gay as well as lbian upl report equal power (see Pepl et al., 1996) power is unequal a relatnship, which partner has more power an timate relatnship, and why?
Blumste and Schwartz (1983) found that the partner wh greater fancial rourc had more power money management issu gay, married heterosexual, and unmarried (but habg) heterosexual upl, but not lbian upl. Although many people who are unfaiar wh lbian and gay upl assume that, same-sex upl, one partner plays a male and one a female role, rearch has nsistently found that this is only rarely the se (Kurk, 1995; Pepl et al., 1996). For example, Bell and Weberg (1978) reported that the majory of lbians and gay men they studied reported that they shared domtic tasks equally.
When they were asked whether one partner do the feme tasks while the other do the mascule tasks, about 90% of lbians and gay men said that this was not the se their hoeholds. Kurk (1993) reported egalarian divisns of labor among lbian and gay upl, and Patterson (1995d) reported that a sample of lbian upl wh children, most fay and hoehold tasks were shared full chapterURL:. It shows that, 1998, gay marriage was not largely a social issue that need to be addrsed at the state level.