Learn how to spot, challenge and change power stggl gay relatnships wh a few simple tips and tricks.
Contents:
- HOW TO OVERE POWER STGGL GAY RELATNSHIPS
- GAY RIGHTS
- GAY, LBIAN UPL N TEACH HETEROSEXUALS HOW TO IMPROVE RELATNSHIPS
- GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS
- HOW TO TACKLE GAY RELATNSHIP PROBLEMS
HOW TO OVERE POWER STGGL GAY RELATNSHIPS
* gay relationship power struggle *
Keywords: timate partner vlence, gay and bisexual men, genr, masculy, same-sex male upl, USAIntroductnIntimate partner vlence is generally fed as terpersonal vlence occurrg between timate partners and may clu multiple domas of vlent behavur (e. Consirable attentn has been paid to timate partner vlence wh heterosexual relatnships and the soc-cultural, dividual, and dyadic forc that predict vlence perpetratn and victimisatn (Jewk 2002) is growg evince that timate partner vlence is a public health problem among gay and bisexual men, wh recent studi suggtg that gay and bisexual men experience timate partner vlence at siar or even higher rat than have been documented among heterosexual women (Fneran and Stephenson 2013).
GAY RIGHTS
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * gay relationship power struggle *
In their review of 28 epimlogil studi, Fneran and Stephenson report that the prevalence of perpetratn or receipt of any timate partner vlence among gay and bisexual men vari om 30% to 78%, wh timat of experiencg vlence vastly outweighg timat of perpetratn (Fneran and Stephenson 2013).
GAY, LBIAN UPL N TEACH HETEROSEXUALS HOW TO IMPROVE RELATNSHIPS
The ercive behavurs may lead to “women’s entrapment” bee they physilly and psychologilly harm women and prive them of “rights and rourc that are cril to personhood and cizenship” (Stark 2007) remas unknown how the ncept of ercive ntrol appli to same-sex male relatnships; however, there has been some rearch to expla the factors that ntribute to timate partner vlence among gay and bisexual men (Craft and Serovich 2005, Fneran and Stephenson 2014, Relf 2001, Well et al.
GAY RELATNSHIP BREAKUP CAN BE PROBLEMATIC. HERE’S HOW TO AVOID THE RISKS
In a study by Fneran et al., gay and bisexual men intified 24 proximal antecents of timate partner vlence, which were characterised to four factors: power and negotiatn characteristics, relatnship characteristics, life strsors, and threats to masculy (Fneran and Stephenson 2014). Some of the antecents may be siar to those typilly examed heterosexual relatnships (Holt, Buckley, and Whelan 2008, Mason and Blankenship 1987); however, further rearch is need to unrstand the ntext of how the antecents are experienced among gay and bisexual men.
In this study, we e data om foc group discsns to explore gay and bisexual men’s perceptns of the sourc of tensn that exist same-sex male relatnships and exame the ways which they may ntribute to timate partner vlence among gay and bisexual men.
HOW TO TACKLE GAY RELATNSHIP PROBLEMS
The rults prented do not tend to pture the personal experienc of those perpetratg or experiencg timate partner vlence, but rather foc on the general perceptns that gay and bisexual men have about timate partner vlence their muni.