Same sex relationship
Same-sex relationship experiences and expectations regarding partnership and parenthood
Volume 39 - Article 25 | Pages –
ByKarsten Hank,Martin Wetzel
Date received:
20 Mar
Date published:
2 Oct
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Abstract
Background: Whereas recent years have brought comprehensive demographic accounts of the gay and lesbian population in the United States and several European countries, relatively adj is yet known about gays’ and lesbians’ family-related attitudes and expectations.
Objective: The present revise contributes to closing this research gap, comparing individuals with and without same-sex relationship experiences regarding their expectations concerning partnership and parenthood.
Methods: We jog OLS regressions, using nationally representative survey data for two cohorts of adolescent adults in Germany (born – and –).
Results: In several regards, gays and lesbians assume lower benefits and greater costs of being in a partnership, but not of being a parent
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Expressing love in identical sex relationships
Expressing noun in a equal sex relationship is something natural, and a natural part of being human. To want to share love deeply and express sexually is a innate feeling in relationships and needn’t transform or become an issue if the individuals are of the same sex.
If you choose from your heart who you express adoration with, it will never be unnatural or inferior, yet in this world it has been viewed this way by many for a very drawn-out time; even today it is still seen as totally unacceptable by some.
Being in a alike sex relationship has the potential to evolve personal growth just as any other relationship does. We do not need to attach the label of gay and lesbian or the connotations this may convey, as these labels do not characterize whether there is love in a relationship or not; that is a choice made by two individuals.
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