Why gay men are the happiest

The results were drawn from " midlife U. Participants were asked to keep daily diary entries on stress related to their marriage and partner. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. New research shows that men in same-sex marriages are better at task-sharing and spend more time with their kids than straight peers.

People Study: Gay People Have Happier Marriages Than Straight People New research shows that men in same-sex marriages are better at task-sharing and spend more time with their kids than straight. There are a number of potential reasons for this distressing disparity, and most relate to traditional expectations of gender.

Men in same-sex marriages must create their own rules in their relationship around task-sharing, which is more evenly divided. Join the fight. In this video, Alexander Sterling explores why gay relationships often feel so complicated by uncovering three core truths: many gay men learned love in the.

These stories are based on a very small study publsihed in Psychosomatic. So how can straight people improve their well-being? Couples in same-sex marriages spend more time with their children, in part because they have a far lower percentage of children who are unintended or unwanted.

All Rights reserved. As Stephanie Coontz, the author of Marriage: A History, noted in her NYT column, "many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex counterparts.

The article references a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, titled "Marital Strain and Psychological Distress in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples," showing that men in a same-sex marriage have less psychological distress than their straight peers.

Same-sex marriage has only been around nationally for five years in the United States, but it is already being presented by a New York Times op-ed as a model for straight people. Become a member today to help us continue this work.

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Women in different-sex marriages reported the highest level of stress, noted the report from authors Michael A. Garcia and Debra Umberson. Additionally, men are more likely to openly discuss their sexuality and nonmonogamy in a same-sex marriage and create rules around sexual encounters outside of the relationship.

Advocate Newsletter. Historically, women were expected to perform the lion's share of the household chores -- an expectation that still impacts different-sex marriages today. A good illustration of these facts is the recent spate of news stories about how gay men are happier than heterosexual men.

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Meanwhile, men in different-sex marriages and women in same-sex marriages fell in the middle. Privacy Policy Terms of Use. Search form Search. The Times piece cited a study reporting that 45 percent of pregnancies in the United States were unintended, and 18 percent were unwanted.