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Related: About this forumGay Couples Do The Domestic Thing Better Than Straights, According To New Study
According to the 225 gay and straight dual-income couples surveyed, same-sex couples tend to communicate better, share chore duties and more fairly and assign tasks based on personal preference rather than gender, income, hours worked or power position in the relationship.
Straight couples, the study found, tend to talk less and fall into more traditional gender roles, what one family describes as pink chores (dishes, laundry) and blue chores (yard work, auto work)...
http://www.newnownext.com/gay-couples-do-the-domestic-thing-better-than-straights-according-to-new-study/06/2015/
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marym625
(17,997 posts)Well, not me since it's just me but the rest of us.
calimary
(81,612 posts)Gay couples are on the forefront of a lot of institutional change anyway. Why shouldn't they redefine the domestic roles and division of labor too?
marym625
(17,997 posts)When everything has to get done, you can't follow the typical gender roles with just one gender.
You just get better
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)when you've eliminated gender roles.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I thought it was because they were afraid their wives would see romance in the gay community and would start demanding more attention. But, it turns out it's all about not wanting to do dishes.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Thanks for the laugh.
LostOne4Ever
(9,302 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]are the "REAL" pro-family side the whole time!
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Behind the Aegis
(54,074 posts)You are just a little generator of exceptional one-liners!
LostOne4Ever
(9,302 posts)[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]You have a great way with words too!
I wish I could make as well thought out post as I see you making![/font]