scholarly journals Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners and Bisexual Identity Across Cohorts of Women (but Not Men)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula England ◽  
Emma Mishel ◽  
Monica L. Caudillo
Keyword(s):  
Gay Identity ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Family Growth ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Bisexual Identity ◽  
Gender Change

*Abstract:**We use data from the 2002-2013 National Surveys of Family Growth toexamine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1966 and 1995 in whetherindividuals have had sex with same-sex partners only, or with both men andwomen, and in whether they have a bisexual or gay identity. Adjusted forage, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and mother’s education, we findincreases across cohorts in the proportion of women who report a bisexualidentity, who report ever having had sex with both sexes, or who reporthaving had sex with women only. By contrast, we find no cohort trend formen; roughly 5% of men in every cohort have ever had sex with a man, andthe proportion claiming a gay or bisexual attraction changed little. Inconcluding, we speculate that the gender difference is rooted in a broaderpattern of asymmetry in gender change in which departures from traditionalgender norms are more acceptable for women than men.*

scholarly journals Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners and Bisexual Identity Across Cohorts of Women (but Not Men)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 951-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula England ◽  
Emma Mishel ◽  
Mónica Caudillo
Keyword(s):  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Bisexual Identity

scholarly journals Tożsamościowe wyzwania kobiet sprawujących opiekę nad dzieckiem w związkach jednopłciowych w świetle koncepcji Vivienne Cass

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 217-244
Author(s):  
Jowita Wycisk Jowita Wycisk
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
Sexual Orientation Identity ◽  
Parental Identity ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Bisexual Identity

Development of the contemporary post-industrial society entails the increasing diversity of family life models. People, making individual choices in this field, face new challenges related to identity formation. In the text presented this issue is discussed on the example of women bringing up children in same-sex relationships. The article presents basic information on the same-sex parenting, underlines the importance of the idea of identity integration in psychology and stresses the lack of contiguity between theories of parental identity development and these ones of homosexual and bisexual identity development. An extensive discussion of the Vivienne Cass’s theory of sexual orientation identity development is the basis for the approximation of potential discrepancies in the identity system of non-heterosexual women taking parental roles. Two main factors relevant to the processes of identity formation were distinguished: the order of the development of the sexual orientation identity and parental identity (the planned and reconstructed families differ in this regard) and the way of establishing and maintaining the relationship with the child (other challenges are faced by biological and social mothers). In the summary, questions requiring future empirical exploration were notified.

Homosexuality and Entrepreneurship

2005 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minet Schindehutte ◽  
Michael Morris ◽  
Jeffrey Allen
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Educational Differences ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Bisexual

Attempts to understand the heterogeneous nature of the population of entrepreneurs are relatively few in number, and focus largely on gender, race, ethnicity, age and educational differences. The experiences of many other key cohorts have been ignored, including those of gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) individuals. This paper examines the concept of ‘gay identity’ within an entrepreneurial context, and investigates underlying patterns in the structure of the GLB entrepreneurial community. Results are reported of a cross-sectional survey targeted at a sample of GLB entrepreneurs. The study represents the first national sample of these entrepreneurs. Overall trends are identified in the motives, attitudes, perceptions and management practices of GLB entrepreneurs. Cluster analysis is then employed to identify and characterize two distinct subgroups of GLB entrepreneurs, labelled ‘identifiers’ and ‘independents’. A number of theoretical and managerial implications are drawn from the findings.

Homosexual experience and recent homosexual encounters: the Second Australian Study of Health and Relationships

Sexual Health ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew E. Grulich ◽  
Richard O. de Visser ◽  
Paul B. Badcock ◽  
Anthony M. A. Smith ◽  
Wendy Heywood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Sexually Transmissible Infection ◽  
Transmissible Infection

Background The aim of this study is to describe homosexual experience and characteristics of recent homosexual encounters among Australian adults and identify changes between 2001–02 and 2012–13. Methods: Computer-assisted telephone interviews were completed by a representative sample of 20 094 men and women aged 16–69 years and the participation rate among eligible people was 66.2%. Respondents indicated the number of same-sex partners they had had in their lifetime and in the last 12 months. Those who reported any homosexual experience were asked the age at which this first occurred and about characteristics of the first and most recent homosexual encounter. Results: Reporting ever having same-sex experience was more common in women (13.5%) than in men (6.5%, P < 0.001). Among these people, men reported more lifetime and recent same-sex partners than women (P < 0.001). Same-sex experience was associated with some but not all indices of higher socioeconomic status. In men, it was associated with living in a major city (P = 0.02) and in women, it was associated with younger (<30 years) age and with very low income (P < 0.001). Men were younger than women at their first homosexual encounter (P = 0.005). Women were more likely than men to have their first same-sex encounter with a regular partner. For women but not men, there was a significant increase in the proportion reporting same-sex experience since 2001–02. Conclusion: Same-sex experience is not uncommon and is increasing in prevalence in young Australian women. The high number of same-sex partners among homosexual and bisexual men places them at greater risk of sexually transmissible infection.

scholarly journals Gender Conformity, Perceptions of Shared Power, and Marital Quality in Same- and Different-Sex Marriages

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda M. Pollitt ◽  
Brandon A. Robinson ◽  
Debra Umberson
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Gender Conformity ◽  
Unpaid Labor ◽  
Shared Power ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Bisexual People

Research on gender inequality within different-sex marriages shows that women do more unpaid labor than men, and that the perception of inequality influences perceptions of marital quality. Yet research on same-sex couples suggests the importance of considering how gender is relational. Past studies show that same-sex partners share unpaid labor more equally and perceive greater equity than do different-sex partners, and that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are less gender conforming than heterosexuals. However, studies have not considered how gender conformity might shape inequalities and marital quality within same- and different-sex unions. In this study, we analyze dyadic data from both spouses in same- and different-sex marriages to explore how sex of spouse and gender conformity influence perceptions of shared power within the relationship, which, in turn, influences marital quality. Results show that greater gender conformity is related to stronger perceptions of shared power in different-sex and male same-sex couples but not in female same-sex couples. Perceptions of shared power are positively associated with marital quality in all union types. Our findings suggest that maintaining hegemonic masculinity and power inequalities may be salient to marriages with men. In female same-sex couples, gender and its relation to power inequalities may carry less meaning.

scholarly journals The Academic Achievement and Attainment of LGB America

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Mittleman
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Gay Identity ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Restricted Use ◽  
Bisexual Identity

The current study provides large-scale, replicated evidence on the academic achievement and attainment of America’s lesbian, gay and bisexual population. I use a total of eight waves from two nationally representative surveys of American adults—the National Health Interview Survey (N=145,941) and the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (N=96,073)—alongside restricted-use data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (N≈15,870)—the first such study to ever collect information on student sexual orientation. Across datasets and birth cohorts, gay men display a pattern of strikingly high achievement: their rates of BA attainment are not only higher than straight men’s, they are also higher than straight women’s. Gay men’s academic success is observable already by ninth grade. Compared to straight boys in the same school, gay boys perform better on a range of attitudinal, behavioral, and achievement outcomes. Sensitivity analyses suggest that this pattern is unlikely to be explained by selective disclosure of a gay identity. By contrast, lesbian women’s BA attainment has declined across birth cohorts, such that lesbian women are now broadly disadvantaged compared to straight women. Although bisexuals in recent cohorts report academic disadvantages, substantial variation in reported rates of bisexual identity across sexes, cohorts and datasets complicates the interpretation of these results.

Victim, Police, and Prosecutorial Responses to Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: A Comparative Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Lantz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Criminal Justice Response

Research on intimate partner violence (IPV) and the criminal justice response to such incidents is extensive, but the majority of this research has focused on IPV perpetrated by men against women in heterosexual partnerships. Yet, recent research has indicated that the prevalence of IPV among LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) individuals may be as high as or higher than that of the general population. At the same time, a significant body of research has examined police and prosecutorial responses to IPV; again, the overwhelming majority of this research has also focused on heterosexual partners. Following this, the current research uses National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data to create dyads of both opposite-sex (i.e., male–female and female–male) and same-sex partners (i.e., male–male and female–female) to investigate the joint relationship between sex, sexual orientation, and three different criminal justice outcomes: victim refusal to cooperate with police, police decision to arrest, and the prosecutorial decision to deny a case.

scholarly journals Moderate Effects of Same-Sex Legislation on Dependent Employer-Based Insurance Coverage Among Sexual Minorities

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 752-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Diem Tran
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Domestic Partnership ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
The Impact

A difference-in-difference approach was used to compare the effects of same-sex domestic partnership, civil union, and marriage policies on same- and different-sex partners who could have benefitted from their partners’ employer-based insurance (EBI) coverage. Same-sex partners had 78% lower odds (Marginal Effect = −21%) of having EBI compared with different-sex partners, adjusting for socioeconomic and health-related factors. Same-sex partners living in states that recognized same-sex marriage or domestic partnership had 89% greater odds of having EBI compared with those in states that did not recognize same-sex unions (ME = 5%). The impact of same-sex legislation on increasing take-up of dependent EBI coverage among lesbians, gay men, and bisexual individuals was modest, and domestic partnership legislation was equally as effective as same-sex marriage in increasing same-sex partner EBI coverage. Extending dependent EBI coverage to same-sex partners can mitigate gaps in coverage for a segment of the lesbians, gay men, and bisexual population but will not eliminate them.

Development of the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Kendra ◽  
Jonathan J. Mohr
Keyword(s):  
And Bisexual ◽  
Bisexual Identity
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