Heterosexual, lesbian, and gay male relationships: A comparison of couples in 1975 and 2000

Family Process

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-376

  Gotta, Gabrielle ^a   Green, Robert Jay ^a   Rothblum, Esther ^b   Solomon, Sondra ^c   Balsam, Kimberly ^d   Schwartz, Pepper ^d  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of household labor; Gay couples; Gender roles; Lesbian couples; Monogamy; Same sex couples

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052245381     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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