For this week’s blog about gender roles, I found an article about gay marriage. In the article it was talking about the insights to healthy marriages. Researchers found some pretty interesting data that said that committed gay couples don’t have as many conflicts as committed straight couples. Ever since California passed the law issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, there has been a nation debate upon it. Personally I have no problem with gay marriages. People have the right to make their own decisions when there that age and I think they should be able to marry whoever they want to. The U.S as a whole said otherwise. The typical stereotype for same-sex marriages was that they never last long. After Vermont legalized same-sex civil unions in 2000, researchers surveyed nearly 1,000 couples, both same-sex and straight. Both sides had few differences except that the same- couple said they had more of a balance. If you think about it in a man vs. woman relationship the two opposite genders have there stereotypical roles. The woman cleans the house, while the man is off working at the office. However, in a same-sex marriage the two are equal and split up tasks. There has been a lot of debate on this issue, but personally I think that people have their rights to love whoever, even if they are the same gender as you.
Parker-Pope, Tara. "Gay Unions Shed Light on Gender in Marriage." New York Times. 10 June 2008. 10 February 2009. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/10well.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=gender%20differences&st=cse>
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