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[–] RobertWalker 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I'd argue that a stable loving household is the most important factor, but not the only factor.

In any case, I keep seeing studies that say lesbian relationships have a higher incidence of domestic violence than hetrosexual relationships, as do to some extent gay relationships, which is different than "folk knowledge" expectations, but it turns up in the data again and again.

http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/09/domestic-violence-likely-more-frequent-for-same-sex-couples.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/if-youre-not-stragiht-youre-at-higher-risk-for-domestic-violence-180949988/?no-ist

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J041v04n01_01

I don't know why, I haven't followed this up a great deal, but it seems very relevant as something to be addressed since children are involved - and of course we want the reasons to be understood because ultimately we all want to be happy regardless of our sexual orientation.

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[–] NapoleonComplex 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Wow, that's really interesting. I would have never guess that there was a domestic abuse issue in the LGBT community. Thanks for the links

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[–] KinkRaven ago  (edited ago)

Massive with lesbians and part of it is the perception that women can't be physical abusers.

Once that notion is finally broken down, ie women being the gentler sex, we might get some real movement on what caused domestic breakdowns.

One thing to keep in mind is that all of these stats are still representing a minority of couples. The majority seems to get alonh just fine regardless of gender and orientation.