Homogamy in Masculinity-Femininity Is Positively Linked to Relationship Quality in Gay Male Couples from the Czech Republic.
The main aims of this research were to test the similarity of masculinity-femininity in long-term male same-sex couples from the Czech Republic and to examine whether this similarity predicts higher relationship quality. In Study 1, participants (N = 30) and their partners completed the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and the Childhood Gender Nonconformity Scale (CGN). In Study 2, participants (N = 40) and their partners completed DAS and the Gender Diagnosticity Scale (GD). Results showed that the partners were no more alike than individuals paired at random in their CGN or GD, but greater similarity in CGN between partners increased Dyadic Cohesion (r = -.41 [-.71, -.02]) and Affectional Expression (r = -.38 [-.60, -.13]). Our results add to previous evidence showing that similarity in same-sex couples increased relationship quality. Although, on average, gay men were not coupled on the basis of homogamy in gender roles, their relationship quality is linked to the gender egalitarian model rather than to the gender stratified one. Thus, a widespread stereotype suggesting that same-sex partners are divided by different gender roles seems to be, at least in our sample from a Western society, rather incorrect.
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, U Kříže 8, 158 00, Prague, Czech Republic. Klara.Bartova@fhs.cuni.cz.|National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany, Czech Republic. Klara.Bartova@fhs.cuni.cz.
Klára
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4654-0411
K
Bártová
National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany, Czech Republic.|Institute of Sexology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 11, Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Zuzana
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0158-922X
Z
Štěrbová
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, U Kříže 8, 158 00, Prague, Czech Republic.|National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany, Czech Republic.
Lenka
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-2903
L
Martinec Nováková
Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, U Kříže 8, 158 00, Prague, Czech Republic.|National Institute of Mental Health, Topolová 748, Klecany, Czech Republic.
Jakub
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5304-2130
J
Binter
Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes 1721, CEP 05508-030, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Marco Antonio Corrêa
MAC
Varella
Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes 1721, CEP 05508-030, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Jaroslava Varella
JV
Valentova
D000328:Adult; D002755:Choice Behavior; D018153:Czech Republic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D057227:Femininity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010551:Personality; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities
Assortative mating; Gender roles; Male same-sex couples; Relationship quality; Sexual orientation