{"id":41651,"date":"2016-07-22T14:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T18:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-study-says-gay-couples-in-open-relationships-can-have-closer-bonds\/"},"modified":"2016-07-22T14:20:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T18:20:47","slug":"new-study-says-gay-couples-in-open-relationships-can-have-closer-bonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/new-study-says-gay-couples-in-open-relationships-can-have-closer-bonds\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Says Gay Couples in Open Relationships Can Have Closer Bonds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Study Says Gay Couples in Open Relationships Can Have Closer Bonds<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=740%2C607\" alt=\"open relationship\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=1024%2C840 1024w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=300%2C246 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg?resize=768%2C630 768w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/FullSizeRender.jpg?w=1123 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>A new study suggests that open relationships among <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> could bring a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> closer together.<\/p>\n<p>While open relationships are much more prevalent among <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> compared to heterosexual <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>, there is often still stigma attached to such relationships. And some continue to wonder whether <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> and love can ever be&nbsp;separated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/jul\/22\/gay-dating-open-relationships-work-study\"><em>The Guardian<\/em> reports:&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June 2015, Christopher Stults, a researcher at The Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies at New York University, launched a qualitative study of 10 <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> in open relationships. He conducted 45-minute, individual interviews with each of these <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and their partners, who ranged in age from 19 to 43.<\/p>\n<p>The study, funded by the Rural Center for Aids\/STD Prevention at Indiana University, had multiple aims. &ldquo;We wanted to see how these relationships form and evolve over time, and examine the perceived relationship quality, relationship satisfaction, and potential risk for HIV\/STI infection,&rdquo; says Stults, who finished coding the interviews this week at NYU and hopes to have the study published early next year.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Stults says his finding is that non-monogamous relationships can lead to a happier, more fulfilling relationship. &ldquo;My impression so far is that they don&rsquo;t seem less satisfied, and it may even be that their communication is better than among monogamous <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> because they&rsquo;ve had to negotiate specific details,&rdquo; Stults says.<\/p>\n<p>And open relationships &ldquo;don&rsquo;t seem to put <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> at disproportionate risk for HIV and other STDs,&rdquo; Stults says. &ldquo;To my knowledge, no one contracted HIV and only one <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> contracted an STD,&rdquo; he says.<\/p>\n<p>The stigma of being an open relationship, however&nbsp;does persist.&nbsp;Said Hugh McIntyre, a&nbsp;New York <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a> in an open relationship interviewed by&nbsp;<em>The Guardian<\/em>,&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve run into <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and straight people who have assumed our relationship is &lsquo;lesser than&rsquo; because we&rsquo;re not monogamous. I think that&rsquo;s offensive and ridiculous,&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Most of the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> included in the study said that setting and sticking to a set of rules was key for making the open relationship work.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Norton, a psychotherapist who specializes in <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> and an adjunct professor at Columbia University&rsquo;s department of counseling and clinical psychology, had doubts about the efficacy of open relationships, saying, &ldquo;Sex is an emotional experience.&nbsp;There is emotion at play, and even in the most transactional experience someone can get attached.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bronski, a professor in the department of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>, gender and sexuality at Harvard University, however, said it&rsquo;s not surprising <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> have turned to open relationships:&nbsp;&ldquo;Because they&rsquo;ve been excluded from traditional notions of sexual behavior, they&rsquo;ve had to be trendsetters and forge their own relationship norms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you stand on the subject, it&rsquo;s probably a good idea to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/05\/john-oliver-scientific-studies\/\">take this study (and all popularized &lsquo;scientific studies&rsquo;) with a grain of salt.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/07\/new-study-says-gay-couples-open-relationships-can-greater-bonds\/\">New Study Says Gay Couples in Open Relationships Can Have Closer Bonds<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=Vu9nLf_owTw:l-wIUg9yT5g:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/Vu9nLf_owTw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Vu9nLf_owTw\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">feeds.towleroad.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~3\/Vu9nLf_owTw\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Study Says Gay Couples in Open Relationships Can Have Closer Bonds A new study suggests that open relationships among <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> could bring a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a> closer together. While open relationships are much more prevalent among <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a> compared to heterosexual <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couples<\/a>, there is often still stigma attached to such relationships. 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