Partner preferences across sexual orientations and biological sex

Willis, Jarryd

doi:10.1111/pere.12021

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“…For example, Ueno et al (2009) found no differences in emotional closeness depending on LGB youth's friends' sexual orientation, and the benefit of higher‐quality friendships for better mental health also did not differ. However, LGBTQ+ people may have different expectations for the quality of their friendships depending on sex and gender: lesbians have lower expectations for emotional closeness in their friendships with heterosexual men than gay men have for heterosexual women (Willis, 2014).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of two decades of LGBTQ‐inclusive research in JSPR and PR

Pollitt

Blair

Lannutti

2022

Personal Relationships

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The field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) relationship science has grown significantly over the past two decades, coinciding with rapid changes in the social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. However, it is unclear to what extent the top two journals in relationship science, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships and Personal Relationships, have contributed to the field. In this critical review, we analyzed the 2181 manuscripts published in the journals between 2002 and 2021 for whether they included or excluded LGBTQ+ participants, the methodologies used to analyze their data, and their conclusions about LGBTQ+ lives and relationships. The overwhelming majority (85.8%) of manuscripts did not acknowledge LGBTQ+ relationships; however, there have been improvements compared to past research in retaining LGBTQ+ participants within a data set when they were present. We identified 92 manuscripts that contributed to knowledge about LGBTQ+ lives or relationships. We discuss the lack of intersectional analyses and methodological challenges of incorporating multiple forms of diversity within quantitative research. Overarching themes across manuscript content included minority stress, relationship formation, social support, and commitment. Overall, though the research in the two journals has contributed to the literature on LGBTQ+ relationships, our review suggests that scholars do not consider these two journals as a first choice for finding or publishing LGBTQ+ relationship science.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of two decades of LGBTQ‐inclusive research in JSPR and PR

Pollitt

Blair

Lannutti

2022

Personal Relationships

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“…Parents are more likely to educate their daughters than to educate their sons on how to deal with other people's emotional states. As such, people are significantly more likely to seek out straight and gay women for emotional support and least likely to seek out straight men (Willis, 2014).…”

Section: Punctuation and Sexmentioning

confidence: 99%

[Published] - Social Utilitarianism in Digital Interactions and Distant Worlds

Simanian¹,

Willis²

2022

Preprint

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This study focuses on the utilitarian strategy of identity negotiation. Analyzing interaction patterns in emails and text messages, we found that women use emojis more frequently than men. In addition, we found that women report using significantly more exclamation points than men and that men are likely to report not using exclamation points that much in general. In analyses of the utilization of skin lightening filters for social media posts, we found that skin lightening filters are used more frequently by women than by men. In addition, women may be unconsciously making themselves appear whiter via lightning filters in hopes that it will maximize the socially utilitarian payoff of their virtual self-brand. In short, individuals may feel that making their skin look lighter will increase their social capital (likes, views, etc.). Only subjects with the lightest skin gradient indicated using emojis/filters to try and appear darker. Finally, we found a descriptive pattern indicating that straight women and bisexual women dating men use more filters than bisexual women dating women and lesbians.

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“…Attachment researchers have increasingly investigated which attachment relationships are more predictive of desirable psycho-social outcomes than others, and the degree to which relationship-specific attachment models differ (Klohnen et al, 2005;Overall et al, 2003;Shaver et al, 1996;Willis, 2014). Given that attachment research suggests that romantic partners become primary attachments in adulthood, this study considered how the romantic attachment may be a protective factor for LG individuals in a way that unsupportive parents are not, and in a way that is uniquely different from heterosexuals.…”

Section: Attachment Patterns For Lesbian/gay Individuals With Unaccep...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These styles include a sense of security, and dimensions of avoidance and anxiety (Brennan et al, 1998;Fraley & Shaver, 2000). More recently, however, attachment theorists have noted that this 'relatively stable anchor' can be adjusted as a consequence of significant events or circumstances (Bowlby, 1988;Hazan & Shaver, 1987;Cozzarelli et al, 2000;Overall et al, 2003;Sibley & Overall, 2008;Willis, 2011;Willis, 2014). Attachment patterns tend to change as a function of romantic status, indicating that lovers become an additional primary attachment figure (Eastwick & Finkel, 2008;Fraley & Shaver, 2000;Trinke & Bartholomew, 1997;Willis, 2011;Willis, 2014).…”

Section: Attachment Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More recently, however, attachment theorists have noted that this 'relatively stable anchor' can be adjusted as a consequence of significant events or circumstances (Bowlby, 1988;Hazan & Shaver, 1987;Cozzarelli et al, 2000;Overall et al, 2003;Sibley & Overall, 2008;Willis, 2011;Willis, 2014). Attachment patterns tend to change as a function of romantic status, indicating that lovers become an additional primary attachment figure (Eastwick & Finkel, 2008;Fraley & Shaver, 2000;Trinke & Bartholomew, 1997;Willis, 2011;Willis, 2014). Despite changes in attachment as a function of romantic status, nothing significantly changes attachment patterns to parents… for heterosexuals.…”

Section: Attachment Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Attachment Patterns for Lesbian/Gay Individuals with Unaccepting Parents

Willis¹,

Disler²,

Khalil³

2021

Preprint

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While much research has considered how lesbian/gay parents affect straight children, less attention has been paid to how heterosexual parents affect their lesbian/gay children. At the same time, attachment theorists are trying to determine how contiguous individuals’ differential attachments are to each other, especially in predictive utility. A secure base is best for exploratory processes such as sexual-identity development. Given that lovers share the role of primary attachment with parents in adulthood, lovers for lesbian/gay individuals, compared to heterosexuals, may be a unique source of social support against rejection sensitivity and victimization by unaccepting parents. The results of this study suggest that rejection sensitivity moderates the effect of parents’ acceptance/rejection on parental attachment patterns. Moreover, parental attachment patterns differentially predict romantic attachment dimensions across orientation, and exert limited influence on lesbian/gay romantic attachment and satisfaction relative to heterosexuals. This suggests that lesbians/gays use their romantic attachment as primary to a greater degree than heterosexuals, and dissociate their romantic attachment from their parental attachment in a manner not observed for heterosexuals. This likely reflects protective adaptations given adversarial parental relationships.

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Partner preferences across sexual orientations and biological sex

Cited by 4 publications

References 53 publications

A review of two decades of LGBTQ‐inclusive research in JSPR and PR

A review of two decades of LGBTQ‐inclusive research in JSPR and PR

[Published] - Social Utilitarianism in Digital Interactions and Distant Worlds

Attachment Patterns for Lesbian/Gay Individuals with Unaccepting Parents

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