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THE RELATIONSHIPS OF COHABITING LESBIAN AND HETEROSEXUAL COUPLES: A COMPARISON
This report is based on part of a Doctoral Dissertation, completed in November, 1982, at York University, Downsview, Ontario. The author would like to thank Dr. Sandra Pyke, Dr. Kathryn Koenig, and Dr. Joan Stewart for their assistance in completing this research, as well as Dr. Rosemary Barnes for her comments regarding the revision of this paper.
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Abstract
The relationships of cohabiting lesbian couples and cohabiting heterosexual couples were compared on three dimensions—Durability, interdependence, and Equality. The lesbian relationships tended to be somewhat less durable and interdependent but more equal. Reasons for these differences are discussed.