Sentences with phrase «heterosexual relationships with»

I'm a strong, young, urban, professional woman who have a great desire for a heterosexual relationship with the right guy.

First is the highly sexual nature of the maturity both films chronicle, with prepubescent Lila (Gina Piersanti) in It Felt Like Love trying to basically force her way into her sexuality, while Frankie (Harris Dickinson) in Beach Rats struggles with his sexual identity, cruising for older men online while trying to maintain a heterosexual relationship with Simone (Madeline Weinstein).

Not exact matches

In addition, with the overwhelming majority of people continuing to enjoy heterosexual marriage, I am not persuaded that the biblical theme of gender complementarity, which is modeled between Christ and the Church, is under threat, nor that this theme is authoritative for all relationships.

I have always been heterosexual, but, being a spiritual and intellectual erotic, I never had any problem with celibacy between spousal relationships.

So long as we embrace marriage with the same standards as any monogamous, loving heterosexual relationship there should be no barrier against us.

That's because same - sex behavior in the first century was not understood to be the expression of an exclusive sexual orientation but rather it was understood as excess on the part of those who could easily be content with heterosexual relationships, but who went beyond them in search of more exotic pleasures.

«Couldn't even as a heterosexual I have this type of relationship with more than one woman?»

Nonetheless, nobody can doubt that most people have found, and still find, heterosexual genital contact, enjoyed within some societal context, satisfactory for them and their preferred way of intimate relationship with others of the human race.

There may be considerable diversity in heterosexual relationships, and there is today dissatisfaction with the inherited pattern.

Some of these students would say they most identify with what groups like the Gay Christian Network term «Side A» (they believe homosexual relationships have the same value as heterosexual relations in the sight of God).

Andrew Cuomo, himself, lives in an openly heterosexual sexual relationship with his paramour, Sandra Lee, in the presence of his daughters apparently not caring what effect that living arrangement also has on his minor daughters.

«The current proposals endeavour to equate homosexual partnerships which are in principle non-child bearing with heterosexual partnerships which are in principle procreative and establish a set of rules for state supported sexual relationships that are blind to sexual orientation,» he said in a blog post.

As I said in the Times and will say again here, I do, however, believe that most members of our community — as well as the majority of heterosexuals — can not and do not choose the gender of the persons with whom they seek to have intimate relationships because, unlike me, they are only attracted to one sex.

The study also looked at the likelihood of gender homophily — the notion that people affiliate with others who are similar to themselves and, in particular, of the same gender — a well - established phenomenon in heterosexual relationships because cross-gender friendships can add the complicating factor of possible romantic or sexual tension, or the jealousy of one's partner.

In a new study titled «Mating strategy flexibility in the laboratory: Preferences for long - and short - term mating change in response to evolutionarily relevant variables», the research team captured the relationship preferences of 151 heterosexual male and female volunteers (75 men and 76 women) by asking them to look at pictures of 50 potential partners, and to indicate whether they would prefer a long or short - term relationship with each.

Ansari qualifies that most of his research involved speaking with college - educated, middle class heterosexuals who have «quite intense relationships with their expensive smartphones.»

In heterosexual relationships, the foremost study into the differences in how each gender deals with heartbreak comes from researchers at Binghamton University, who pried open the personal lives of 6,000 participants across 96 countries by asking them to rate the emotional pain of their last break up.

Whether he has children from a prior heterosexual relationship, has gone through foster care or private adoption or has fathered a child with a female friend or surrogate, a growing segment of the gay dating market is gay dads.

A recent survey from Match.com suggested that 70 % of gay relationships start online, compared with 50 % for heterosexual men.

Bisexual people may feel at odds with their desire to begin a family and struggle with the added question of whether to have children with a same - sex partner and face homophobia in their family unit, or choose a heterosexual relationship to start a family and have to grieve the dream or the desire to have a same - sex partner in their family unit.

Some of these differences include: the ability to search from a deep pool of potential partners outside of one's existing social networks; the ability to communicate online or via email prior to arranging for a face - to - face interaction; and matching algorithms that allow users to filter potential partners based on pre-existing criteria.3 Other research has indicated that the efficiency of online dating and the size of the potential dating pool compared with traditional methods make the process especially useful for people (such as gays and lesbians, or middle aged heterosexuals) who may have limited options for meeting people within their immediate geographic area or social circle.4 Still others have speculated that the rise of online dating has encouraged young adults, especially men, to forego marriage because they can always find women to date and that lowers their interest in committing to long term relationships.5

Lavalife is for any singles aged over 18 with the emphasis on heterosexual singles, gay singles may have difficulty finding relationships through this site.

With frank discussions of relationships and sex, heterosexual and homosexual, Toni Jo, who befriends new student Pan (short for Pansy) in the hopes that he will be her boyfriend, gives a humorous portrayal of high - school life.

While most forms of sexual discrimination are associated with heterosexual relationships, in recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of same - sex harassment complaints.

In addition to domestic abuse in heterosexual relationships, the Firm has also handled a variety of cases dealing with domestic abuse in same - sex relationships.

According to the French law, a man or a woman having frequent unprotected heterosexual intercourses — including with an HIV infected partner — will be, at best, temporally excluded from donation, while a man in a committed homosexual relationship is permanently excluded.

In a survey of over 600 people, Percy Hughes & Roberts asked respondents who they believe to be the most commonly affected by domestic violence, with 79 % pointing to women in a heterosexual relationship.

Domestic violence in heterosexual relationships is a serious issue, with 20 % of women reporting they have been assaulted by their partners, and this is true among married adult women as well as dating college women (IPARV, 2002).

Not only do you have to prove that your ex is living with someone else, but you must also prove that they are engaged in a private, heterosexual relationship.

Eighty heterosexual dating couples provided information about their gender, individual histories of abuse in their current relationship, attachment styles, perception of and satisfaction with relationship power.

In this study, 456 heterosexual college undergraduates were given a list of 27 interpersonal behaviors and were asked to imagine that someone in a long - term relationship engaged in that behavior with a person of the other sex [2].

He then carefully watched how couples — both homosexual and heterosexual — interacted with each other when discussing points of conflict, telling the story of how they met and reflecting on positive and negative memories of their relationship.

In the first study, involving 335 participants (138 men and 197 women, all of whom were in romantic relationships and 90 % of whom were heterosexual), people who reported a longer duration of after - sex affection were more satisfied with their sex lives and in turn, happier with their overall relationships.

Between 2005 and 2011, researchers collected data from two groups of college women: nearly 7,000 women who self - reported that they had ever hooked - up (and their most recent hookup was with a man), and more than 6,500 women in heterosexual relationships of over 6 months.

This derogation of alternatives, as researchers refer to it, helps the relationship's long - term future by decreasing the likelihood that partners will be tempted by others.1 To determine whether somebody derogates alternatives, researchers typically straight - up ask them (e.g., «I regularly find myself looking at attractive others») or, more sneakily, record how long (heterosexual) individuals look at pictures of opposite - sex people when presented with a range of photos.

From greeting cards and gifts, to television shows and movies, society inundates us with messages that Valentine's Day is an occasion to celebrate monogamous, heterosexual relationships.

So then what happens when individuals in heterosexual romantic relationships engage in more extreme forms of infidelity, such as sex, with someone of the same sex?

These results are consistent with previous research which asked over 300 participants (200 newlyweds and over 100 undergraduates) in heterosexual relationships the traits they wanted in a spouse.2 Participants in that study also reported that they highly valued intelligence, ranking it 4th most important for both men and women behind traits such as warm, reliable, and fair.

We have concluded that children need at least one responsible, caretaking adult who has a positive emotional connection to them and with whom they have a consistent relationship... we do not believe that the data support the conclusion that fathers are essential to child well - being... [or] that heterosexual marriage is the social context in which responsible fathering is most likely to occur.»

I have experience in helping both heterosexual and LGBTQ individuals and couples overcome obstacles to reach a more intimate, connected relationship, and can help with issues of parenting and step - parenting, as well as navigating the challenges with parenting special needs children.

Dr. Winter works with relationships and couples of all types, heterosexual, gay / lesbian and mixed, as well as at all stages of attachment and separation.

In a study, examining marital success rates of high - functioning men with autism in heterosexual couples, perceived social support was a significant predictor of relationship success (Renty & Roeyers, 2007).

The aim of the present investigation was to examine the quality of parent — child relationships and the psychological adjustment of children in female - headed families with no father present from birth or early infancy; families headed by single heterosexual mothers (solo mothers) and families headed by lesbian mothers were studied in comparison with two - parent heterosexual families.

Anyone who has been involved in a relationship with a sex addict is eligible to take this survey, including males, females, heterosexual or homosexual partners, and those that are still involved in a relationship with the addict, and those that have left the relationship.

The ads read as follows (the sentence between brackets was included for pregnant women only): «For a research project of the University of Groningen on relationships and emotions we are looking for women between 20 and 35 years old, who are currently in a steady heterosexual relationship [and pregnant with their first child].

The goals of this investigation were to examine: (1) relationship members» perceptions of the balance of work at both the initiation and the maintenance stages of their relationship; (2) whether one gender in heterosexual, romantic relationships is perceived as doing more of the work of relationship initiation and relationship maintenance; and (3) relational outcomes (e.g, satisfaction) associated with the perceptions of balance versus imbalance in the work of relationship initiation and maintenance.

Heterosexual couples grapple with these norms too, but LGBTQ couples may face even more tension or confusion with gender roles at home or in a relationship.

Sassler and her co-authors took data collected from the National Survey on Families and Households two decades ago and compared it with data on heterosexual couples from the national 2006 Marital and Relationship Survey.