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Watching today's #FemQuantSeminar with @arianeophir about re-partnering among sexual minorities
men are more likely to re-partner than women and do so more quickly. this finding comes from studies of heterosexual partnerships. what does this look like for LGB men and women?
marital search theory takes an exchange-based approach: re-partnering depends on attractiveness, opportunity, and need (but the criteria are very heteronormative)
gender-as-relational approach: person's gender, partner's gender, and relational context shape investments, expectations, and experiences in relationships
event history analysis of heterosexual vs. LGB R's from Understanding Society (2009-19) data from UK
gender gap appears in hetero sample: men more likely to repartner than women
gender gap reversed in gay/lesbian sample: women more likely to repartner than men
no gender gap in bisexual sample
sexuality gap, too: lesbian women more likely to repartner than hetero women and hetero men more likely to repartner than gay/bi men
gender gap, but not sexuality gap, is robust when restricted sample to non-parents only
both gaps are robust when matching hetero and lesbian/gay R's by parental status and age
conclusion: need to expand what counts as "attractive, opportunity, and need" to better explain repartnering among women and sexual minorities