Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: PCUSA report on human sexuality Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 02:54:52 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article TWPIERCE@amherst.bitnet (Tim Pierce) writes: The moderator writes: +[I make no assumption about levels of promiscuity among homosexuals or +hetersexuals. Indeed all of the homosexuals that I have known +anything about (and it isn't a large number) were living in long-term +monogamous relationships. I only point out that I think there's a lot A book titled 'American Couples' circa 1982 lists average duration of relationship as( in approximate years): Heterosexual non-married 2-3 years Homosexual female 5-6 Homosexual male 7-8 Heterosexual married 15 I have not found another studie which is more recent and has the 'same' categories. I don't have the time to read several different studies and then correlate them with this study. It would seem from the above numbers that Heterosexula non-married is the most ephemeral. The book also noted that homosexual males were able to tolerate a high level of 'non-monogamy'. However the study was done before the AIDS epidemic became well known. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu