A new study has shown that men tend to have healthier relationships when dating a feminist than dating a non-feminist.It is also equally important for women too. Being a feminist can actually improve the quality of their inmate relationships. Rutgers University (US) carried out a study to this perception.
The University conducted a laboratory survey of 242 American undergraduates and an online survey including 289 okder adults who were more likely to have had longer relationships and greater life experience.
They looked at the perception of men and women of their own feminism and its link to relationship health, measured by a combination of overall relationship quality, agreement about gender equality, relationship stability and sexual satisfaction.
The survey report showed that having a feminist partner was associated with healthier heterosexual relationships for women. Men with feminist partners also reported both more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction.
The researchers also examined the validity of feminist stereotypical beliefs amongst their two samples, based on the hypothesis that if feminist stereotypes are accurate, then feminist women should be more likely to report themselves as being single, lesbian, or sexually unattractive, compared with non-feminist women.
The authors found no support for this hypothesis amongst their study participants. In fact, feminist women were more likely to be in a heterosexual romantic relationship than non-feminist women.
The new study is published in Springer’s journal Sex Roles
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