So it turns out queer women who are used to friendships with other women all their lives, who have a dating scene where looks discrimination barely exists, who aren't seen as a threat by other women, who have shared female experiences- just might flirt better than most men. Whoda thought.

Keepingitreal · 2022-10-07T09:34:52+00:00

This article goes way beyond just claiming that women are better at flirting and makes some really dishonest claims.

For example:

There is no real secret to why women are better at dating women. It all comes back to one very simple truth—women respect, value and like other women, and we don't belittle other women for simply...being women.

The author wants us to believe that queer women treat their partners better than men do.

That just isn't true, though.

While most women tend to view men—and especially unattractive men—as being potential abusers, research has shown that lesbian women are actually more likely to be victimized by their partners than straight women.

A recent meta-analysis returned the following estimates of lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in LGB couples:

-61.1% of bisexual women and 43.8% of lesbian women, compared to 35% of heterosexual women. -37.3% of bisexual men and 26% of homosexual men, compared to 29% of heterosexual men.

When episodes of severe violence were considered, prevalence rates were:

-Bisexual women, 49.3%; lesbian women, 29.4% versus heterosexual women, 23.6%. -Homosexual men, 16.4% versus heterosexual men, 13.9%.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01506/full

Another study found similar results for sexual IPV.

More than one-quarter (27%) of sexual minority women reported being sexually assaulted by an intimate partner at some point since age 15 compared with 11% of heterosexual women.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210426/dq210426b-eng.htm

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