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11
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same sex straight
Debate Score:20
Arguments:18
Total Votes:21
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Do same-sex couples understand each other better than straight couples?

"The reason husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes.” Dorothy Dix

"The more I know about men the more I like dogs." Gloria Allred

"Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything in the house." Jean Kerr

"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship." Oscar Wilde

"My understanding of women goes only as far as the pleasures." Michael Caine

"Women are like Elephants. I like to watch them, but I wouldn't want to own one." W. C. Fields

same sex

Side Score: 11
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straight

Side Score: 9
1 point

They probably do. The only reason why I CAN understand women is because I understand that they are non-understandable. I don't try to figure out why they think that 2+2=5, i just accept that they think that and move on.

It's all about dealing with Irrationality. Hell, I'm a misanthrope in a world full of idiots, so i'm pretty used to that anyway.

Side: same sex
ledhead818(638) Disputed
1 point

"Hell, I'm a misanthrope in a world full of idiots, so i'm pretty used to that anyway."

That's pretty sad that you never grew out of your teenage misanthropy. Most people do. I guess you never learned that you are not better than everyone else. Oh well.

Side: straight
ThePyg(6738) Disputed
1 point

insult me all you want, misanthropy isn't some Goth state or something like that. It's more of a frustration. I get along with people personally and I am actually very friendly. Deep down, though, I judge everyone based on their flaws. Flaws that I find irreversible.

I don't think i'm better than everyone else. That isn't what Misanthropy is, and I suggest you read a little more to understand it better.

Side: same sex
Awen27(541) Disputed
1 point

I'm pretty sure if you think that ALL women think illogically, you don't understand them. Granted, a lot of people let their emotions cloud their reasoning, and women can be more susceptible to that, but part of it is just the fact that women realize that their emotions and the emotions of others matter. You may say that they don't really, but our emotional state helps determine our actions.

Kindly stop being a sexist pig just because you don't understand some things, or because SOME girls think irrationally.

Side: straight
ThePyg(6738) Disputed
1 point

I am not being a sexist pig by stating what is highly acceptable. Women have an inability to separate logic from emotion, causing a very illogical thinking pattern. Men, while being more susceptible to a simplistic thinking pattern, are easily able to separate logic from emotion. Their flaw mainly comes from an inability to enrich their vocabulary as well as women can.

It's not sexism, it's biology and psychology.

Side: same sex

As a gay person I must say yes, they do understand one another more, being of the same sex. The trick is to have a balance of differences so the "roles" fit properly. And don't give me any shit about roles, lol. Believe me they're in place and when they're in a good place the relationship thrives. Two barbie dolls can't live together and neither can two heavy construction guys...they're much too similar and it's both the similarities and differences that make it or break it.

Side: same sex

I don't have much perspective on this, as I've only been in straight relationships, and I'm very young, but I can imagine that same-sex couples would understand each other better because they have more in common.

Side: same sex
1 point

I don't think being the same sex has anything to do with wether you understand your partner or not. I don't think you could be with anyone with who you dont have any understanding. Sure, you might know a little bit more about each others genitals but that is pretty much where the similarities end ( and even in this are it varies greatly and you can get it totally wrong). I wouldn't say straights understand each other better either. Its just that same gender doesn't necessarily mean better understanding. I think same gender couples may presume they will have a better understanding which can lead to problems in their relationships when the reality strikes. Similarities dont always mean understanding. Someone can be with someone of the opposite sex who has alot of other differences also and yet they understand where each other is coming from. And seeing as there are more long term straight relationships my odds are with them.

Side: straight