Feminists make better lovers - for other feminists!

[James Brody]

Yoshiki Kuramoto (Strogatz, 2003) proved that synchrony emerges when there is similarity and mutual influence between oscillators. Mating couples can behave as a pair of oscillators. (Brody, in press) Kuramoto's equations also find that synchrony will emerge no matter how many oscillators are present.

Will feminists (paired) also be more apt to move into threesomes for publishing, clubs, and bus tours?

JimB
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"Study: Feminists are better mates
Supporters of equality for women also have stronger relationships, new research says

"By Judy Peres | Tribune staff reporter
"November 17, 2007

"Take a feminist out to dinner.

"That's the advice of a social psychologist who concludes in a new study that feminists make better partners and have stronger romantic relationships.

"Laurie Rudman of Rutgers University had found in earlier research that negative stereotypes of feminists--that they're unattractive, man-hating lesbians, in a nutshell--cause young adults to distance themselves from the "F-word" and tone down their demands for equality...So, with the help of graduate student Julie Phelan, she set about trying to determine if there was any truth to the notion that feminists are more likely than traditional women to have crummy relationships. The results, appearing in the online edition of the peer-reviewed journal Sex Roles, show that for both women and men there was a benefit to having a feminist partner. Feminist women were also more likely than others to be in a romantic relationship..."If you're a woman paired with a male feminist," said Rudman, "you have a healthier relationship across the board"--better in terms of relationship quality, equality, stability and sexual satisfaction...The subjects--513 students and 471 adults ages 18-65 recruited online--were asked how they felt about career women and whether they considered themselves feminists. They were also asked about their partners' feminist identity and attitudes...feminism scores among the subjects were tepid. The mean for women in the college group was 6.2 on a 10-point scale, and the mean for men was only 4.9...It turned out that self-identified feminists were no more likely to be homosexual or to consider themselves unattractive, Rudman said: "There's zero correlation." And they actually had a better chance of having a romantic partner..."I was lucky," said Rudman. "I found a feminist guy and we've been married over 30 years."

More at: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...i_tab01_layout

References:

Reference: Rudman LA & Phelan JE (2007). The interpersonal power of feminism: is feminism good for romantic relationships? Sex Roles (DOI 10.1007/s11199-007-9319-9)

Strogatz, S. (2003) Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order. NY: Hyperion.