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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you also discuss the divorce stats for heterosexual marriages?  Or were you just focused on gay marriage?  It's likely the singling out that made it an issue.  Because, of course, all straight marriages have a woman, too.  Definitely tone deaf.  [/quote]

Yes, I discussed the divorce rates for heterosexuals. I was simply emphasizing that it is usually a woman who files. 
My job allows for time (like at lunch) to discuss anything. There were other people involved in the conversation. I was not telling her that she has a high chance of divorce, I was stating a fact. I also emphasized other divorce risks like early marriage and so on. 
Maybe her relationship is on the rocks. [/quote]

It sounds like you read that women file for divorce more frequently than men do, so you extrapolated that lesbians must divorce more because they’re all women (who must be itching to file for divorce, amirite?). Without statistical evidence to back up your claim, and that wiki link does not provide statistical evidence, claims like that sound more like bigotry than science. Maybe you’re just bad at math and not misogynistic or homophobic. I don’t know you so I can’t say, but your coworker does and she felt like you were being homophobic, and you haven’t really said anything that shows otherwise. [/quote]

To be fair, the wiki link provides all the sources at the bottom of the page. But I agree more research is likely before coming to any conclusions. Wiki should never be treated as a sole source. [/quote]

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