The data they found for the gay and lesbian couples was a little bit harder to find but there are two sources that provided most of the information for the homosexual couples. One being the National Health and Social Life Survey and the other being the General Social Survey. Both of these sources provided information on homosexual couples and different aspect of their life together (Black, Sanders & Taylor, …show more content…
701). With extra college education gay men might feel likely they have an extra quality that the straight man do not have. Though, both the straight and gay men attend college because most men go into professions that need extra education like: computer science and engineering. While woman take jobs that do not require as much education like: dance and art. The straight women do not go to college as much not only because they do not usually take jobs that require lots of college (Black, Sanders & Taylor, 2007, p. 64) but because they are also more likely to follow gender norms. This means have they have kids and the women stays at home to take care of them. Though, the lesbians are different. They are more likely to take a ‘mans’ job which means they need the extra education, and they also face discrimination in the workforce along with the gays (Black, Sanders & Taylor, 2007, p. 64; Levine & Leonard, 1985 p.