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Who is the dominant partner in your relationship?

2/8/2015

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Studies by Prague researchers, from centers like Purkyne University and Charles University, showed couples where one partner, man or woman, was dominant had around 15% more children. Couples where both partners were dominant had the lowest reproductive success.

According to research, a dominant spouse in a marriage gives the partnership greater stability.

A study found that relationships where either partner is more dominant may be more effective than those where there is equality. Researchers say improved co-operation is likely to be responsible.

The research involved 340 men and women who were quizzed in depth about hierarchical structures in relationships involving friends, partners, and parents.

Results show that there were more couples where one partner was dominant than where they were equal. The woman took the lead in 24.2% of these relationships, but it didn't matter which parent made the decisions, as long as one did, which created less stress in the atmosphere. See full Telegraph article. 

It's interesting to work out how this applies to you and I, and how hierarchy in our families affects our daily life.

Friends: I'm pretty dominant but want everyone to have a say.

Parents: My father was the dominant one.

Partner: My husband and I both want to be the boss. (Both the oldest child in our family.) I can see where our insistence on being the dominant one has led to arguments—both being sure of our opinions and both wanting to take the lead. We married too late for me to produce children, which is probably a good thing.

Have you worked out your position in relationships? 


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Anamika Agnihotri link
2/7/2015 06:49:27 pm

In my family's case my father was the dominant disciplinarian parent. And the rest of us were the peacekeeping force. Whatever we did, obeying him or rebelling against him, we did peacefully and silently. After marriage, I think we have more or less an equal relationship but whenever my husband seems to be getting into his controlling mode I generally go back to being my peacekeeping mode. But when he fails on logic I surely give him back.

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Jaya Sonia G
2/7/2015 08:49:13 pm

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Scott link
2/7/2015 11:08:51 pm

I guess would say I'm the dominant one. I'm usually the one to dish out punishment or make major decisions for the family.

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Alana link
2/7/2015 11:44:39 pm

My early memories were of a mother who dished out most of the discipline. She was ill the last two/three years of her life, and died when I was 12 (not directly from the illness), so I was too young to understand the dynamics of my parents' marriage (which was a very loving one, fortunate for me).In my son's early years, I was the disciplinarian. As he grew I backed off and my husband assumed more the dominant role. Perhaps it would have been different if our child had been a girl.

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Carrie Ann Tripp link
2/8/2015 09:27:30 am

This topic intrigues me. I tend to be dominant by nature, but believe in the Biblical sense of a submissive wife. Which has nothing to do with being a pushover or a servant. We have this conversation at our home a lot. Who is dominant? Should one person be dominant? We tend to both be agreeable and compromise together. That sounds like a good thing, but many time it isn't.

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Amy Bovaird link
2/8/2015 12:49:42 pm

In my family, my dad made the decisions and my mother was the disciplinarian. In my marriage, my husband was the dominant one but I was given my own travel plans and was very independent. In most relationships, the other person is more dominant. I have thought about this topic several times about my sister and her husband. She was the leader in that relationship but he was no pushover to anyone else. ;)

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liese
2/8/2015 09:27:32 pm

My mom was the dominate in our family growing up. Now I'd say its 50/50 with my hubby. Probably explains our only child. =)

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