In 2000 the State of Vermont legislature approved a bill authorizing civil unions between gay or lesbian partners. This was a very contentious debate with very serious issues raised by both sides. How the vote split along gender lines may tell us something important about the different ways that males and females looked at this issue. The data appear below. What would you conclude from these data?

Vote Yes No Total Women 35 9 44 Men 60 41 101 Total 95 50 145