The days, gay parents are no novelty.
Contents:
- SOCLOGY: STUDY EXAM GENR ROL OF CHILDREN WH GAY PARENTS
- GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
- IALS, NEGOTIATNS AND GENR ROL GAY AND LBIAN -PARENTG ARRANGEMENTS
- GENR ROL THE RELATNSHIPS OF LBIANS AND GAY MEN
SOCLOGY: STUDY EXAM GENR ROL OF CHILDREN WH GAY PARENTS
* gay parents and gender roles *
Biblarz argue that children wh lbian and gay parents are more likely to part om tradnal genr rol.
Children born to and raised by homosexuals tend to play, drs and behave differently than children reared heterosexual hoeholds, a USC study on gay parentg has found. Those past studi – which clud only birth children, not adopted children – downplayed ntrasts between children raised by homosexuals and heterosexuals. The USC paper foced maly on lbian mothers and their offsprg, bee fewer studi of gay fathers exist.
Stacey and Biblarz found some evince that children gay hoeholds are more likely to buck stereotypil male-female behavr.
GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
Recent rearch on gay male and lbian upl suggts that tradnal genr-role-playg sometim occurs their relatnships, though is ls mon than the relatnships of heterosexuals. This paper briefly explor three issu raised by the fdgs. First, we nsir reasons wh … * gay parents and gender roles *
“Lbian and gay parent fai offer a unique opportuny to exame ways which genr differenc affect parentg practic and out, ” said Biblarz, an associate profsor of soclogy. However, statistilly, they were no more likely to intify themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual. Children brought up by lbians and gay men are well-adjted, have good levels of self-teem and are as likely to have high tnal attaments as children raised more tradnal heterosexual fai.
“While all children probably get teased for one thg or another, children wh gay parents may experience a higher gree of teasg and ridicule.
Explorg how lbian and gay parent fai help children pe wh stigma uld prove helpful to all kds of fai.
IALS, NEGOTIATNS AND GENR ROL GAY AND LBIAN -PARENTG ARRANGEMENTS
“Rearchers have been reluctant to vtigate differenc among children for fear that such evince will be ed to discrimate agast gay fai. Soclogy: Study exam genr rol of children wh gay parents. Rearch on lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other sexual and genr mory (LGBTQ+) parents and their children has found that both parents and children are generally well adjted and that they do not differ well-beg or multiple velopmental out om parents and children the general populatn.
In recent years, nsirable ntroversy has surround lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and other sexual and genr mory (LGBTQ+) parent fai the Uned Stat. Consirable diversy characteriz LGBTQ+ parent fai, however, and studi of LGBTQ+ parent fai have foced more on sexual mory (gay, lbian, or bisexual) than on genr mory parents. Fai head by LGBTQ+ parents are sometim viewed as a homogeneo group, but the realy is that they are que diverse.
GENR ROL THE RELATNSHIPS OF LBIANS AND GAY MEN
Studi of sexual mory parents, most of which foc on lbian mothers and gay fathers, have shown them to be generally healthy and well adjted.
3, 17 Many studi have found that lbian and gay parents are distguishable om heterosexual parents terms of overall mental health and adjtment. Rearch wh transgenr and genr mory parents and their children is currently ls extensive than studi of lbian and gay parents and their children, but several studi wh the fai have been reported. 28 In a study of more than 700 gay fathers by Perr and lleagu, parents and their children were often found to face stigma and discrimatn om relig stutns as well as om their fai, iends, and neighbors.
One study, nducted the Netherlands, found that adolcent offsprg of lbian mothers who reported more experienc of homophobic stigmatizatn also had more behavr problems.