The Influence of Parental Identification on Attitudes in Same-Sex Families |
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Authors: | Pamela M Hunt |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, United Statesphunt@westga.edu |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTWithout the ability to be legally married in most U.S. states until 2015, same-sex couples did not have the rights and privileges of married or once-married couples. Even with the changing legality and increasing social acceptance of same-sex marriage, the relationship between nonbirth parents and children in same-sex parented families is often not recognized as a legitimate child-parent bond. The focus of this article is to investigate how attitudes related to social networks and the language used to identify parental figures likely contribute to the binary gender-role structure of the family. Using data from a self-administered survey, I examine whether nonbirth and birth parents hold distinct attitudes about social concepts that are relevant to their lives. |
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Keywords: | Same-sex families attitudes familial relationships relationship recognition |
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