Children in Same-Sex Marriages

Autor/inn/en	Solodnikov, V. V.; Chkanikova, A. M.
Titel	Children in Same-Sex Marriages
Quelle	In: Russian Education and Society, 51 (2009) 7, S.13-34 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1060-9393
DOI	10.2753/RES1060-9393510702
Schlagwörter	Sexual Orientation; Foreign Countries; Sexual Identity; Internet; Child Rearing; Family Characteristics; Parenting Styles; Discourse Analysis; Social Networks; Network Analysis; Parent Attitudes; Marriage; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Ausland; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Kindererziehung; Diskursanalyse; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Netzplantechnik; Elternverhalten; Ehe; Russland
Abstract	In Russia, sociologists do not have reliable statistical data as to the number of same-sex unions and the number of children being brought up in these families, and non-Russian studies on the topic are flawed and misleading. Russians are said to be antagonistic to the idea of children being raised in same-sex households. People are concerned over the question of possible impairment of children's sense of gender identity, their propensity toward a particular sexual orientation, or their physical or mental well-being. The authors consider the difficulties that arise in a sociological survey of a same-sex family. The first and most important complication is the difficulty of access to the object of the study. A second characteristic of the studies of sexual minorities is that in contacts between a heterosexual interviewer and the respondents, it is virtually impossible to avoid distorting the data. In consideration of these difficulties, the authors conducted a study on the characteristics of social parenthood in same-sex families by indirect rather than direct means: via Internet resources, articles, and other documents that have been compiled spontaneously rather than for purposes of research. On the whole, social parenthood in same-sex families has been a great deal less interesting to scientists than it has to journalists and TV personalities. A summary of the results is presented. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 2 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10