Single-sex families drive an emerging 21st century American social paradigm shift: research debates effects on children
| Author(s) | Modell, Maxine | |
| Date Accessioned | 2018-01-11T12:22:39Z | |
| Date Available | 2018-01-11T12:22:39Z | |
| Publication Date | 2017 | |
| SWORD Update | 2017-09-06T19:31:25Z | |
| Abstract | Spanning merely 44 years between mid-20th century and the present, three remarkable events informed the lives of homosexual individuals as well as the cultural profile of American families: in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental illness; in 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision compelling all 50 states to recognize marriage between lesbian couples and gay couples; and in 2016, Mississippi was the last state to prohibit single-sex couples from adopting children. Considering these facts, it is easier to grasp the overwhelming inequitable obstacles facing this population, particularly those individuals who long to be parents. ☐ In Chapter Two, I will track some decades-old judicial and cultural obstacles, and advancements, marking the gay and lesbian community’s journey toward the right to marry and to build families. Included among the challenges I will discuss are: 1) national and state governments’ resistance to the idea of homosexuals fostering children; 2) national legal and public opinion roadblocks to the idea of homosexuals adopting children: 3) complex custody challenges resulting from currently available medical and technical advances, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy; and 4) print and electronic media coverage of these issues. ☐ In Chapter Three, I will collate conflicting research data supporting and/or opposing the argument that children raised in single-sex households can achieve optimal cognitive and social potentials that parallel those of children raised in traditional heterosexual families. | en_US |
| Advisor | Best, Joel | |
| Degree | M.A. | |
| Program | University of Delaware, Liberal Studies Program | |
| Unique Identifier | 1018902345 | |
| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/21833 | |
| Language | en | |
| Publisher | University of Delaware | en_US |
| URI | https://search.proquest.com/docview/1975370444?accountid=10457 | |
| Keywords | Social sciences | en_US |
| Title | Single-sex families drive an emerging 21st century American social paradigm shift: research debates effects on children | en_US |
| Type | Thesis | en_US |