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Legal battles over same-sex marriage have drawn increasing public attention to the question of whether lesbian and gay families can raise happy, healthy children. Opponents of the legal recognition of homosexual unions have based their arguments in part on the premise that children brought up by parents of the same sex face significant social and psychological disadvantages. This pioneering volume provides an objective and long overdue look at the experiences of the children themselves. Presenting a unique longitudinal study of 25 children raised in lesbian mother families, and a comparison group raised by single heterosexual mothers, the book examines the developmental effects of growing up in a same-sex household--and confronts a range of myths and stereotypes along the way. [publisher's description]

LESBIAN MOTHERS -- 301.185.1 --- Child development --- -Children of gay parents --- -Gender identity --- -Lesbian mothers --- -Sex role --- -#GBIB:CBMER --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Lesbian parents --- Gay parents --- Mothers --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Children of gay men --- Children of homosexual parents --- Children of lesbians --- Gay parents' children --- Child study --- Children --- Development, Child --- Developmental biology --- Developmental psychobiology --- Child rearing --- Family relationships --- Development --- Children of gay parents --- Gender identity --- Lesbian mothers --- Sex role --- #GBIB:CBMER

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Disillusioned by long hours at home alone and by demands from the older generation, Japanese women are marrying later, resulting in a sharp decline in the Japanese birth rate. Muriel Jolivet considers the reasons why Japanese women are finding it increasingly difficult to accept the terms and conditions of motherhood.Japan: The Childless Society explores the major factors contributing to maternal malaise in Japan including:* the 'Ten Commandments of the Good Mother'* the changing role of the father* education and careers* nostalgia from older generations

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Western thought has long been characterized by an ideological divide between public and private spheres. In the industrial era, the divide became highly gendered as men dominated the public spheres of politics and work, while women were closely associated with family and home. In the late twentieth century, social and legal policies have promoted equal opportunities in the labour force and shared responsibilities in the family. Despite this progress, inequalities are still evident for women in the labour force and in the family, and for some groups of women in relation to others.In this collection of original essays, feminist scholars in disciplines ranging from law to geography challenge the traditional notion of a public/private divide. The divide can represent boundaries between state and family, state and market, market and family, or state and community, which shift depending on location, social group, and historical time period. The contributors to this book examine the impact of the divide in respect to four themes: state intervention; the relationship between family, home, and work; the legal regulation of motherhood; and the challenges of privatization, restructuring, and globalization. They show that the impact of the divide varies according to factors such as race, class, (dis)ability, and sexual identity as they intersect with gender.Challenging the Public/Private Divide provides a wealth of information and analysis on current issues in Canada society, from child care to violence against women. Its impact will be felt in diverse disciplines, such as: law, public administration, political science, sociology, women's studies, and criminology.

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Advances in reproductive and perinatal medicine have given rise to difficult ethical issues. Do all women have the right to choose whether to reproduce? What is the moral status of the foetus during various stages of gestation and what obligations do parents have to the foetus during this period? In this book Carson Strong develops an ethical framework that aims to help resolve these and many other issues of concern to health professionals, policymakers and the general public. Strong begins by exploring the significance of reproductive freedom, drawing on constitutional law and feminist writings, among other sources. Next he assesses the moral status of offspring during pre-embryonic, embryonic, foetal and postnatal stages of development, discussing the obligations of procreators during gestation, and offering a perspective on the idea that the moral standing of the foetus increases as foetal development proceeds. He then suggests an approach to the question of how priorities should be assigned to conflicting values, one that draws on a version of casuistic reasoning.In the second half of the book, Strong applies this ethical framework to some of the problematic areas in reproductive and perinatal medicine. These include prenatal genetic testing for susceptibilities to common diseases and for "enhancement" of offspring; research using pre-embryos and embryos; non-traditional family arrangements, such as surrogate motherhood and ovum donation for older women; and treatment of foetuses with anomalies. His discussion takes into account the clinical dimensions of issues and reflects a consideration of the ethical, legal, medical and psychosocial literature. Drawing on the law and feminist writings, this text explores the significance of reproductive freedom. It assesses the moral status of offspring in pre-embryonic, embryonic, foetal and postnatal development and applies an ethical framework to problematic areas in reproductive medicine.

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