Risking Everything: A Lesbian Mother's Choice

Powerful way to position lesbian mothers as the ‘other’. In purity and danger, douglas (1996) discusses the cultural role of ‘risk’ as a tool of regulation in society. In deploying concepts of. Like many mothers, lesbian mothers are more concerned about their children and birth experience than about societal rules or pressure. The experiences of the mothers in this research can.

Sep 12, 2017 · this article explores how advancements in equality rights combine with attitudinal changes in uk society and lgbtq communities to impact on the experience of lesbian. On the other hand, a mother who is straight has a much better chance of being awarded custody of her children than a lesbian mother. Thus the choice must be made. Oct 10, 2015 · in this chapter, drawing on douglas’s ideas about purity and danger, there will be an exploration of how families headed by lesbians have been constructed both in public. Becoming a lesbian mother the “lesbian baby boom” and the increasing visibility of lesbians who become mothers through donor insemination or adoption constitute the most dramatic and. The authors explore the process of identity negotiation in 3 realms of everyday experience: In relationships with extended families, in relations within the nuclear family, and in lesbian. This chapter describes the intersection of the author’s personal experience as a lesbian mother with her work as an activist and lawyer as well as the challenges involving the end of her. Jul 11, 2013 · ‘creepy,’ ‘freaky,’ and ‘strange’: How the ‘uncanny’ can illuminate the experience of single mothers by choice and lesbian couples who buy ‘dad’ show all authors linda l.