Homosexual Parenting
Literature Review on homosexual parenting
For a period extending back to the last twenty years, the number of households headed by same-sex parents in the United States has subtly increased. According to a unanimous agreement in the U.S. In 2010, the number of same-sex couples who stay together was estimated to be 646,464, out of which 514,735 were unmarried couples of the same sex while 131,729 were married couples of similar sex. In another survey carried out in the U.S. In 2000, it was established that almost 163,879 households had children although they were headed by similar sex couples. With about 33% of households belonging to similar sex females, it was found out that bisexual or Lesbians had higher chances of being parents as compared to Bisexual or gays who accounted for just 22% although these male couples had at least a child below the age of 18 under their care (Gates, 2011). However, as pointed out by a social study conducted in 2008, there are 49% of bisexual women or lesbians parented children as opposed to 19% of bisexual men or gays (Massey et al., 2013).
Due to increased incidences of same-sex parenting, and as the number of similar sex couples also grew, there has been a gradual acceptance of this phenomenon. With general attitudes and degrees of tolerance remaining relatively stable from 2007-2011, there has also been a lessening of acts of condemnation of this strange spectacle from 50% to 35% (Pew Research Center, 2011).
One notable factor is that the prevalence of either negative or positive attitude still shows a strong partisan inclination with 28% of Democrats expressing distaste for this practice while 53% of Republicans maintains similar sex parenting was an abomination to society. And to make matters worse, Gates (2011) discovered that in the conservative parts of the country, the number of similar sex couples who parented was slightly on the higher side. These complexities post by divergent attitudes towards similar sex parenting has led to a perplexing panorama of prohibitions and limitations, not to mention anti-discrimination and protection laws associated with similar sex parenting (Massey et al., 2013).
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One interesting occurrence took place in Australia where a study published about similar sex parenting caused a major stir when it insinuated that the well-being of children parented by homosexuals was better if not as good as the welfare of children brought up by heterosexual guardians. If there was an indication of limitations or problems children under the guardianship of same-sex parents faced, then this was linked to the stigma attributed to same-sex parenting. The foremost researcher held firm in this dialogue that it was liberating for guardians to accept or adopt responsibilities that befitted their skills instead of clinging to stereotypes of gender in which the father was the breadwinner while the mother was the basic caregiver (Crouse, 2014)
In a non-random sample, the authors of this seemingly outrageous report put advertisements in homosexual publications and websites in order to attract participants. Those who took part participated in the survey with the foreknowledge of the fact that the ultimate goal of the study was to give homosexual parenting a veneer of respectability. The study's actual finding were therefore held in great doubt or altogether considered impossible due to these influencing factors (Crouse, 2014)
The research by Crouch known as The Australian Research of Child Health in Similar-sex Families carried out under the auspices of University of Melbourne was a sample of convenience of about 390 guardians from the South of Australia who willingly identified themselves as being attractive to people of similar sex and were rearing children between the ages of 0- to 17-year-olds. The parents indicated many dimensions relating to the health and welfare of the children and any links to assumed or suspected instances of stigma examined. Of the 315 parents who willingly identified themselves, representing 500 children, 18% of the total had male index parents while a whopping 80% had parents with female index. Again, by employing parental interviews, Couch related his research participants with those who took part in the Victorian Child Health and Wellbeing Survey or VCHWS in which 5,025 Victorian children below the age of 13 years were randomly chosen. He also used another research (the Health of Young Victorians Study) or HOYVS which was an epidemiological research of the well-being and health of 5,414 children ranging between the ages of 5-18 years (Crouse, 2014)
Crouch therefore said that children in similar couple families scored highly on percentages of how they generally behaved, in terms of family cohesion and in general health compared to the normative data of the population,...
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