Same-sex relationships Flashcards
Who researched into the campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual rights?
Stonewall (2008)
Stonewall (2008)
the campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual rights, estimates that about 7% of the adult population today have same-sex RS.
-impossible to know whether there is an increase or decrease because in the past stigma and illegality meant such RS had to be hidden
Social views on same-sex relationships
-evidence of increased social acceptance of same-sex RS in recent years
-opinion polls show more tolerance to homosexuality
When were homosexual acts decriminalised?
1987 for consenting adults over 21
more recently, the age of consent has been equalised with heterosexuals
Social policy now begining to do what?
beginning to treat all couples more equally, whether homosexual or heterosexual, cohabiting or married
Evidence to show that social policy is now beginning to treat all couples more equally.
since 2002
cc have had same rights to adopt as married couples
since 2004
Civil Partnership Act given same sex couples similar legal rights to. married couples in respect of pensions, inheritance, tenancies and property
Who argued that increased social acceptance may explain a trend in recent years towards same-sex cohabitation and stable rs that resembles those found among heterosexual couples ?
Jeffrey Weeks (1992)
Jeffrey Weeks (1992)
argues that increased social acceptance may explain a trend in recent years towards same-sex cohabitation and stable rs that resembles those found among heterosexual couples
Who thinks gays create families based on the idea of ‘friendship as kinship’ ?
Jeffrey Weeks (1992)
Weeks idea on gay families
gays create families based on the idea of ‘friendship as kinship’
where friendship become a type of kinship network
-he describes those as’ chosen families’ and argues that they offer the same security asnd stability as hetrosexual couples
Who refers to same-sex marriage as ‘quasi-marriage’ ?
Kath Weston (1992)
Kath Weston (1992)
describes same-sex marriage as ‘quasi-marriage’
notes that many gay couples are now deciding to cohabit as stable partners
-she contrasts this with the gay lifestyle if the 1970s, which largely rejected monogamy and family life in favour of casual relationships
Other sociologists view
noted the effect on same-sex RS of a legal framework such as civil partnerships
Allan and Crow
because of the absence of such a legal framework e.g civil partnership until recently,
SAME -SEX partners have had to negotiate their commitment and responsibilities more than married couples
=may have made SS rs both more flexible and less stable thna hetrosexual RS
