3.4: Sexuality and family diversity Flashcards
What has greater acceptance of same-sex families led to?
Greater acceptance of same-sex families has led to the emergence of new family types
Greater acceptance of same-sex families has led to the emergence of new family types.
Writers such as who (what year) explain this as part of a transformation of intimacy?
Writers such as Giddens (1992) explain this as part of a transformation of intimacy
Greater acceptance of same-sex families has led to the emergence of new family types.
Writers such as Giddens (1992) explain this as part of a transformation of intimacy, whereby what?
Writers such as Giddens (1992) explain this as part of a transformation of intimacy, whereby individuals have much greater freedom to choose what kinds of intimate relationships they engage in
Who (what year) found that many gay and lesbian people describe their households and even friendship networks as chosen families?
Weeks, Donovan and Heaphy (1999) found that many:
1. Gay
2. Lesbian
people describe their households and even friendship networks as chosen families
Weeks, Donovan and Heaphy (1999) found that many gay and lesbian people describe their households and even friendship networks as chosen families, why?
Weeks, Donovan and Heaphy (1999) found that many gay and lesbian people describe their households and even friendship networks as chosen families, because, rather than following traditional heterosexual norms, they are able to:
- Choose who to include in their families
- Negotiate much more egalitarian relationships
The feminist sociologist who (what year) argues that gay men and lesbians have traditionally been treated as family outlaws who threaten family life?
The feminist sociologist Calhoun (1997) argues that:
1. Gay men
2. Lesbians
have traditionally been treated as family outlaws who threaten family life
The feminist sociologist Calhoun (1997) argues that gay men and lesbians have traditionally been treated as family outlaws who threaten family life.
However, Calhoun argues that as modern life has come to be characterised by greater choice (s supported by postmodernists), so gay and lesbian lifestyles have become more what?
Calhoun argues that as modern life has come to be characterised by greater choice (s supported by postmodernists), so:
1. Gay
2. Lesbian
lifestyles have become more accepted
The feminist sociologist Calhoun (1997) argues that gay men and lesbians have traditionally been treated as family outlaws who threaten family life.
However, Calhoun argues that as modern life has come to be characterised by greater choice (s supported by postmodernists), so gay and lesbian lifestyles have become more accepted.
Calhoun also argues that lesbian marriage and mothering avoids what?
Calhoun also argues that lesbian:
1. Marriage
2. Mothering
avoids the exploitative relationships typical of heterosexual marriage
The feminist sociologist Calhoun (1997) argues that gay men and lesbians have traditionally been treated as family outlaws who threaten family life.
However, Calhoun argues that as modern life has come to be characterised by greater choice (s supported by postmodernists), so gay and lesbian lifestyles have become more accepted.
Calhoun also argues that lesbian marriage and mothering avoids the exploitative relationships typical of heterosexual marriage.
What does link into?
This links into political lesbianism
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been what?
There has been a change, but:
1. The importance of same-sex relationships
2. The amount of change
has been widely exaggerated
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been widely exaggerated.
In 2012, how many opposite-sex couples were there in the UK?
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been widely exaggerated.
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK and how many same-sex couples (ONS, 2012)?
In 2012, there were:
1. Nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK
2. 69,000 same-sex couples
(ONS, 2012)
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been widely exaggerated.
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK and 69,000 same-sex couples (ONS, 2012), so what?
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK and 69,000 same-sex couples (ONS, 2012), so although same-sex families contribute to family diversity, they remain a relatively small minority
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been widely exaggerated.
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK and 69,000 same-sex couples (ONS, 2012), so although same-sex families contribute to family diversity, they remain a relatively small minority.
Nuclear families are still the dominant families, which are what?
Nuclear families are still the dominant families, which are heterosexual
There has been a change, but the importance of same-sex relationships and the amount of change has been widely exaggerated.
In 2012, there were nearly 3 million opposite-sex couples in the UK and 69,000 same-sex couples (ONS, 2012), so although same-sex families contribute to family diversity, they remain a relatively small minority.
Nuclear families are still the dominant families, which are heterosexual.
Furthermore, while there is greater social acceptance of same-sex relationships, Park et al. (2013) found that the 2012 British Social Attitudes Survey found that 28% of respondents still thought what?
Furthermore, while there is greater social acceptance of same-sex relationships, Park et al. (2013) found that the 2012 British Social Attitudes Survey found that 28% of respondents still thought that sexual relations between 2 adults of the same sex were:
1. ‘Always wrong’
Or,
2. ‘Mostly wrong’
