A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood

Hollekim, Ragnhild; Slaatten, Hilde; Anderssen, Norman

doi:10.1007/s13178-011-0049-y

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“…The negative attitudes toward same-sex parents are based, above all, on concern about the well-being of children who are raised with same-sex parents (Hollekim, Slaatten, & Anderssen, 2012). Our study supports these results and adds that the attributions about this rejection are supported by arguments of social rejection of families with same-sex parents (normative opposition).…”

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confidence: 83%

Etiology of Homosexuality and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting: A Randomized Study

Frías-Navarro

Monterde-i-Bort

Pascual-Soler

et al. 2013

The Journal of Sex Research

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Attribution theory suggests the hypothesis that heterosexuals' attitudes toward homosexual sexual orientation will be more negative when homosexuality is attributed to controllable causes. Our randomized study analyzed (a) whether beliefs about the genetic or environmental etiology of the homosexual sexual orientation can be immediately modified by reading a text and (b) the causal effect of attributions about the controllability (environmental etiology) or noncontrollability (genetic etiology) of homosexual sexual orientation on the rejection of same-sex parenting and their social rights. The sample was composed of 190 Spanish university students with a mean age of 22.07 years (SD = 8.46). The results show that beliefs about the etiology of the sexual orientation could be modified by means of a written text. Furthermore, participants who believed that sexual orientation had a genetic etiology showed greater support for social rights and less rejection of same-sex parenting. However, the effects were detected only when there was a traditional opposition to the family with same-sex parenting. When the opposition was normative, the effect was not statistically significant. Our results can be useful in planning variables for intervention programs designed to foster tolerance toward and normality of sexual diversity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Etiology of Homosexuality and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting: A Randomized Study

Frías-Navarro

Monterde-i-Bort

Pascual-Soler

et al. 2013

The Journal of Sex Research

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“…Professionals working with families in different contexts as well as heterosexually identified lay people have been interviewed and surveyed about their attitudes towards or reflections on same-sex parenting (e.g. Averett & Hegde, 2012;Becker & Todd, 2013;Chapman, Watkins, Zappia, Combs & Shields, 2012;Choi, Thul, Berenhaut, Suerken & Norris, 2006;Spidsberg & Sørlie 2012;Hegde, Averett, Parker White & Deese, 2013;Herbstrith, Tobin, Hesson-McInnis, & Schneider, 2013;Hollekim et al 2012;Morse, McLaren & McLachlan, 2007;Nicol, Chapman, Watkins, Young & Shields, 2013). Policy documents and juridical decisions may also serve as valuable data sources (e.g.…”

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Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Malmquist

2015

Linköping Studies in Behavioural Science

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To my children, Emil, Nils, Myran and Tove Färgen på barns ögon kommer från arvet, glittret i barns ögon kommer från miljön.The colour of children's eyes comes from nature, the sparkle in children's eyes comes from nurture. AbstractOptions and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants' stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis.The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants' experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children's reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors.

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“…The survey was nationwide (N = 1,246) and stratified according to age, gender, and region, in general reflecting the demographic profile of Norway. The Web-based questionnaire consisted of multiple-choice and a few open-ended questions (Hollekim, Slåtten, & Anderssen, 2012). The texts selected for the present study were derived from the following open-ended question in the survey: "Lesbian and gay couples are about to be given the same rights as heterosexual couples for assessment as adoptive parents.…”

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Images of Children in Views on Same-Sex Adoption Rights

Hollekim

Anderssen

Andenæs

2014

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

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Child images are negotiated in and through ongoing societal and cultural processes. In this project, the Norwegian same-sex adoption rights debate was chosen as a case in which to study prevalent images of children. The empirical data comprised 437 responses to an open-ended question in a national survey. Four concurrent discourses were identified: (1) children need to grow up in ordinary families; (2) children need dedicated parenting; (3) children are subjects of own individual rights, and (4) the best interest of the child is paramount. Discourse 4 seemingly has a superior standing, both in regard to being widely used and the magnitude of moral strength. This discourse, tentatively, positions children with a privileged moral status. However, such positioning may recycle images of a vulnerable, sentimentalized, and abstract child. Children's agency, as well as wider aspects of children's daily lives, may become less visible or be made less relevant. Consequently, various issues of importance for children's lives and possibilities may remain unrecognized and unaddressed.

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A Nationwide Study of Norwegian Beliefs About Same-sex Marriage and Lesbian and Gay Parenthood

Cited by 64 publications

References 34 publications

Etiology of Homosexuality and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting: A Randomized Study

Etiology of Homosexuality and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Parenting: A Randomized Study

Pride and Prejudice : Lesbian Families in Contemporary Sweden

Images of Children in Views on Same-Sex Adoption Rights

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