1) The message that I think Gillian Dunne is trying to get across to her readers is the fact that we as a society think of parents and families consisting of a man and a woman. Clearly this is not always the case. Sometimes there are two men in the relationship and sometimes there are two woman. Despite this fact, it doesn’t mean that people in a same-sex relationship are any worse at being parents than a normal and traditional opposite sex relationship. The message is that there shouldn’t be any discrimination against them because they chose a partner of the same sex.
As it was discussed in our group, one of our members pointed out that the message could actually be that there is a unique difference in the parenting of same-sex parenting …show more content…
In the Thelma and Louise story, both of the mothers worked part time so that they could also be home for their kids throughout the day. An example from one of my favorite TV shows applies to this situation. In the show Modern Family, there are a set of gay parents named Mitchell and Cameron. They adopted a daughter from Vietnam named Lily. While Lily was growing and still today in the show. Mitchell was always the one that went to work and had a full time job, while Cameron was the one that chose to not work anymore and stay home to nurture and coddle Lily. So the kids get paid attention to constantly
3) In the Thelma and Louise story, there wasn’t any gender-role separation. This is mainly due to the fact that both of them wanted children and so they decided that they would both go through the process of pregnancy. They went through it at different times, but since both of them did this, neither of them would feel like the “male” or “female” of the relationship.
In the Bonnie and Claudia story, it was agreed that Phillip would be the actively involved father that Peter needed. In this way, there was no gender-role separation between Bonnie and Claudia. They could both be the mothers that they wanted to be in the relationship. Phillip serves as the male-dominant figure and both of the mothers get what they …show more content…
There were a lot of good points that were made regarding the children’s lives when having lesbian parents. This article truly shows that there are significant differences between and heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship. The stories of each lesbian couple is able to give us an in depth look at the challenges and benefits that the kids of the lesbians have while growing up. This article shows us that lesbians can be parents just like those in a traditional relationship and perhaps even better ones. However, in the end this article tells us that lesbians truly are blurring the boundaries and transforming the meaning of parenthood and
As it was discussed in our group, one of our members pointed out that the message could actually be that there is a unique difference in the parenting of same-sex parenting …show more content…
In the Thelma and Louise story, both of the mothers worked part time so that they could also be home for their kids throughout the day. An example from one of my favorite TV shows applies to this situation. In the show Modern Family, there are a set of gay parents named Mitchell and Cameron. They adopted a daughter from Vietnam named Lily. While Lily was growing and still today in the show. Mitchell was always the one that went to work and had a full time job, while Cameron was the one that chose to not work anymore and stay home to nurture and coddle Lily. So the kids get paid attention to constantly
3) In the Thelma and Louise story, there wasn’t any gender-role separation. This is mainly due to the fact that both of them wanted children and so they decided that they would both go through the process of pregnancy. They went through it at different times, but since both of them did this, neither of them would feel like the “male” or “female” of the relationship.
In the Bonnie and Claudia story, it was agreed that Phillip would be the actively involved father that Peter needed. In this way, there was no gender-role separation between Bonnie and Claudia. They could both be the mothers that they wanted to be in the relationship. Phillip serves as the male-dominant figure and both of the mothers get what they …show more content…
There were a lot of good points that were made regarding the children’s lives when having lesbian parents. This article truly shows that there are significant differences between and heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship. The stories of each lesbian couple is able to give us an in depth look at the challenges and benefits that the kids of the lesbians have while growing up. This article shows us that lesbians can be parents just like those in a traditional relationship and perhaps even better ones. However, in the end this article tells us that lesbians truly are blurring the boundaries and transforming the meaning of parenthood and