Same-sex parents face unique requirements in negotiating the process of becoming biological
parents. What are the problems Dalton and Bielby identified?
What will be an ideal response?
Although plenty of men may volunteer to provide stud service, the process may not really be
all that simple for women who seek to be mothers. Many lesbians may prefer artificial
insemination rather than engage in the sexual act. If an donor is used (known or unknown),
there may still be the donors legal and family obligations to consider – when or whether to
inform the child of the fathers identity, the donors parents may wish to be acknowledged as
grandparents, the donor may return later in life and seek to assume fathering roles, will the
donors legal anonymity actually be preserved over a lifetime – these types of problems tend to
surface long after for the biological parent to deal with.
Oftentimes, children may eventually desire to learn their father's identity in unknown donor
cases, which creates legal and personal concerns. The children may have to deal with the
consequences of their mothers (and fathers) decisions, even though their parent did not wish to
create a problem for their child.
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In regard to the effect of children on a marriage, a review of 148 samples representing almost 50,000 individuals revealed that:
a. parents (men and women) reported lower marital satisfaction than nonparents b. fathers but not mothers reported lower marital satisfaction than nonfathers c. mothers but not fathers reported lower marital satisfaction than nonmothers d. parents (men and women) reported higher marital satisfaction than nonparents
Discuss charter schools via the sociological perspectives.
What will be an ideal response?