WGS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homophobia, Sex Change, Cross-Dressing

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Womens and Gender Studies
• Course: WGS 201
• Professor: Westaway Katharine

Document Summary

Singles- any unmarried person, including gay men and lesbians and transgender individuals. Prevented couples from having any federal rights or protections. Struck down by suprmeme court in june 2013. Same sex marriage is legal in 13 states and washington dc. Parental rights is biggest stigma for passing gay marriage rights- know for test. Gay parents will turn their children gay. Their children will be socially and psychologically ill adjusted: it is love that makes a family . Talcott parsons- shaped family sociology from the 1940s and 1960s: structural functional theorist. These families many not be truly isolated. It established that public life which is instrumental and private which is expressive, are entirely separate entities. Portrayed instrumental and expressive roles are exclusive and naturally assigned by sex. Public/private split does not work: isolated nuclear family. Less children- decrease in children in the past years. Contemporary families: two earner- both adult parents are earning, single parent, domestic partnerships, chosen, blended, accordion household.