PSYC 3560H Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Sleep Deprivation, Surrogacy, Equal Protection Clause

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3560H
• Professor: Jesiqua Rapley

Document Summary

Many lesbian and gay parents decided to use technology (art) to conceive a child and turned to adoption when art was not successful. Since 2000, many countries, among them canada, norway, south africa, spain, and the. Netherlands, have passed legislation enabling same-sex couples to marry and enjoy all the benefits and supports of married couples. Such laws give symbolic recognition to the status of same-sex partnerships and psycho- logical benefits for same-sex parents and their children. Many young adult children of lesbian and gay parents report same-sex marriage would have given them and their families both psychological and material benefits. Married canadian lesbian and gay adults report that the greater closeness in financial and other affairs has added a greater depth of feeling in their relationship. The lack of equal protection for both parents results in greater stress for parents. These are the same kinds of reasons that heterosexual parents give.