Families and Kinship

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Gay Parenthood and the decline of paternity as we know it

Stacey 2006

Key points / arguments/ concepts

Exploration of the varired attitudesof gay males towards parenthood

Investigates different routes to paternity

Growing public visibility of gay parenthood posters - dramatic transformations in the meaning of contemporary parenthood

Gsy men and lesbians serve as postmodern pioneers

Widespread access to contraceptio, abortion and reproductive technologies have unhinged the link between heterosexuality, marriage and procreation

Parenthood, like intimacy, has become contigent

Gay men challenge conventional definitions of…

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