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Men not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influence in child rearing

Clarke, Victoria

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Dr Victoria Clarke Victoria.Clarke@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Qualitative & Critical Psychology



Abstract

This paper explores debates about male presence and influence in lesbian families from a critical psychology standpoint. Critical psychology encompasses a variety of radical approaches to psychological research that reject traditional psychological assumptions, concepts and methods and that seek to challenge and resist normative values. To explore aspects of the discursive terrain of male influence and to demonstrate the merits of a critical psychology of lesbian families, excerpts from an interview with a lesbian couple who are members of a planned lesbian/ gay family (two mummies and a daddy) are analysed. These excerpts show that debates about male influence create live dilemmas and tensions for the lesbian couple and have important consequences for how lesbian parents negotiate and do family. © 2007 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Clarke, V. (2007). Men not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influence in child rearing. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 3(4), 309-349. https://doi.org/10.1300/J461v03n04_01

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2007
Deposit Date Nov 23, 2010
Publicly Available Date Nov 15, 2016
Journal Journal of GLBT Family Studies
Print ISSN 1550-428X
Electronic ISSN 1550-4298
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 4
Pages 309-349
DOI https://doi.org/10.1300/J461v03n04_01
Keywords lesbian parenting, male role models
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1014972
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J461v03n04_01
Additional Information Additional Information : This is an electronic version of an article published in "Clarke, Victoria (2008) Man not included? A critical psychology analysis of lesbian families and male influences in child rearing. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 3 (4). pp. 309-349". Journal of GLBT Family Studies is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a903355340~frm=abslink.

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