Marriage, Social Control, and Health Behavior: A Dyadic Analysis of Same-sex and Different-sex Couples

Same-Sex Couples, Families, and Marriage: Embracing and Resisting Heteronormativity

This article focuses on lesbian and gay couples and families and the politics of same-sex marriage. Drawing from the literature on same-sex couples, same-sex marriage, and queer theory’s concept of heteronormativity, we argue that gay and lesbian couples and families both affirm and challenge heterosexual and gendered family forms. First, we review literature that discusses how same-sex relatio...

[Social and cultural context of same sex couples therapy].

When working with homosexuals, it is very important to take into consideration the social and cultural context in which they live. It influences both the problems experienced by them and the process of revealing these problems. It is crucial for professionals who help them. If they are not aware of their own prejudices, their relations with patients are disturbed and the process of treatment is...

The Effect of Same-sex Marriage Laws on Different-sex Marriage: Evidence from the Netherlands

Title of dissertation: THE EFFECT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LAWS ON DIFFERENT-SEX MARRIAGE: EVIDENCE FROM THE NETHERLANDS Mircea Ştefan Trandafir, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Dissertation directed by: Professor Judith K. Hellerstein Department of Economics It has long been argued that the legalization of same-sex marriage would have a negative impact on marriage. My dissertation examines what happene...

Traditionalism, Pluralism, and Same-Sex Marriage

The Stability of Same-Sex Cohabitation, Different-Sex Cohabitation, and Marriage

This study contributes to the emerging demographic literature on same-sex couples by comparing the level and correlates of union stability among four types of couples: male same-sex cohabitation, female same-sex cohabitation, different-sex cohabitation, and different-sex marriage. I analyze data from two British birth cohort studies, the National Child Development Study (N = 11,469) and the 197...