Sweden is known to have one of the world's most generous parental insurances, both in length and flexibility which has led to a high maternity rate and more women in paid work. The political work on equality in Sweden has the goal that women and men shall have the same power to shape society and their own lives. This has led to legislation aimed at getting fathers to stay more at home with their children. There has been plenty of research on this subject so this study goes off the main track and looks at how legislation around parenthood works for same-sex couples and if paternal leave is shared more equally between same-sex parents than heterosexual parents. Discourse analysis of the legislation and a survey with same-sex families followed by interviews indicate that samesex couples share parental leave more equally than heterosexual couples. Legislation works well for most same-sex families except for the process of related adoption. Reasons for more equal sharing of parental leave is hard to find but could depend on the fact that same-sex couples have been couples for a longer time, than heterosexual couples, before deciding to have children. Wage gap between men and women is a reason why heterosexual couples do not share equally and it could be vice versa for same-sex couples.

Sweden is known to have one of the world's most generous parental insurances, both inlength and flexibility which has led to a high maternity rate and more women in paidwork. The political work on equality in Sweden has the goal that women and men shallhave the same power to shape society and their own lives. This has led to legislationaimed at getting fathers to stay more at home with their children. There has been plenty ofresearch on this subject so this study goes off the main track and looks at how legislationaround parenthood works for same-sex couples and if paternal leave is shared moreequally between same-sex parents than heterosexual parents. Discourse analysis of thelegislation and a survey with same-sex families followed by interviews indicate that samesexcouples share parental leave more equally than heterosexual couples. Legislationworks well for most same-sex families except for the process of related adoption. Reasonsfor more equal sharing of parental leave is hard to find but could depend on the fact thatsame-sex couples have been couples for a longer time, than heterosexual couples, beforedeciding to have children. Wage gap between men and women is a reason whyheterosexual couples do not share equally and it could be vice versa for same-sex couples.

The purpose of the study was to identify the risk- and protective factors to the family identity experienced by same sex family systems, as well as the resilience processes implemented by these family systems. It forms part of a broader study, and aimed to provide additional information in order to support researchers, health care practitioners, and family therapists in working with same sex family systems. Secondary data analysis was conducted on 21 transcribed interviews, which included 14 lesbian, 4 gay, 1 bisexual, and 12 child participants living in the Western Cape and Gauteng provinces. Risk and protective factors were found within the individual, family, and community contexts. Resilience processes identified from the family resilience framework were clarity in communication, open emotional expression, positive outlook, meaning making through adversity, flexibility and connectedness. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Educational Psychology / MEd / Unrestricted

This Master's Thesis approaches the phenomen of upbringing of children by lesbian and gay couples. It deals with primary school teachers' attitude to the question of homosexuality and homoparentality. In the theoretical part, the issues such as family, gender, gender role and identity are introduced. Thereafter the work is focused on the concept of gay and lesbian families, the legal aspects of homoparentality and the possible approach to parenting by the same-sex couples. The thesis also presents some of the realized researches into homoparentality. Part of these studies covers a potentional influence of upbringing by same- sex parents on child's development. Second part comprises the researches focused on parental experience of gays and lesbian women. The last chapter of theoretical part deals with the conception of homosexuality and education at schools. The aim of the practical part is to find out what the attitude of primary school teachers to homosexuality and homoparentality is really like, whether and how these topics are taught and how the attitude of teachers is reflected in teaching/lessons. Keywords: homosexuality, homoparentality, same-sex family, gay parenthood, lesbian parenthood, registered partnership

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlla Berttonciini.pdf: 1117580 bytes, checksum: 215f38399a6e5c015a972fb097b9fbe3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-25 / The present thesis main message is the same-sex union recognition as a regular family entity in similarity with any other relationship committed by the affection, as well as the recognition of this union by a general clause of a fully affection union; validate the study on the family evolution and emphasize its social importance. To analyze the family in the Brazilian law and show the link between a contemporary family and a same-sex marriage family. Highlight was given to the religious and historical aspects of same-sex unions. What the Bible really says about same-sex unions. It was pointed that the same-sex unions context in the compared law and the several manners of evaluating the same-sex union. Privacy, intimacy, the exercise of ones sexuality and same-sex unions were analyzed. This study seeks, without stressing out the subject, recognize the same-sex unions as a family entity, once the Federal Constitution of 1988, by rule, did not recognized such marriages. The doctrinal and the Brazilian justice have found some fundamentals for its recognition / O presente trabalho objetivou o reconhecimento da união homoafetiva como entidade familiar autônoma, por analogia com as relações que têm o afeto por causa e, também, o reconhecimento dessa união pela clausula geral de comunhão plena de vida ou de afetos; verificar o estudo da evolução da palavra família e destacar a sua importância social. Fazer uma análise da família no Direito Brasileiro e demonstrar o entrosamento entre família contemporânea e família homoafetiva. Foi dado ênfase aos aspectos históricos e religiosos da homoafetividade . Destacou-se, também, o que a Bíblia, diz, realmente sobre a homossexualidade. Foi observado o contexto das uniões homoafetivas no Direito Comparado e foram analisadas diversas maneiras de avaliar a homoafetividade. Foram analisados a intimidade, a privacidade, o exercício da sexualidade e as uniões homoafetivas. No presente trabalho, procura-se, sem a pretensão de esgotamento do assunto, reconhecer a união homoafetiva como entidade familiar, pois a Constituição Federal de 1988, por preconceito, não reconheceu tais uniões. A doutrina e o Judiciário brasileiro têm encontrado alguns fundamentos para o seu reconhecimento