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New Study: Kids Raised by Lesbian Parents Unaffected in Any Way by Lack of Male Influence
A favorite talking point among those arguing against the right of same-sex couples to marry is the completely baseless claim that the ideal relationship for raising children in is a heterosexual marriage. Never mind the fact that there is zero evidence to back this up.
Now a new study confirms what we’ve known all along, children raised by lesbian parents show absolutely zero negative effects of not having a male role model as a parent.
The absence of male role models did not adversely affect the psychological adjustment of 17-year-old teens raised in lesbian-headed households, according to a new study, “Adolescents of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Male role models, gender role traits, and psychological adjustment” published in Gender & Society. “This study is part of a growing body of research that evinces the positive psychological well-being of children reared in planned lesbian families,” said the study’s co-author Nanette Gartrell, MD, Visiting Distinguished Scholar at the Williams Institute.
Findings were based on teens who participated in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS). Approximately half of the teens had male role models. The NLLFS teens with and without male role models did not differ from each other in psychological well-being, and also did not differ on stereotypical feminine (e.g., understanding) and masculine (e.g., competitive) traits.
“No differences were found in the well-being of those with and without male role models, or between girls and boys. There was no empirical evidence suggesting that boys require a same-sex parent, or male role model, to develop a healthy psychological well-being,” said lead author Henny Bos, Ph.D, University of Amsterdam.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, homophobes!
