Parenting Desires and Sexual Identities

IF 0.4 4区社会学 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

Sociologicky Casopis-Czech Sociological Review Pub Date : 2023-01-26 DOI:10.13060/csr.2023.006

Marta Vohlídalová, Hana Maříková

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Abstract

: The paper asks how parenting desires are associated with the construction of sexual identity and what factors most influence whether gays/ lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals declaring same-sex attraction want to have (more) children. The subject has been explored mainly in the Western liberal and gay-family-friendly legislation and social environment so far. Our study was conducted in the Czech Republic, a CEE country where sexual minorities face strong legal and social barriers to non-heterosexual parenthood. In an online survey (N = 882) conducted in 2019 among self-identified gay, les-bian, bisexual, and heterosexual people with same-sex attraction, we found a considerable gap in parenting desires by sexual identity. Parenting desires are weaker among homosexuals, especially men, while bisexuals are closer to het-erosexuals in their parenting desires. Our research suggests that in the context of discussions of parenthood Czech women are unwilling to identify as lesbi-ans and opt instead to claim a different sexual identity. Our findings indicate that the structural barriers to parenthood thus play a much more important role than the overall liberal-minded atmosphere in the Czech Republic.

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父母的欲望和性身份

本文探讨了养育子女的欲望如何与性身份的构建相关联，以及哪些因素最能影响同性恋、双性恋和异性恋者是否想要(更多)孩子。迄今为止，这一问题的探讨主要是在西方自由主义和同性恋家庭友好的立法和社会环境中进行的。我们的研究是在捷克共和国进行的，这是一个中东欧国家，性少数群体在成为非异性恋父母方面面临着强大的法律和社会障碍。在2019年对自认为有同性吸引力的男同性恋、女同性恋、双性恋和异性恋人群进行的一项在线调查(N = 882)中，我们发现，性别认同在养育子女方面存在相当大的差距。同性恋者(尤其是男性)的育儿欲望较弱，而双性恋者的育儿欲望更接近异性恋者。我们的研究表明，在讨论为人父母的背景下，捷克女性不愿意认同自己是女同性恋者，而是选择要求一种不同的性别身份。我们的研究结果表明，因此，在捷克共和国，父母的结构性障碍比整体的自由思想氛围起着更重要的作用。

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