Continuing the PIB argument, we got a little off topic on thursday and opened up a discussion about homosexual couples raising children.
The question was, do you think that homosexual couples are capable of properly raising children?
Girl # 1 - No I don't think that they are capable of giving a child what he/she needs. Children need a mother and a father, they need to learn about the hunter and gatherer. If they only learn about hunting or gathering then they are missing out on the other one which is important. And also the child would be ridiculed in school by their classmates because it is not normal two have to moms or two dads.
Does this girl live in the 21st century? hunter and gatherer? really?
Prof - okay, you touched on a couple of points here... let's start with the children being ridiculed, yes you may be right by saying that. Now, as for your first point, I'm not going to say "hunter and gatherer" is correct here, but what I think you are getting at is the specific gender roles that society has constructed as being either masculine or feminine, and I see what you are saying about having both sides but couldn't the child have a different adult in their life that plays one or the other role? Does it necessarily have to be the parent?
Girl #2 - Studies have shown that children who have same sex parents are more happy and well adapted then children from heterosexual relationships. Same sex couples have a hard time having children, they have to fight quite hard in order to become parents, so they are usually more appreciative of their child and that child feels loved and cherished, etc, which is exactly what makes a child healthy. Also, they have found that when the childs peers find out about them having two moms or dads they think its "cool! you have TWO MOMS! awesome!" Maybe 20 years ago children would be ridiculed, but not now.
Boy #1 - I don't think that having same sex moms is a bad thing, but I don't think that 2 guys could do it. Every child needs a mother, no man can give a child the bond that a child has with their mom.
Prof - HAHA! You said it not me - men are incompetent! ... But I do not agree with you, I personally would be an awful mother - I spend an hour with my nephew and I am exhausted, I know way more men that would be better "moms" then I would be!
Needless to say it was an interesting class, it's always funny to me when you are sitting in a liberal arts class and the bigots open their mouths.
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I love this discussion. You could even add to this the controversy of Mr Mom where the mother is actually the breadwinner and the father stays home with the children. I think it really does depend on the people who are actually involved. I love on Modern Family their portrayal of different aspects of the modern american family. You have the divorced, remarried, heterosexual and homosexual family units all intermingled under the same family tree. One of the last episodes (2 pandas and a monkey) brings up a lot of fears that homosexual parents can have in regards to parenthood and adoption. Of course this is all shown in a humorous light but it does touch on some pertinent issues. thanks for sharing this class with me btw
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