Gender Roles: Even More Spin-Off

[PanzerJaeger]

First off, what they consider to be "well adjusted" is subjective, and shows I'm not the only one with preconceived notions of how children should develop. What exactly do they mean by well adjusted anyway?

You're missing the point.

Whether they define 'well adjusted' as being motivated to succeed, having a normal social life, and being generally happy or having anonymous sex at least three times a week, being addicted to methamphetamines, and engaging in suicidal behaviors, it really doesn't matter.

What matters is that they noticed no differences between the two groups.

One area the researchers found no differences in was the mental health of children or their quality of relationship with parents. Children brought up by lesbians and gay men are well-adjusted, have good levels of self-esteem and are as likely to have high educational attainments as children raised in more traditional heterosexual families.

Also, you seem to imply that heterosexual parents influence their children to become a certain way, whereas homosexual ones would somehow not exert an influence, but rather let the children develop "naturally" (funny how it's not me that actually uses that word).

Is there a reason why you think this would be the case?

Because I did not imply it. The research did.

In addition, heterosexual mothers tend to encourage sons to participate in historically "masculine" games and activities – such as Little League – and daughters in more "feminine" pursuits – such as ballet. In contrast, lesbian mothers had no such interest – their preferences for their children's play were gender neutral.