Moms and Dads Spring Open Gender Traps
Category: PARENTING
A gay man can grin and say ironically, "I'm a really good mother," which may mean that he performs the daily child care in his home, but his comment does not define him as a mom. Nor is a lesbian who coaches her son's hockey team a father. Both are just doing what parents do.
By Dr. Peggy Drexler, Contributor
Author, research psychologist and gender scholar, 2012-04-05