Athina Mara

Social Integration of Lesbian Parenting in the Netherlands Athina Mara

This qualitative inquiry focuses on the level of acceptance, intergration and discrimination of lesbian families in the social context of the Netherlands. It takes as a starting point modern sociological and anthropological theories. It's second part continues with the research of the given issue. Its research is based on face-to-face interviews with 5 lesbian couples and one single lesbian mother, and it was based on a semi-structured questionnaire. The last part critically discusses the relevance of the found data with theory.