Same sex

Question 1

What did Alan and Crow say?

Answer 1

absence of legal framework leads to negotiation - more flexible but unstable

Question 2

What did Stonewall say?

Answer 2

Compaign for rights
5-7% have same sex relationships
hard to compare to pas as relationships were hidden

Question 3

What are the facts?

Answer 3

2002 - cohabiting couples have the same right to adopt as married couples
2004 - civil partnership act - similar legal rights ie pensions
2014 - sam sex legalised

Question 4

What did Weeks say?

Answer 4

Increased social acceptance explains trends towards sam sex cohabitation resemling heterosexuals
Gays create families based on the idea of friendship as kinship

Question 5

What did Kath Weston say?

Answer 5

Same sex described as quasi marriage - many gays decide to cohabit, contrast to 1970s where relationships were hidden

Question 6

What did Einaspottik say

Answer 6

Many welcome legalising partnership opportunity but some say it limits flexibility- wants to be different to heterosexuals