http://www.mombian.com/2006/03/13/raising-boys-without-men/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2006/03/13/raising-boys-without-men/comment-page-1/#comment-49591 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Opus Cartoon about Lesbian Moms Stirs Conservative Wrath Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:18:45 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/03/13/raising-boys-without-men/#comment-49591 [...] At least two conservative writers, Glenn Sacks of the American Chronicle and Jennifer Roback Morse of Town Hall, have interpreted Breathed as being anti-dad and saying that all fathers are bad role models. Sacks links the cartoon to two books by feminist academics, Rosanna Hertz’s Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice (which I reviewed here) and Peggy Drexler’s Raising Boys Without Men (which I reviewed here; didn’t like her methodology, but admired her intent). He sees all three as sending the message “that kids don’t need fathers, that moms are better than dads, and that having two moms is better than having a mom and a dad.” Despite this, he claims to “support the rights of gays and lesbians to live their lives as they choose.” [...] [...] At least two conservative writers, Glenn Sacks of the American Chronicle and Jennifer Roback Morse of Town Hall, have interpreted Breathed as being anti-dad and saying that all fathers are bad role models. Sacks links the cartoon to two books by feminist academics, Rosanna Hertz’s Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice (which I reviewed here) and Peggy Drexler’s Raising Boys Without Men (which I reviewed here; didn’t like her methodology, but admired her intent). He sees all three as sending the message “that kids don’t need fathers, that moms are better than dads, and that having two moms is better than having a mom and a dad.” Despite this, he claims to “support the rights of gays and lesbians to live their lives as they choose.” [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2006/03/13/raising-boys-without-men/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Father, Mother, Butch, Femme, Parent Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:03:11 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/03/13/raising-boys-without-men/#comment-917 [...] This was one of my main criticisms of Peggy Drexler’s book, Raising Boys Without Men. Despite the goal of showing that lesbians and single moms can raise “normal,” masculine boys, she never brings up issues of butch-femme identity or explores how butch moms might affect lesbians’ sons conceptions of masculinity. [...] [...] This was one of my main criticisms of Peggy Drexler’s book, Raising Boys Without Men. Despite the goal of showing that lesbians and single moms can raise “normal,” masculine boys, she never brings up issues of butch-femme identity or explores how butch moms might affect lesbians’ sons conceptions of masculinity. [...]

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