“Quem nuptiae demonstrant…” Some thoughts on filiation and lesbian motherhoods from an anthropological perspective

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ID17794283
AuthorsMiren Elixabete Imaz (0000-0003-3331-6194, University of the Basque Country, corresponding author), Elixabete Imaz
Year2018
Volume18
Issue1
Pages113-113
Publication date2018-03-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAthenea Digital Revista de pensamiento e investigación social (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1578-8946 • E-ISSN: 2014-4539
PublisherUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.5565/rev/athenea.2306
OpenAlexW2793018953
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Considering the evolution of the treatment of filiation in cases of women in same-sex marriages, this article relativizes the idea of the increasing weight of biological arguments. While in the determination of the filiation there is a persisting focus on giving birth as evidence of the mother-child relationship, we can also observe how different interpretations and decisions regarding the spouse’s maternity status are leaning toward giving greater relevance to factors such as the spouse’s will to be a mother, the couple’s parenthood project, and by extension marriage as an institution into which that project is subsumed. The article shows the emergence of matrimonial filiation as a third type of filiation that is based neither on biology nor on adoption. Although it is not expressly regulated by law, this different type of filiation is being effectively applied to establish filiation in cases of donor-conceived children born in lesbian sex-same marriages

Developmental psychology · Institution · Lesbian · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Spouse · Anthropology · Computer Science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology

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