The researchers hope his work will help remove stereotypes about gay fathers and help open up the possibility of adoption for gay parents.
According to a breakthrough study by the University of Quebec, gay men are excellent fathers (UQAM).
"This is the first of its kind," noted Eric Figg, who observed 46 families in his doctoral thesis, including 92 gay fathers and 46 children aged 1 to 9.
"One of my main goals is to look at the level of involvement of gay fathers and how they distribute their parents' work," Feuge told the Montreal Gazette . ".
"I would like to see if this will have an impact on the adaptation of the children;
And understanding factors (the fathers’)engagement —
Why some fathers are involved in certain areas of their child's life, not others.
"The fathers who participated in the study mainly through the adoption services of the University of Sante and the Social Services Centre (CIUSSS)of the Centre-Sud-de-l’isle-de-
Montreal, in particular Banque mixte, consists of children taken from their biological parents by the jeunesse protection agency.
About 1-
The third child taken care of by CIUSS was adopted by a gay father.
Gay adoption in Quebec has been legal since the adoption of Act 84 in 2002, although feugé quickly noted that no other country has allowed gay parents to adopt in the international arena.
Despite these obstacles, feugé found that gay parents are very involved in the lives of their children, and that their children react as if they were in families with heterosexual parents.
We have learned that it is very fair for gay fathers to share the task.
"We have learned that it is very fair for gay fathers to share the task," he said . ".
"All types of parent roles are highly engaged.
"Although Gay Couples bypass many of the gender stereotypes that may exist with heterosexual couples, on the issue of children, the two parents usually play different roles --rearing.
"Although this is small, there are still statistical differences," feugé said . ".
"There's always a dad who does more.
This led us to classify fathers as primary and secondary caregivers.
"That is to say, gay fathers play the traditional female role when taking care of their children, and more frequently deviate from the traditional male concept.
"They may be playmates, caregivers, protectors, role models, moral guides," feugé said . ".
"Their palette ratio (men in)
Traditional heterosexual families
What's really interesting is that they don't fit the role of a traditional father.
They were able to redefine and bring forward new models of the cultural concepts of fathers and men.
"The degree of involvement of gay fathers in this study is determined by two main factors: the income of a man --
Men with higher incomes tend to invest less in family life
And a father's degree.
Known as female trait
"These are arbitrary, culturally defined features," explains feugé . ".
"But those with higher female profile are more involved in childcare.
He soon warned people not to buy clichés about homosexuality; i. e.
It is assumed that the traits of women make them less male.
"It's subtle," he said . "
"Many of these men have high scores for men, while men have higher scores (emotionally)
Compassionate, warm and gentle.
"The second part of the feugé study involved assessing the safe attachment of children raised by gay fathers, observing and photographing 68 fathers and 34 children aged 1 to 5 in interviews, play and eat snacks.
This tells us that the sensitivity of parents is very high, and it is not different from the sensitivity of adoptive mothers.
"We find that there are very few problems with unsafe attention (
From their father),” Feugé said.
"This tells us that parents are very sensitive and are not different from the sensitivity of adoptive mothers.
"It's interesting: it shows that the idea that sensitivity is a female quality is wrong.
Father will be sensitive even with children.
Man is not pre-
Be arranged to be responsible for discipline rather than taking care of the child.
"The results also show that the attention of gay fathers to children is directly related to their sense of attachment.
"It shows that this is not a gender issue, not a sexual orientation issue," feugé said . ".
"It's a matter of caring about the role played by the child and the time spent with the child.
This is why children's attachment is predicted.
Feugé hopes his research can help to eliminate stereotypes about gay fathers and contribute to the possibility of gay parents opening up adoption.
"My main goal is to reassure health professionals and people who work with their families --
"Sexual partners are the perfect person to adopt and the best person to crack down on stereotypes that men can't take care of young children," he said . "
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