the lesbian mother and the judicial perpetuation of damaging stereotypes
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Yale Journal of Law and Feminism
- Magazine Year
- 1995
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Ronner, Amy D.
- Thesaurus
- rechtspraak, discriminatie, homoseksualiteit, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- The image that materializes in judicial decisions is a composite of two separate stereotypes of homoseksuals: the first as an emblem of dangerous 'malum in se' criminality, and the second, as someone with a life-style devoid of any marital or familial attributes. This article explores the merging of those two stereotypes in three cases in Virginia, a state renowned for its conservativism in the area of lesbian and gay rights.