Abstract

AMAZONAS, Maria Cristina Lopes de Almeida; VIEIRA, Luciana Leila Fontes; LEITE, Marcelo Ferreira  and  LIMA, Ricardo Delgado Marques de. Representations of same-sex couple families: a perspective from elementary school female teachers. Temas psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.3, pp. 763-775. ISSN 1413-389X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.9788/TP2015.3-19.

The aim of this paper was to analyze the representation of families formed by a same-sex couple in the city of Recife by public and private elementary school teachers. Thirty teachers participated in this research. Data were submitted to Content Analysis. Two themes have come out as results: (a) Teachers' representation on families formed by same-sex couples; (b) Their impression on children living in such families. Predominant discourse oscillated between admitting such families as not "normal" and stating that yet they have to be respected. Regarding the children, most teachers considered that they suffer or may suffer adversity consequences, for instance, as being victims of prejudice or having problems with their sexual orientation. However, there is a small number of teachers who does not see any reason for these children to suffer any different damage than those suffered by the children of any other traditional configuration family.

Keywords : Elementary school female teachers; representation of families; same-sex couples.

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