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Book Reviews : Women and the Politics of Empowerment. Edited byAnn Bookman and Sandra Morgan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988, 321 pp., $14.95, paperback

Book Reviews : Women and the Politics of Empowerment. Edited byAnn Bookman and Sandra Morgan.... demonstrate that liberation has worked-that these women mothers, gay to dare choose to be lesbian mothers and have a sense of lesbian strong and Their attitude is should we not have the identity gay pride. why satisfaction of This attitude is evident in one about an mothering? entry interracial who both became alternative insem- couple, pregnant through ination within months of each other. What seems and eight inspiring was the efforts the Chinese-American to courageous repeated by partner include and Her calm her resistant brother in her new parents family. to have an with her their perseverance open dialogue parents, despite of her and their characterized her not as a children, rejection partner victim but as firm and to reach out. It is as if she was holding continuing and are of beautiful &dquo;I am who I two am, children; saying, you grandparents us in join happiness.&dquo; For wonders about the on a child is raised the reader who who impact in a lesbian several selections address the children’s reactions and home, the authors who write on this issue that raised attitudes. All agree being by lesbian mothers makes the children different-more tolerant and to open differences human and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Book Reviews : Women and the Politics of Empowerment. Edited byAnn Bookman and Sandra Morgan. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988, 321 pp., $14.95, paperback

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0886-1099
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1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610998900400324
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Abstract

demonstrate that liberation has worked-that these women mothers, gay to dare choose to be lesbian mothers and have a sense of lesbian strong and Their attitude is should we not have the identity gay pride. why satisfaction of This attitude is evident in one about an mothering? entry interracial who both became alternative insem- couple, pregnant through ination within months of each other. What seems and eight inspiring was the efforts the Chinese-American to courageous repeated by partner include and Her calm her resistant brother in her new parents family. to have an with her their perseverance open dialogue parents, despite of her and their characterized her not as a children, rejection partner victim but as firm and to reach out. It is as if she was holding continuing and are of beautiful &dquo;I am who I two am, children; saying, you grandparents us in join happiness.&dquo; For wonders about the on a child is raised the reader who who impact in a lesbian several selections address the children’s reactions and home, the authors who write on this issue that raised attitudes. All agree being by lesbian mothers makes the children different-more tolerant and to open differences human and

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Oct 1, 1989

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