Abstract
This paper carries out a critical discussion about family models related to lesbian parenthood construction, using psychoanalysis and psychosocial studies in gender perspective as theoretical approaches. Taking under consideration recent redefinitions on the concept of family, not limited anymore to the traditional heterosexual standard, homosexual couples are claiming for their rights as spouses and parents, turning the paradigm’s focus on affective interrelations instead of on blood bounds. The content analysis approach used in some episodes of an American television series concerning lesbian parenthood made it possible to develop a qualitative study focusing on two categories: parenthood feasibility processes and heteronormative influences on lesbian parenthood construction. The conclusion shows that bounds between characters were at first and predominantly based on biological reproductive processes, although a new family model characterized by the co-motherhood has emerged. New familiar sets have presented a paradox: new family models repeat traditional models, and that takes us to generational inheritance influences.
Parenting; Female Homosexuality; Family