| Abstract: | This study is for the purpose of researching how does homosexual male play a role as a father figure in heterosexual marriage after breeding the next generation. The main objects are: (1) Understanding the willingness of those participated their role as fathers, the actual participating actions, the perceptions after participating in the father duty, and the parent-child interaction between gay fathers and their children. (2) Discussing the interrelationship between fathers’ personal background factor and the will of participation as fathers, the actual participating actions, and the perception after participating as father role. (3) Discussing the interrelationship between fathers’ Individual characteristic factor and the will of participation as fathers, the actual participating action, and the perception after participating as father role.
This study, which is based on quality over quantity, has held in-depth interviews with six gay males who are married or was married with children. Their life experiences are presented in stories, integrated with fifty-two effective questionnaire surveys, and synthetically analyzed and discussed. The research result shows the form of the willingness to participate their roles as gay fathers, the actual participating actions, the perceptions after participating in the ather duty, and the parent-child interaction between gay fathers and their children. It also discovers:
1. Gay father’s parenthood participation is not effected by the spouse’s presence or absence.
2. The character of gay father as a worker and a caretaker.
3. Gay father’s expectation on spouse or gay partner’s participations are ASIA UNIVERSITY different from the actual fulfillment.
4. Most gay fathers are willing to accept their children’s alternative sexual orientation.
5. There’s an unspoken understanding and consensus about the father being gay in between the father and the children.
6. Father’s personal factor, wife and gay partner’s influential factor, and cultural factor are the factors that would effect a gay father’s participation in parenthood.
Finally, the researcher declares this study’s limitation, gives suggestions to gay fathers, related organizations, and practical workers based on the study result, and also indicates the directions of future studies. |
