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This chapter explores how hetero-socialisation influences children within family and legal frameworks.

May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

'The best interests of the child': reflecting on the family and the law as sites of oppressive hetero-socialisation

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This chapter explores how hetero-socialisation influences children within family and legal frameworks.
Analyzed the role of family and law as institutions
Examined how heteronormative values impact society
Utilized a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate oppressive dynamics
Identified key ways heteronormative values marginalize non-heterosexual children
Discussed potential conflicts between societal norms and children's best interests
Highlighted the need for re-evaluating family and legal structures to support diversity

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This chapter aims to reflect on some of the ways in which hetero-socialisation operates within the family as an institution and within the law as an authority that lays claim to and delimits ideas of acceptable bodies and behaviours. Employing a multi-disciplinary approach, this chapter reflects on oppressive heteronormative values and how these often operate in opposition to the best interests of non-heterosexual children.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e8030e02ee3982d32b09 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14749/32388183

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