Diversity in family life

Diversity in family life
ISBN-10
1447300939
ISBN-13
9781447300939
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
164
Language
English
Published
2013-06-19
Publisher
Policy Press
Author
Elisabetta Ruspini

Description

The book aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to live, love, form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a biological sexual body.

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