title: Response to Kirkpatrick (2004): differential risk theory and lesbian parenthood.
abstract: Kirkpatrick's recent comments on Schumm's critique of Tasker and Golombok's 1995 research are discussed, as well as the 1981 seminal research of Kirkpatrick, Smith, and Roy. Considerations of differential risk within social exchange theory may be useful when examining views that equate gay and lesbian relationships with mixed-gender relationships at the macrosociological level.
authors.affiliation: School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-1403, USA. Schumm@humec.ksu.edu
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schumm
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology*; D012951:Socialization; D013223:Statistics as Topic