Tag: parenthood
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The West invented a category of fatherhood that does not exist in most of the world. It may also have invented the anxiety that comes with it. In much of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, a man does not become a father by legal declaration. He becomes a father by acknowledgment—and acknowledgment is…
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The most radical thing the LGBT community ever did was not demand marriage. It was invent a family that didn’t need one. When the state refused to recognize your relationships, you built your own kinship. When your biological family disowned you, you found chosen family. When the law said you were not next of kin,…