Fischer, Mirjam M. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4039-7319
(2022).
Social Exclusion and Resilience: Examining Social Network Stratification among People in Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationships.
Soc. Forces, 100 (3).
S. 1284 - 1307.
CARY:
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.
ISSN 1534-7605
Abstract
Social networks of minoritized societal groups may be exposed to a unique structural force, namely that of social exclusion. Using a national sample of people in same-sex and different-sex relationships in the Netherlands (N = 1,329), this study examines sexual orientation as stratifying factor in social networks. Specifically, it is a comparison of their size and composition. Overall, the networks are similar but a few differences stand out. People in same-sex relationships have larger networks than people in different-sex relationships, which are made up of fewer ties with the family-of-origin and more friends. This lends support to the families-of-choice hypothesis and suggests that people employ resilience strategies, such as alternative community building, to counteract social exclusion from families-of-origin. The results further show that men in same-sex relationships have the fewest same-gender ties in their networks out of both men and women in any relationship type. Overall, the results show that sexual orientation is a dimension worthwhile studying as a stratifying factor of social networks both standing alone and at the intersection with gender.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-571018 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/sf/soab019 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Soc. Forces | ||||||||
| Volume: | 100 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 1284 - 1307 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2022 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | CARY | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1534-7605 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57101 |
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