This article considers women who establish diverse families, focusing on the hetero-gay family as a point of departure. These women challenge patriarchal imperatives through implicit acts of civil disobedience, creating an alternative to the constraints of the traditional two-parent different-sex family. We show how the concept of civil disobedience, conventionally restricted to the field of law and public policy, applies as well to the domestic sphere of family life, a potential arena of contention and activism. This case example illustrates the utility of taking into account the reciprocal influences of families and the larger social and political context in which they are imbedded.

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家庭领域的公民不服从：异性恋家庭的案例

本文考虑建立多元化家庭的女性，以异性恋家庭为出发点。这些女性通过隐性的公民不服从行为挑战父权制的命令，创造了一种替代传统双亲异性家庭的约束。我们展示了公民不服从的概念，传统上仅限于法律和公共政策领域，如何也适用于家庭生活的家庭领域，这是一个潜在的争论和激进主义领域。这个案例说明了考虑家庭的相互影响以及他们所处的更大的社会和政治背景的效用。