In a message dated 96-11-16 11:00:34 EST, you write:

<< DO they experience conflict just as some men do,
 seeing their partner's breasts as their territory, or do they adjust more
 readily than men of similar SES and background to the dual purposes of body
 parts that they too share, being women? do they choose to induce lactation
 to share breastfeeding, as some men are reported as doing? >>

maureen:

  from discussions that i have been a party to from colleagues who have
worked with lesbian parents the answer to your above quest is all of the
above, some of the above noe of the above... they are couples just like every
other couple with all the intrinsic quirks of people in general

          patricia