2015
DOI: 10.7146/kkf.v24i1.28513
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Between Necessity and Delight - Negotiating Involved Fatherhood among Career Couples in Denmark.

Abstract: Between Necessity and Delight. Negotiating Involved Fatherhood among Career Couples in DenmarkFathering practices are changing. Many fathers are no longer simply providers but are also active caregivers. While women's entry into the labour market spurred a need for men to engage with the 'second shift', research has showed that men's engagement with childcare does not necessarily imply an equal division of labour. By examining the construction of father's identity in a context where traditional scripts for 'do… Show more

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“…These consequences, I further argue, should be understood within a specific Danish context. Just as "Militaries (…) are national institutions", with a "geographical specificity to the ways in which they work and take effect as gendered organisations" (Duncanson and Woodward 2017, 2), so I argue that ideals of gender equality within Danish families (Bach 2015;Sjørup 2014;Lausten and Sjørup 2003) have a profound impact on soldiers' partners' experiences of military deployment.…”
Section: Danish Military Service and Its Implications For Familiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…These consequences, I further argue, should be understood within a specific Danish context. Just as "Militaries (…) are national institutions", with a "geographical specificity to the ways in which they work and take effect as gendered organisations" (Duncanson and Woodward 2017, 2), so I argue that ideals of gender equality within Danish families (Bach 2015;Sjørup 2014;Lausten and Sjørup 2003) have a profound impact on soldiers' partners' experiences of military deployment.…”
Section: Danish Military Service and Its Implications For Familiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In practice, Danish women still spend more hours on domestic work than their male partners, but studies show that men's participation in household chores is continuously increasing (Deding, Lausten and Andersen 2006;Bonke and Jensen 2012). Especially, men's role as fathers has developed from the traditional role of breadwinner to a point where Danish fathers spend almost as much time on childcare as their female partners (Deding, Lausten and Andersen 2006; Bonke and Esping-Andersen 2011;Bach 2015;Andersen 2016).…”
Section: Danish Military Service and Its Implications For Familiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…And when he does meet with friends, they are more likely to go out for a beer and avoid the topic of children, talking about politics or soccer. When I address his experiences of fatherhood, he explains that he, to his own surprise, feels that becoming a father is “the biggest change I have experienced.” He explains how paternity leave (for about six month) meant a lot to him “identity-wise” adding it means that they “are completely equal, not only in terms of making decisions but also with something like; let’s say that you need to go somewhere and need to pack up some stuff for the child.” This brings about a detailed demonstration of his firsthand experience of taking care of the needs of a baby; an experience that he thinks has made him more independent as a parent (see also Bach 2015a). Important to David’s narrative of fatherhood is his appreciation of how the child approaches and can be comforted by both parents equally.…”
Section: Constructing Nondominant Masculinitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While this study improves our knowledge of how food, naturalness and identities relate, the voice of the fathers is missing. Today men are increasingly involved in caring practices especially in the Nordic countries where the state supports involved fatherhood (Bach, 2015). This paper expands some of the points raised by Moscato and Machin (2018), but focuses on both men and women, and further discusses how the concept of naturalness may be applicable to child-related consumption in general and not only consumption of food products.…”
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