Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries

Hearn, Jeff; Pringle, Keith; Müller, Ursula; Oleksy, Elzbieta H.; Lattu, Emmi; Chernova, Janna; Ferguson, Harry; Holter, Øystein Gullvåg; Kolga, Voldemar; Novikova, Irina; Ventimiglia, Carmine; Olsvik, Eivind; Tallberg, Teemu

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“…This conclusion is tentative and based on somewhat advanced samples, however, and the resistance often remains in the institutional and organizational structures. The project confirms the CROME study on this important point (Hearn et al 2002), especially regarding central Europe. Here, men are not seen as gendered or family caregivers in ways that have much impact on organizations, or the impact on organizations is out of tune with the impact in the more advanced groups of men's lives.…”

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Men's Work and Family Reconciliation in Europe

Holter¹

2007

Men and Masculinities

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Changes from breadwinner masculinities towards caring masculinities are described on the basis of European labour market trends and a recent 6-country study of men in part-time work. Although gender ideals are changing, working life shows a persistent trend towards preservation of breadwinner masculinities, connected to devaluation of men's caregiving. The results highlight the economic and material aspects of change and how work-related gender sanctions operate against men in new roles. Men develop more relational forms of masculinity linked to caregiving and family participation but often face a traditional and deeply ingrained organizational masculinity in their job. However, there is also considerable variation among companies, and some may even take proequality initiatives when the state is passive. Finally, the article presents a broader change model with three main stages (initial, middle, and advanced) and discusses possibilities for more change-oriented research.

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Men's Work and Family Reconciliation in Europe

Holter¹

2007

Men and Masculinities

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“…In the early 2000s, it funded a third awareness-raising plan on the new crime and, at the same time, it sponsored an updated prevalence study on men's violence (Hearn et al, 2002). In 2003, the Restraining Order Act allowed the police to issue an instant restraining order, even if the perpetrator was a resident at the same address as the victim.…”

Section: The Early-bird Countriesmentioning

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Intimate partner homicide in 10 European countries: Statistical data and policy development in a cross-national perspective

Corradi

Stöckl

2014

European Journal of Criminology

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Homicide is an important source of premature mortality, with intimate partners committing approximately one in seven homicides. Utilizing national statistics, this article explores recent data on intimate partner homicide in 10 European countries, and the UK. It discusses policy developments and the role of key policy-making actors and it provides a novel classification, based on the time when government action developed, that maps the 10 countries in a temporal sequence under three main headings: early birds, intermediate and newcomers. Notwithstanding great differences, the article finds common trends in policy developments. Institutional commitment in collecting intimate partner homicide data is consistent with an enduring record of both women's activism and public action in addressing intimate partner violence.

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“…Lewis (1998) has described France as a modified male breadwinner state in which women have benefited from the care and support directed at children. Finally, I also analyse four post‐socialist countries (Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Slovakia), where the strong dual breadwinner culture promoted during communism has been eroded, to some extent, by a certain revival of traditionalism (Hearn et al ., 2002).…”

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Gender Cultures and the Division of Labour in Contemporary Europe: A Cross-National Perspective

Aboim

2010

The Sociological Review

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Drawing on the vast literature concerned with the cultural aspects of gender, this article explores the ways in which individuals living in different national contexts value the ideal of a dual earner/dual carer couple at the expense of the male breadwinner model. Via a comparison of fifteen European countries included in the Family and Gender Roles module of the 2002 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), three attitudinal patterns were identified: the unequal sharing that portrays a male breadwinner norm, the familistic unequal that also endorses a gender-segregated arrangement though with a greater wish for men's involvement in housework and childcare, and the dual earner/dual carer model, which, despite covering nearly 40 per cent of respondents, is very unequally distributed across countries. It is proposed that societal gender cultures are of major importance to an understanding of cross-national variations in attitudes and their relationship with the real forms of gender division of labour. The connection between couples' attitudes and practices is thus examined in order to assess the extent to which support for the dual earner/dual carer model encourages couples to engage in more equal sharing of paid and unpaid work. Findings reveal the importance of the normative dimension insofar as the impact of attitudes on practices seems to depend on the historical pathways of gender cultures and the ways in which they underpin welfare policies and female employment.

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Critical Studies on Men in Ten European Countries

Cited by 13 publications

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Men's Work and Family Reconciliation in Europe

Men's Work and Family Reconciliation in Europe

Intimate partner homicide in 10 European countries: Statistical data and policy development in a cross-national perspective

Gender Cultures and the Division of Labour in Contemporary Europe: A Cross-National Perspective

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