Fatherhood, Family and Work in Men’s Lives : Negotiating New and Old Masculinities

Wall, Karin; Aboim, Sofia; Marinho, Sofia

doi:10.4000/rsa.470

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“…Several studies have been conducted in other countries: one in Belgium (Merla, 2008), one in Portugal (Wall, Aboim & Marinho, 2007), and Doucet's groundbreaking study in Canada (2004, 2006a, 2006b, 2009. Between 2000 and 2003, Doucet interviewed over 100 Canadian fathers who self-identified as primary caregivers (2004, 2006a, 2006b, 2009); her body of work included stay-at-home fathers (n = 70) as well as single fathers.…”

Section: Research About Stay-at-home Fathersmentioning

confidence: 98%

"I Feel Like a Rock Star": Fatherhood for Stay-at-Home Fathers

Solomon

2014

Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Me

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Since the 1970s, fathers have experienced a new set of expectations for their role. Fathers are now expected to be more involved with the hands-on daily caregiving of their children. Perhaps because of these changing expectations, more men are choosing to be stay-at-home fathers than in previous generations. Very little sociological research exists about stay-at-home fathers' ideas about fatherhood in the U.S. In particular, how do such men conceive of their status as stay-at-home fathers and of fatherhood? I explore these questions through in-depth interviews with men from locations across the United States. My study shows that stay-athome fathers enact fatherhood in ways that may be starting to transform traditional and new ideals of fatherhood.

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Section: Research About Stay-at-home Fathersmentioning

confidence: 98%

"I Feel Like a Rock Star": Fatherhood for Stay-at-Home Fathers

Solomon

2014

Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Me

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“…Secondly, further complexity arises from the appropriation of these gender norms on an individual scale (eg Becker, 1982), as people may combine elements that are apparently opposed to each other. For example, individuals may simultaneously emphasize the role of women as full‐time mothers and as full‐time workers (Hays, 1996) or accentuate the importance of male breadwinning alongside the notion of caring fatherhood (Wall, Aboim and Marinho, 2007).…”

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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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“…A fi rst set of fi ndings concerns the changing cultural models of fatherhood in Portuguese society. There is a generalized consensus around the ideal of a caring and involved father (Torres 2004 ;Wall et al 2007 ). Most men vehemently reject the old ideal of a distant and authoritarian father, criticize the former generations of fathers, and value the norm of the involved father who participates in the daily responsibilities of parental care, education and emotional involvement.…”

Section: Past Research On Fathers and Men's Roles: Main Approaches Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lastly, compared to men who began to take up leave in the mid-90s, this generation of fathers grew up in a society where the meanings associated with fatherhood were shifting dramatically (Wall et al 2007 ). Other factors, however, have been introducing constraints, in particular those related to the impact of the economic crisis.…”

Section: Developments In Leave Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%