Fathers and financial risk-taking during the economic downturn: insights from a QLL study of men's identities-in-the-making

Henwood, Karen; Shirani, Fiona; Coltart, Carrie

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“…In particular, we have demonstrated how men describe risks and anxieties in relation to financial provision, drawing on insights from previous work which 19 considered how these pressures were intensified during the economic downturn (Henwood et al, 2010). Given policy documentation on the damaging consequences of child poverty (Field, 2010) and widespread media condemnation of 'feckless fathers' who do not fulfil their financial responsibilities (The Sunday Times, March 2010; The Daily Mail, November 2010), alongside emphasis on the importance of resources for 'concerted cultivation', it is striking that financial risks have not been considered as pressurising for parents in the same way as expectations around handson care.…”

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“…This was an extension of what many had seen as an important aspect of their male identity beforehand (Henwood et al, 2010) and one of the main anchors for dominant versions of masculinity (Willott and Griffin, 1999). Planning was described as important for providing the 'best start' for the child; for example, ensuring there were funds to move house in order to live in a 'nice area' was cited as part of a 'good father' identity by several men.…”

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“…Intensive parenting, and the increased pressures of parental responsibility it brings about, can be viewed as part of the broader neoliberal project (Henwood et al, 2010).…”

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In recent years, academics have shown interest in the phenomenon of intensive parenting, which has predominantly focussed on mothers as primary caregivers. In this paper we seek to move beyond approaches which invoke a maternal lens in order to consider fathers' experience of intensive parenting in relation to their lives with partners. Drawing on data from a qualitative longitudinal study of men over the transition to fatherhood we explore men's experiences of the benefits and challenges of an intensive parenting approach. Despite increased involvement in childcare, men appear to be relatively insulated against the demands of intensive parenting, describing the importance of autonomous decision-making over following expert advice. However, this paper considers the way in which other aspects of contemporary parenting may be experienced more intensively by men, pointing to gender differentiation in risks related to a moral parenthood identity.

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“…Drawing on a growing, interdisciplinary body of research that explores how family relations might be reconceptualised and understood in times of austerity, Hall (2016a, b), emphasizes the inseparability of familial and financial relations, everyday life, and economic change. In her argument she references the Timescapes study (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) and its network of seven linked QL research projects (Neale & Bishop, 2012), which provide valuable insights into the ways in which individuals were beginning to make sense of the economic downturn in 2008 and the impact it was having on their lives (Henwood et al 2010;Irwin & Edwards, 2010). The longitudinal designs of these studies meant that they were ideally situated to capture how families viewed economic change and the impacts of austerity as it unfolded (Bornat & Bytheway, 2010).…”

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Care in an Age of Austerity: Men’s Care Responsibilities in Low-Income Families

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2017

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Drawing on data from linked qualitative longitudinal (QL) datasets, this paper considers the under-researched impacts of economic crisis and austerity, on men from different familial generational positions, with care responsibilities for young children in lowincome families. Recent debates indicate that recession and austerity provide the conditions for care arrangements in which low-income fathers are more likely to engage, producing 'caring masculinities'. However, austerity is also deepening everyday hardships for citizens, as care responsibilities are further entrenched as the private responsibilities of individual families. This 'responsibilisation' of care is producing numerous challenges for men, as evidenced in their discussions of their everyday caring practices. With reference to an ethics of care perspective and insights about processes of change and continuity in the austerity context, from men in lowincome families, including those that are kinship carers, it is argued that processes of welfare reform and self-responsibilisation are antithetical to the reworking of male identities as identities of care. The paper concludes that wider structural change and support for men to engage effectively and positively in care are required in order for these identities, and for men's critical engagement in gender equality, to flourish.

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“…Our previous work has highlighted the significance men place on providing financially as an important but not sole aspect of their father identity, elucidating when and why it can be a particularly pressuring aspect of their parenting experiences (Henwood et al, 2010;Shirani et al, 2012). In this paper, we explore the situated experiences and sense-making of fathers as they undergo changes in their work and family arrangements.…”

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"Why Aren't You at Work?": Negotiating Economic Models of Fathering Identity

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Much has been made of the apparent trend towards men's greater involvement in fatherhood, suggesting moves towards more egalitarian couple relationships characterised by greater role-sharing. Yet alongside this it has also been argued that the breadwinner/provider role remains central to men's fatherhood identity and continues to be underlined by current policy. That providing apparently remains a central aspect of successful fatherhood subsequently raises potential challenges for men who experience unemployment. Presenting illustrative case study data from a qualitative longitudinal study, we explore how changes in occupational trajectories away from models of full-time working outside of the home hold implications for men's sense of competence or vulnerability, and how provider and involved carer positions are intertwined in men's fatherhood identities.

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Fathers and financial risk-taking during the economic downturn: insights from a QLL study of men's identities-in-the-making

Cited by 27 publications

References 10 publications

Meeting the Challenges of Intensive Parenting Culture: Gender, Risk Management and the Moral Parent

Meeting the Challenges of Intensive Parenting Culture: Gender, Risk Management and the Moral Parent

Care in an Age of Austerity: Men’s Care Responsibilities in Low-Income Families

"Why Aren't You at Work?": Negotiating Economic Models of Fathering Identity

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