Masculinity and Child Care: The Reconstruction of Fathering
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Review
- Vol. 46 (2) , 293-313
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.00120
Abstract
In this article we focus on a group of fathers who use parental leave and how they include care-giving in their construction of masculinity. The fathers shape their own masculine form of care-work differently from the mothers' interaction with the child. Both mothers and fathers, however, take part in the process of reproducing masculinity as the norm by giving masculine care higher status. Care-giving activities are adopted by the hegemonic form of masculinity with its strong connection to paid work.Keywords
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