SOCI 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Parental Leave, Unemployment Benefits, Masculinity
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"women continue to carry most of the responsibilities dimension that involves planning/scheduling/orchestrating & coordination of family activities" (daly. More fathers reporting primary care of young & older children in 2005 compared to. Fathers (and mothers) spending more time on primary child care. Time & energy spent on care can have negative impacts on earnings. Assumed childbearing responsibilities can lead to discrimination against mothers in hiring. Men can lose out on "emotional & psychological rewards [of care] that can shape one"s sense of self/history/belonging/purpose" (kershaw 2005: 96) Given dual-worker couples & women"s increased participation in labour market (as well as changing gender norms) -there"s more pressure on men & fathers to be involved in day-to-day care of children. "good" fathers viewed as present & involved fathers. "intensive parenting" is a "contemporary child-rearing requirement" (ranson 2010: 77) involved fathering also act as signal to others of modern/progressive masculinity (w/ or w/o high levels of actual participation)
