SOC345H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Collegehumor
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Involvement o: how men should be like, modeling involved fatherhood, unique contribution, celebrating involvement. Father as a helper, end up being responsible for primary income earner. Occupy breadwinner difficult to also occupy caregiver. In relation to miller: flip flop right back to helper role once paternity leave was finished, doesn"t promote prolonged engagement with caregiver role o engagement. Is some financial compensations but not enough to sustain prolonged. Experience of becoming father crystalizes breadwinner role. Canada"s policy is better, but still finding the helper behaviour. Trends are to not use full benefits of paternity leave. Association between fathers as breadwinner, work that goes into protecting father as breadwinner. Role as caregiver shaped by workplace expectations. Doesn"t necessarily have to leave work early. Normative behaviour for employee is devotion, no significant times away from job. Don"t have to take personal days in relation to the kids, ideal worker has a partner in the private sphere to manage the family stuff.
