SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Emo, Noncustodial Parent
31 Oct 2013
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Lecture 32: divorce on fathers, divorce on kids & women. Chapter 8 of baker woo and chimo. Chapter 32 of fox ferstenberg and cherlin. Addresses why so many fathers become absent post-divorce: problematic to view these men as uncaring/unfeeling/villains. Wanted to understand this process from the perspective of the men. Did in depth interviews with 75 divorced new york fathers. Interviewed men only, so we don"t know the women"s perspective. Felt tremendous anger at their situations and at their ex-wives absence was a way to handle that anger and distance themselves from all of those overwhelming feelings. Including feelings of sadness and loss: men unable to process these kinds of feelings socialized differently than women taught to channel feelings into anger rather than work through the sadness/loss in a more healthy way. Felt judicial system had violated their rights as a father. Did not see how they themselves participated in perpetuating ongoing conflict and antagonisms.
