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Determinants, costs, and meanings of Belgian stay-at-home fathers: an international comparison.(Report)
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Fathering
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March 22, 2008
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- Merla, Laura
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Data gathered from 21 at-home fathers living in Belgium were analyzed and compared to results from research conducted in Australia, Sweden and the USA on fathers taking primary responsibility for childcare. The dynamic process of managing the tension between assigned norms and personal identity was studied through a comparative overview of how at-home fathers come to assume the primary responsibility of childcare, the norms they are confronted with in their daily interactions and the strategies used by these fathers to (re)construct a positive self-image. The fathers' increased involvement in childcare challenged masculine self-definitions and self-presentations in normative ...
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627 words
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787 words
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122 words
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