SOC 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Masculinity, Shared Parenting, Father

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2103
• Professor: Kristen Tole

Document Summary

Changing legal meanings: e. g. emphasis on shared parenting (e. g. paternity leave). A new public opinion regarding fathers understands that things like housework can be learned. The sharing of familial obligations depends on time and availability. Fathering: breadwinner, caring, and being with the children. Engagement: fathers are involved and engage in their children"s lives. Accessibility: whether or not the father is making time for his children and is separating work from the child"s needs when required. Discourse: we have to start discussing this topic. Attitude: this is how we actually represent fathers. Policy: instead of something being good for only mothers, it should include fathers as well. Political: being able to change jobs to adapt and for money reasons. Children are expected to develop social deviance and/or psychological problems. Unmarried, divorced, widowed (the most acceptable form of lone parenting), and intentional. Age, parent-child relationship, social status, education, economic potential, and social support.