When Dad Stays Home Too: Paternity Leave, Gender, and Parenting
Abstract
Drawing from 85 semi-structured interviews with fathers and mothers in three cities (Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago), I argue that when fathers in heterosexual couples experience the transition to parenthood in ways that are structurally comparable to mothers, they come to think about and enact parenting in ways that are more similar to mothers. I consider the specific role played by extended time off immediately after the birth of a child in...
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Title
When Dad Stays Home Too: Paternity Leave, Gender, and Parenting
Published Date
Feb 1, 2014
Journal
Volume
28
Issue
1
Pages
110 - 132
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