Hanna, E., Robertson, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-5683-363X, Woodall, J. et al. (1 more author)
(2018)
Women’s perspectives on the value of a father’s initiative in shifting gendered practices within families.
Journal of Gender Studies, 27 (5).
pp. 1-12.
ISSN 0958-9236
Abstract
This paper explores the qualitative perspectives of women about a community embedded fathers’ initiative in Northern England. Projects to improve the well-being of men and their children are less common within the landscape of parent and child support, with mothers more often being the target recipients. Asking women about their perceptions of an initiative for fathers then offers original insights from women who are positioned as ‘related outsiders’, in that they were ‘outside’ the project but ‘inside’ the family and community. Findings suggest that women are able to see the positive impact of such a project, identifying that it offers a shared space for men and children, time for mothers without their children and can help with shifting roles and attitudes around childcare and emotional labour in the home. The initiative was also seen by the women as offering men more healthy means of coping, including men moving away from traditional hegemonic practices, which in turn shifted some women’s long held gendered beliefs about men as fathers. This research then offers a relational gendered backstory to a father’s initiative, demonstrating how such initiatives can potentially ‘undo’ gender and the positive implications this could have for families.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Gender Studies on 31 Oct 2016, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2016.1250619. |
Keywords: | Fathers; families; mothers; gendered roles; qualitative research |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Nursing and Midwifery (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2018 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2023 17:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09589236.2016.1250619 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132209 |