Recently, there has been a growing interest in what is positioned as a new form of
masculinity arising from the increase in fathers as primary caregivers. This new form is …

This article brings together a range of research and scholarship from various disciplines
which have investigated and theorized social and cultural aspects of infants' bodies within …

The work-family conflict that mothers experience today is a national crisis. Women struggle
to balance breadwinning with the bulk of parenting, and stress is constant. Social policies …

Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention, stimulated by the increasing
prominence of fathers' rights groups and the introduction of social policies, such as paternity …

The second edition of Andrea Doucet's Do Men Mother? builds upon the award winning first
edition to further illuminate fathers' candid reflections on caring and the intricate social …

Gender: Psychological Perspectives synthesizes the latest research on gender to help
students think critically about the differences between research findings and stereotypes …

This article addresses the question of why there are persistent gender differences in the
responsibility for children. It argues that understanding continuing gender divisions of …

Rooted in two qualitative research studies of stay-at-home fathers (70 Canadian and 21
Belgian) at the beginning of the twenty-first century, this article explores the innovative ways …

Objective This study compares mothers' perceptions of work–family conflict in four countries
that exemplify different work–family policy approaches: Sweden, Germany, Italy, and the …

Men in the transition to parenthood have to integrate fatherhood into their self-concepts and
identities. Contemporary societies, in particular, provide two contradictory discourses for …