Women’s perspectives on the value of a father’s initiative in shifting gendered practices within families
| dc.cclicence | CC-BY-NC | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Hanna, Esmee | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Robertson, Steven | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Woodall, James | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Rowlands, Simon | en |
| dc.date.acceptance | 2016-10-16 | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-30T15:36:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-30T15:36:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-10-31 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper explores the qualitative perspectives of women about a community embedded fathers initiative in Northern England. Projects to improve the wellbeing 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 child care 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. | en |
| dc.exception.reason | Item deposited at Leeds Beckett University repository as per REF compliance : http://eprints.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/3162/ | en |
| dc.exception.ref2021codes | 254a | en |
| dc.funder | Unlimited Potential | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hanna, E.S., Robertson, S., Woodall, J. and Rowlands, S. (2016) Women’s perspectives on the value of a father’s initiative in shifting gendered practices within families. Journal of Gender Studies. 27 (5), pp. 562-573 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2016.1250619 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2086/16909 | |
| dc.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
| dc.projectid | Salford Dadz Evaluation | en |
| dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en |
| dc.researchgroup | Centre for Reproduction Research | en |
| dc.researchinstitute | Institute for Allied Health Sciences Research | en |
| dc.researchinstitute | Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) | en |
| dc.title | Women’s perspectives on the value of a father’s initiative in shifting gendered practices within families | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
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