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Självklart att dela lika - när pappa vill

Svärd, Nina LU (2015) SOL614 20151
School of Social Work
Abstract
A given to share equally when daddy wants to

The aim of this study was to investigate parents who have decided to equally share their parental leave and how they came up to this decision. The aim has also been to see which effect the sharing of parental leave has had upon them in their everyday life. The study was based on qualitative interviews with both parties of three couples that had chosen to divide the parental leave equally. The main findings of the study was that dads have the freedom to choose whether they want to stay at home or not meanwhile the mothers have no such freedom. Reproduction gets superior first when men fully enters the arena of home and children, which confirms that men have a superior position of... (More)
A given to share equally when daddy wants to

The aim of this study was to investigate parents who have decided to equally share their parental leave and how they came up to this decision. The aim has also been to see which effect the sharing of parental leave has had upon them in their everyday life. The study was based on qualitative interviews with both parties of three couples that had chosen to divide the parental leave equally. The main findings of the study was that dads have the freedom to choose whether they want to stay at home or not meanwhile the mothers have no such freedom. Reproduction gets superior first when men fully enters the arena of home and children, which confirms that men have a superior position of interpretative prerogative. It is not until they have been at home for a longer time by themselves that they fully understand and acknowledge the hard work and challenges that the life of home with children offers, which decreases conflicts and misunderstandings on the individual level. (Less)
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author
Svärd, Nina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOL614 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Equality, parental insurance, parental leave, motherhood, fatherhood
language
Swedish
id
5159039
date added to LUP
2015-03-25 12:59:48
date last changed
2015-03-25 12:59:48
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  abstract     = {{A given to share equally when daddy wants to

The aim of this study was to investigate parents who have decided to equally share their parental leave and how they came up to this decision. The aim has also been to see which effect the sharing of parental leave has had upon them in their everyday life. The study was based on qualitative interviews with both parties of three couples that had chosen to divide the parental leave equally. The main findings of the study was that dads have the freedom to choose whether they want to stay at home or not meanwhile the mothers have no such freedom. Reproduction gets superior first when men fully enters the arena of home and children, which confirms that men have a superior position of interpretative prerogative. It is not until they have been at home for a longer time by themselves that they fully understand and acknowledge the hard work and challenges that the life of home with children offers, which decreases conflicts and misunderstandings on the individual level.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Självklart att dela lika - när pappa vill}},
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