Självklart att dela lika - när pappa vill
(2015) SOL614 20151School 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
- 2015
- 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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