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Föräldraskap - socialsekreterares syn på kvinnliga och manliga vårdnadshavare

Poppius, My LU and Höjendal, Ellinor LU (2021) SOPA63 20211
School of Social Work
Abstract
The social services treatment and assessment play a major role in family law, and something that affects this is notions of parenthood. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine social workers descriptions of parenthood with a main focus on how they portray female and male caregivers. Five social workers from both small and large cities in Sweden, who work with child care investigations, have been interviewed. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews that consisted of semi-structured interview questions complemented with two different cases followed by vignette questions, this because we wanted to raise awareness of the invisible notions. In analysing our results, we applied theoretical concepts about gender... (More)
The social services treatment and assessment play a major role in family law, and something that affects this is notions of parenthood. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine social workers descriptions of parenthood with a main focus on how they portray female and male caregivers. Five social workers from both small and large cities in Sweden, who work with child care investigations, have been interviewed. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews that consisted of semi-structured interview questions complemented with two different cases followed by vignette questions, this because we wanted to raise awareness of the invisible notions. In analysing our results, we applied theoretical concepts about gender system and gender contract from Yvonne Hirdman, and Judith Butlers heterosexual matrix and her theory about performativity. This study found that social workers on one hand think that both female and male caregivers can do the same thing as parents, and that they rather see parenthood instead of motherhood versus fatherhood. On the other hand, the result also shows that there are more discussions about how there are more demands on the mother and that the mother usually takes the most responsibility when it comes to childcare. Also, the study highlights how gender is socially constructed and how gender structures, more or less, affect social workers' views on female and male caregivers. Gender consciousness in social work is therefore very important, which all interviewees discuss. (Less)
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author
Poppius, My LU and Höjendal, Ellinor LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
parenthood and gender, female and male caregivers, normative gender notions, social worker
language
Swedish
id
9050472
date added to LUP
2021-06-07 14:28:59
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2021-06-07 14:28:59
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  abstract     = {{The social services treatment and assessment play a major role in family law, and something that affects this is notions of parenthood. The purpose of this study was therefore to examine social workers descriptions of parenthood with a main focus on how they portray female and male caregivers. Five social workers from both small and large cities in Sweden, who work with child care investigations, have been interviewed. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews that consisted of semi-structured interview questions complemented with two different cases followed by vignette questions, this because we wanted to raise awareness of the invisible notions. In analysing our results, we applied theoretical concepts about gender system and gender contract from Yvonne Hirdman, and Judith Butlers heterosexual matrix and her theory about performativity. This study found that social workers on one hand think that both female and male caregivers can do the same thing as parents, and that they rather see parenthood instead of motherhood versus fatherhood. On the other hand, the result also shows that there are more discussions about how there are more demands on the mother and that the mother usually takes the most responsibility when it comes to childcare. Also, the study highlights how gender is socially constructed and how gender structures, more or less, affect social workers' views on female and male caregivers. Gender consciousness in social work is therefore very important, which all interviewees discuss.}},
  author       = {{Poppius, My and Höjendal, Ellinor}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Föräldraskap - socialsekreterares syn på kvinnliga och manliga vårdnadshavare}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}