The Male Au Pair: 'Doing Masculinity' by Performing Housework and Providing Childcare
Autor: | Rohde, Caterina |
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Přispěvatelé: | Universität Bielefeld, Fak. für Soziologie, Centre on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie Social sciences sociology anthropology Migration Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung Migration Sociology of Migration Women's Studies Feminist Studies Gender Studies Männlichkeit Hausarbeit Kinderbetreuung Auslandstätigkeit Rollenbild Rollenverteilung geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren familiale Sozialisation junger Erwachsener Doing Gender Gender masculinity housework child care work abroad role image role distribution gender-specific factors family socialization young adult doing gender gender |
Zdroj: | 129, COMCAD Working Papers, 20 |
Druh dokumentu: | Arbeitspapier<br />working paper |
Popis: | Male au pairs responding to the "call for more men" in private and professional childcare have gained some popularity in recent years. Au pairs, both male and female, are positioned in hybrid work settings in that they not only perform housework and provide childcare, but living with families also assume roles of family members. Drawing on the concept of "doing gender", the article compares how the position of male and female au pairs is constructed by allocating specific duties to them, and how men's suitability for au pairing is legitimized. It is shown that, because a gendered division of family work continues to be the prerequisite for "doing gender", male au pairs perform only housework that is compatible with hegemonic masculinity, and that this is inherent in their main duty of functioning as male role models to aid in the socialization of the families' children when the children's fathers fail to fulfill this role. |
Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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