La experiencia de la paternidad y la maternidadanálisis del discurso de las creencias sobre la crianza y el cuidado infantil
ISSN: 0210-3702, 1578-4126
Year of publication: 2009
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Pages: 81-96
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, Infancia y Aprendizaje
Abstract
The paper studies gender differences in infant care tasks, analysing if they are supported by gender schematism. A qualitative methodology, based on nine discussion groups organised in the Principality of Asturias, Spain, has been used in the research study. The most important findings show that although men participate in infant care, women's involvement is much greater. Moreover, it is concluded that fathers and mothers maintain old parental relationship models that reveal the persistence of gender structures. The paper concludes by suggesting the need to implement family education programmes that modify existing beliefs about the role that fathers and mothers play in the education of their daughters and sons.