Index

Catherine Richards Solomon (Quinnipiac University, Connecticut, USA)

The Lives of Stay-at-Home Fathers

ISBN: 978-1-78743-502-5, eISBN: 978-1-78743-501-8

Publication date: 29 August 2017

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Solomon, C.R. (2017), "Index", The Lives of Stay-at-Home Fathers, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78743-501-820171009

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Copyright © Catherine Richards Solomon, 2017


INDEX

Accomplishments
, 31–32

Aumann, K.
, 35

Belgian men
, 7

Berdahl, J. L.
, 100

Blair-Loy, M.
, 100

Blue-collar jobs
, 1

Bond, K.
, 35

Carework
, 1

engaging in
, 49

nurturing
, 49–50

professionalizing as work
, 51

See also Childcare

Chesley, N.
, 6, 60, 71–72, 101, 103

Childcare
, 1–2

skills
, 47–51

working-class fathers
, 1

work schedules and
, 2

See also Carework

Child molestation
, 87

Children

care. See Childcare

emotional closeness to
, 52–54

relationship with
, 51–54

Choice, as reason for stay-at home
, 18–19

Cleaning/cleanliness
, 58–59, 64–66

Coltrane, S.
, 3

Communities

exclusion/isolation
, 79–90

See also Exclusion

online
, 91

parenting critiques
, 88–90

praise and support
, 76–79

Cooking
, 66–67

Current Population Study (CPS)
, 5

Data analysis of qualitative research
, 15

DeVault, M.
, 66

Division of housework
, 3–4, 57–67

Doucet, A.
, 6, 8, 14, 54, 55, 60, 87, 102, 103

Egalitarian gender beliefs
, 2

Emasculation
, 32–33

Emotional closeness, to children
, 52–54, 79

Emotional support
, 79

Evolved masculinity
, 40

Exclusion
, 79–90

feelings/sentiments of
, 81–83

gendered nature of
, 83–87

responses to
, 90–95

schools
, 83–84

External sources, as challenge to masculinity
, 30

Facebook
, 84

Families on the Fault Line (Rubin)
, 27

Family background, as reason for stay-at home
, 21–22

Family life
, 99–107

Fathers/fathering
, 45–56

carework. See Carework

stay-at-home. See Stay-at-home fathers/fathering

See also Parenting

Feeding the Family (DeVault)
, 66

Feelings of exclusion
, 81–83

Galinsky, E.
, 35, 72

Gender beliefs
, 96–97

Gender competency
, 95

Gendered expectations
, 83, 94

Gendered nature of exclusion
, 83–87

Gender-neutral parenting
, 103

Gender policing
, 31, 106

Gender roles
, 24

Gender socialization
, 47

Gender Vertigo (Risman)
, 103

Gerson, J. M.
, 96

Gerstel, N.
, 1

Happy SAHDs
, 5

Harrington, B.
, 72

Hegemonic masculinity
, 8, 29–30, 35, 41–42, 94–95

Hiding status
, 93–95

Hiring housekeepers
, 58

Housekeepers, hiring
, 58

Housework

cleaning/cleanliness
, 58–59, 64–66

cooking
, 66–67

division of
, 3–4, 57–67

making sense of
, 67–68

professionalization of
, 68–71

Humor in marginal status
, 91–92

In-depth interviews
, 14

Intensive parenting language
, 102

Isolation
, 79–90

See also Exclusion

Job issues, as reason for stay-at home
, 17–18

Kerfoot, D.
, 104

Knights, D.
, 104

Labor force, leaving
, 28

Layoffs
, 17, 27

Masculinity
, 2, 29–44

challenges to
, 30–34

evolution of
, 99–107

hegemonic
, 8, 29–30, 35, 41–42, 94–95

overview
, 29–30

responses to challenges
, 34–41

Men

in dual-earner families
, 4

housework. See Housework

as primary caregivers
, 4

vs. women, in parenting
, 46–47

Money management
, 61–63

Mothering
, 46

New masculinity
, 10

Nontraditional status, acceptance of
, 35–37

Nurturing skills
, 49–50

Online support
, 91

On-the-job training
, 72–73

Parenting

attributes/characteristics
, 46

gender neutral
, 103

gender role negotiations
, 6

insecurities around
, 47

men vs. women
, 46–47

skills, developing new
, 47–51

standards, falling short of
, 45–47

Parenting critiques
, 88–90

Paying bills. See Money management

Peiss, K.
, 96

Personalities, as reason for stay-at home
, 20–21

Physical activities
, 7

Pleck, E. H.
, 103

Pleck, J. H.
, 103

Positive comments
, 76–79

Previous occupations
, 93–95

Private fatherhood
, 1

Professionalization of housework
, 68–71

Public behavior
, 87–88

Public fatherhood
, 1–2

Qualitative research
, 13–15

See also Research project

Relationship, with children
, 51–54

Religious beliefs
, 34

Representations of stay-at-home fathers
, 5

Research project
, 13–28

findings
, 17–28

methods
, 13–15

sample characteristics
, 15–17

Responses, to exclusion
, 90–95

hiding one’s status
, 93–95

humor
, 91–92

online communities
, 91

Risman, B. J.
, 103

Rubin, Lillian
, 27

Schools, exclusion at
, 83–84

Schwartz, Michael
, 5

Shows, C.
, 1

Skills, parenting/childcare
, 47–51

Social exclusion. See Exclusion

Social isolation. See Isolation

Social networks
, 91

Social support
, 76–79

Sociological research
, 1

Sports
, 7

Standards of parenting
, 45–47

Status

hiding/minimizing
, 93–95

revealing
, 95

Stay-at-home fathers/fathering
, 99–107

childcare
, 106

by definition
, 5

disapproval from others
, 7

gender policing
, 31, 106

intensive parenting language
, 102

masculinity
, 104

number of
, 4–5

parenting critiques
, 88–90

as primary caregiver
, 102–103

public behavior
, 87–88

reasons for
, 6, 18–29

representations of
, 5

research project on
, 13–28

social acceptance of
, 105–106

women’s incomes
, 100

See also Exclusion; Housework; Parenting

Television shows
, 5

Weird/creepy, perception of
, 87–88

Williams, J. C.
, 100

Wives. See Women

Women

careers, support to
, 37–41

income
, 100

vs. men, in parenting
, 46–47

See also Housework

Work/family conflict
, 2, 4

Working-class fathers
, 1

Yarwood, G. A.
, 5