Caring fathers: The ideology of gender equality and masculine positions

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-62

  Johansson, Thomas ^a,b   Klinth, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatherhood; Focus groups; Gender equality; Hegemonic masculinity; New parental ideals

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649103515     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X06291899     Document Type: Article

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