Heteronormativity in narratives of fatherhood: Cross-cultural experience
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Morison, Tracy & Macleod, Catriona (2015)
Men’s pathways to parenthood: Silence and heterosexual gendered norms.
Cape Town: HSRC Press.
ISBN 978-0-7969-2503-9 pbk.
Pages ix + 197.
This book discusses the experiences of White Afrikaans adult men and women’s parenting decision-making. In this book, the authors share insight on decision-making in relation to childbirth and childrearing from an under-researched South African community – those with distinctly Afrikaans heritage. The data shared in this book corrects some assumptions about childbirth. One of these is the assumption that childbirth is planned; and that for older, mature, parents the decision to have a child is a result of a deliberate and conscious decision-making exercise. The data presented from the authors’ research shows that even for married people, or older people, pregnancy just happens.
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