Deconstructing Dad

Hadley, Robin

Deconstructing Dad

Hadley, Robin A. 2019. 'Deconstructing Dad.' in John Barry, Roger Kingerlee, Martin Seager and Luke Sullivan (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health, Pp 47-66. Palgrave Macmillan: London). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04384-1_3

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Robin Hadley

Manchester Metropolitan University

Date Written: 2019

Abstract

Fatherhood is seen as a natural right—a transition that is the ultimate sign that a man is virile, and bestows concomitant status, rights and privileges. The demographic, social, and economic changes across the last few decades have led to increased scrutiny of parenthood. Much of the focus is on fertility trends and the impact of childlessness for women. However, although there are more childless men than childless women, there is very little research literature on the impact of male involuntary childlessness.

Keywords: Ageing, Aging, Male broodiness, Childlessness, Families, Family, Father, Fathering, Fatherhood, Feminisms, Fertility, Gender, Grandparent, Grandfather, Identity, Infertility, Involuntary childlessness, Male childlessness, Masculinities, Masculinity, Non-parent, Parenthood, Second sex, Voluntary

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Hadley, Robin, Deconstructing Dad (2019). Hadley, Robin A. 2019. 'Deconstructing Dad.' in John Barry, Roger Kingerlee, Martin Seager and Luke Sullivan (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health, Pp 47-66. Palgrave Macmillan: London). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04384-1_3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3686067