STAYATHOME DADS paper correction 1 StayAtHome Dads Still

1. ‘Stay-At-Home Dads Still Struggle With Diapers, Drool, Stigma And Isolation’ npr. org June

THE CHALLENGES FACING STAY -AT-HOME DADS With an increasing number of women in the

The reasons encouraging fathers to stay at home are numerous : Blyth remembers his

And yet this choice comes at a particularly high price for men, whose careers

So although a lot of progress has been made when it comes to the

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STAY-ATHOME DADS paper correction

1. ‘Stay-At-Home Dads Still Struggle With Diapers, Drool, Stigma And Isolation’ npr. org June 17, 2018 Martin Elfman * Nb of SHD on the _____ in the USA btw 1984 (1 million) and 2014 (___ million) * SHD : Very ____ job * difficult to integrate among ______ : isolating * # corporate culture * but helps_______’s careers. 2. ‘Stay-at-Home Dads Reshaping American Masculinity’ theatlantic. com September 6, 2018 3. ‘The torment and frustration of being a stay-athome dad’ gqmagazine. co. uk 6 July 2017 Ian Blyth 4. ‘Don’t Let Your 5. torontolife. com Husband Be a Photgraphs by Stay-At-Home Markian Lozowchuk Dad’ time. com May 7, 2014 * Particularly ______ for men to be unemployed : lose sense of _______ + isolating for dads. * Ian Blyth first _______ being a SHD but then felt____, started _____, suffered from _______ and low self-esteem for not having a meaningful____. * _______is expensive in the USA but becoming stay-at home parent is dangerous : _______lose 20 to 30 % earnings, ____ get lower evaluations * risk of intimate partner ____ to reassert masculinity * probable ______ of the nb of SHD in * lack of respect the future, although and opportunities for SHD the workplace culture makes it hard. * risk of financial collapse * additional _______ for women who have to care about the financial aspects. * different posture : the two women____ and looking straight at us, whereas the two men _____ and looking away * symbolic reversal of roles : men in inferior position, but enable their wives to stand tall

THE CHALLENGES FACING STAY -AT-HOME DADS With an increasing number of women in the workforce, a growing number of men is choosing to become stay-at-home fathers. But what are the challenges facing these men ? Martin Elfman, in his June 2018 npr. org article, explains that « Stay-At-Home Dads Still Struggle With Diapers, Drool, Stigma and Isolation » , and Ian Blyth, in his July 2017 article for gq-magazine. co. uk, describes « The torment and frustration of being a stay-at-home dad » . Scott Melzer, in his September 2018 theatlantic. com article, focuses on how « Stay-at. Home Dads Are Reshaping American Masculinity » , an idea also conveyed by Markian Lozowchuk’s pictures for torontolife. com, while time. com’s May 2014 article goes as far as ordering women : « Don’t Let Your Husband Be a Stay-At-Home Dad » .

The reasons encouraging fathers to stay at home are numerous : Blyth remembers his joy at seeing his child’s development, and the time. com article describes how expensive childcare is in the USA, which might explain the rise of stay-at-home dads during the 2008 recession, and why their numbers rose from 1 million in 1984 to 2 million in 2014 in the USA. Melzer also suggests this trend might increase with greater female leadership in the workplace, the rise of same-sex parents and a growing number of young men wanting to prioritize family. As Elfman, Blyth, and Lozowchuk’s pictures suggest, stay-at-home dads also facilitate their wive’s careers.

And yet this choice comes at a particularly high price for men, whose careers are badly affected by a lack of activity. Time. com explains women might suffer from lower earnings after a few years off, but men also suffer from lower performance ratings, greater difficulties at reintegrating the labour market, and, as Melzer explains, their sense of masculinity might be greatly impacted by their inability to financially provide for their family. This, in turn, might translate into domestic violence, or, as Blyth describes, into alcohol abuse and depression. This low selfesteem is reinforced by their isolating difficulties at making connections with distrustful stay-at-home mothers. Lozowchuk’s pictures also depict men looking away and crouching, while their confident wives are standing upright with a foot in the door. Time. com explains this situation might even affect women by putting their household at greater risk of financial collapse, and all the financial pressure on their shoulders.

So although a lot of progress has been made when it comes to the number of women in the workplace, these documents suggest that asking fathers to endorse the stay-at-home status might cause more harm than good, and that both men and society might not be ready for this psychological and financial shift. (440 words)