From the Defamilialization to the “Demotherization” of Care Work

Parental Leave and Intra-Regime Differences in a Liberal Country: the Case of Four Canadian Provinces

“…On the other hand, in Alberta, only roughly 56 percent of new mothers have claimed maternity benefits since the early 2000s, possibly because the other 44 percent are unable to meet eligibility criteria. In addition, early social reproductive work has remained very "motherised" in Alberta (Mathieu 2016), as a low proportion of fathers have received parental benefits.…”

An investigation of defamilization/familization measures to assist women to save pension income and strengthen the adult worker model—The case of Hong Kong

“…In response to these changes, it is not unusual for capitalist governments to stress the importance of the adult worker model at the expense of the male breadwinner model (Annesley, ; Lewis & Giullari, ). The male breadwinner model emphasizes that men should dominate the paid labor market (Mathieu, ; Orloff, ). In contrast, the adult worker model emphasizes that it is necessary for all adults (male and female) to undertake paid employment in order to secure an independent economic existence (Daly, ).…”

“…It refers to the degree to which one is able to survive without participating in the labor market (Esping‐Andersen, ; Saxonberg, ). This concept, however, has long been criticized by feminist analysts for overlooking the problems faced by women (Daly, ; Mathieu, ; O'Connor, 1993; Saxonberg, ). They state that the main problem faced by many women is not dependency on the labor market but dependency on the family, and the solution to this problem is not the decommodification, but the commodification of women (Kröger, ).…”

“…Whether they have opportunities to exercise these choices not only affects the quality of their working life, but also their income in retirement (Chau et al., ; Ginn, ). Against this background, a number of studies on defamilization have been performed to explore ways of facilitating women to have a greater say over the division of labor in the family (Mathieu, ; Michón, ). In addition, more and more analysts stress the importance of the adult worker model in guiding the formulation of policies on women's welfare at the expense of the male breadwinner model (Lewis & Giullari, ;).…”

Proveer, cuidar y criar: evidencias, discursos y experiencias sobre paternidad en América Latina

“…Si bien la academia feminista tiende a analizar el maternalismo desde la crítica, destacando las limitaciones en los roles disponibles para mujeres y la marginación de éstas en el mercado laboral, poco se ha escrito de cómo esta construcción del cuidado también limita las posibilidades para ejercer y vivir la paternidad. Blofield and Martínez Franzoni (2015) clasifican a los países de la región según su grado de maternalismo definiendo quienes tienen un 'piso maternalista,'quienes superan esta expectativas y en cuales países se evidencia un movimiento hacia la coresponsabilidad o incluso desmadre-rización, una medida que captura el punto al cual las madres comparten porciones de responsabilidades a instituciones o al padre (Mathieu 2016). En este sentido, si bien se evidencian algunos movimientos hacia la coparentalidad en la región, cabe destacar que a diferencia de lo que se observa en países industriales avanzados (Orloff 2006), estos cambios suceden al margen de una infraestructura maternalista que se mantiene intacta.…”