Moral orientations to post-divorce fatherhood: examining Finnish men's descriptive practices

Abstract

theorise the gender relations shaping the provision of care (Doucet, 2006; Featherstone, 2009; Miller, 2011) and to obtain empirical knowledge about how people reflect on the responsibility for care in everyday life. Internationally, in the social sciences, divorce has mainly been studied from the viewpoint of women and children, to the relative neglect of the position or experiences of fathers, although the topic has been taken up in a few studies. (e.g.

Feeling Like Home Again: After Divorce Processes from Different Family Perspective

“…Although fathers do not experience a meaningful decline in general quality of life after divorce, courts generally render decisions in favor of mothers in line with the principle of positive discrimination in divorce actions (Forsberg & Autonen-Vaaraniemi, 2019).…”

“…Because the children and the mother are the disadvantageous sides in many aspects of the divorce process, the reinterpretation of the home by the father during and after the divorce has not been widely studied (Forsberg & Autonen-Vaaraniemi, 2019). Some studies address the father's role after divorce concerning sheltering costs (Fehlberg & Millward, 2013;Gingerbread, 2020).…”

Family Professionals’ Attitudes and Stance-Taking on Post-Divorce Fatherhood: A Qualitative Attitude Approach

“…Divorce is claimed to erode fatherhood. Although divorced and nonresident fathers are more involved with their children nowadays than in the past (Amato et al, 2009;Andreasson & Johansson, 2019;Forsberg & Autonen-Vaaraniemi, 2017), it has been noted that many children lose their fathers when parents split up (Kalmijn, 2015;Kruk, 2010). In many Western countries, while joint legal custody has become more prevalent and post-divorce dual residence arrangements for children are gaining ground, residential fathers and sole father custody have remained low.…”