profatarrant.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Following Young Fathers Further
Chair of Trustees of the North East Young Dads and Lads
Research, education and training about father-inclusive practice and policy
https://followingyoungfathersfurther.org
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Father-inclusion is introduced as a concept for fatherhood research that connects the interests and perspectives of researchers, social welfare practitioners and policy makers to promote systems change, and increase facilitation of fathers’ involvement in family dynamics, child development, and more
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Draws on data with young fathers and multi-agency professionals, the article highlights the social welfare contexts where men as-fathers experience exclusion, as well as how the language of father-inclusion might be mobilised for progressive and systemic institutional and societal change
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The article explores systemic exclusions of men as-fathers and caregivers by services and institutions, introducing the concept of father-inclusion as a sensitising concept and framing strategy with transformative potential across diverse social welfare contexts.
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Excellent!
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Yes please
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Thanks for sharing Ros!
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@profatarrant.bsky.social critiques #Masculinity debates for ignoring systemic issues, highlighting the need for inclusive support over deficit narratives for engaged fathers: buff.ly/RRqPaxO
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Well now we need frequent updates Ros!
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Yes please Ros!
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19 of mine apparently!
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Study report: lnkd.in/eYBXFQHT
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Ward et al: Doing gender locally: The importance of ‘place’ in understanding marginalised masculinities and young men’s transitions to ‘safe’ and successful futures, lnkd.in/eAKZu2df
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Tarrant et al: Are male role models really the solution? Interrogating the ‘war on boys’ through the lens of the ‘male role model’ discourse, lnkd.in/e_3JwYPb
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If you want to read more about our research and can't access our articles via the links below then please do get in touch!
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Our main finding? We need to change society. We need to invest in welfare services, not cut them, we need to explore ways to make work in schools and other social and statutory support services more attractive to men
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Of course boys and men need male role models but what kinds of masculinities they model is key here. Is it caring masculinities, military masculinities, which ones? Masculinities are dynamic, complex and context dependent.
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The study responded to crisis of masculinity narratives that had emerged again then and the problem when male role models are positioned as solutions to otherwise highly complex socio-economic and historically embedded issues.
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This is not just a gender issue, as the fatherlessness debate suggests: it’s an intersectional one and we need systemic change if we are to do things differently
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A more progressive approach we might take is to co-create father inclusive societies that support all men to be there for their children through effective leave systems and investment in community services that support young people and families
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Little research explores mens experiences of caregiving and poverty rendering the care of men in various generational positions invisible.
My book Fathering and Poverty offers analysis of these issues and the problems with how we frame men
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/fathering-an...
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This allocates blame for poverty to individuals and families, suggesting single mums are not enough and stigmatising men as-fathers,
In individualising the problem the structural problems that governments have failed to address, and in fact have overseen the intensification of, are ignored.
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With my colleague Michael Ward in 2017 we wrote about why this view is problematic.
theconversation.com/the-myth-of-...
In sum:
The data presented to evidence fatherlessness is based on household analysis, which obscures the relationships that men have with their children across households
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Thank you so much Ros