Mezigenerační solidarita a gender (pečující dcery a pečující synové)

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Title in English Intergenerational solidarity and gender (caregiving daughters and caregiving sons)
Authors

PŘIDALOVÁ Marie

Year of publication 2006
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web http://www.genderonline.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2006072201
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords ageing and family; intergenerational solidarity; caregiving
Description This review study deals with a phenomenon of adult children`s caregiving for their aging parents and focuses on gender themes in this field. The author provides a general view of the filial responsibility attitudes and the actual behavior. Starting from the fact that women (daughters in particular) form the majority of all caregivers, she presents some of the explanations for this state (socialization theory, theory of men`s and women`s different position in labor market, same-gender preferences theory) and at the same time arguments which do not fully support them. The attention is paid to the ways how men perceive filial obligation, in what circumstances and how they participate in the care of a parent. Caregiving is mainly viewed more as a natural feature than a learnt or gained ability which is supposed to make women more appropriate candidates to undertake it. The author discusses the future of intergenerational solidarity in general and the possible course of changes.
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