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Fathers on parental leave in the Czech Republic
Franková, Tereza ; Slaboch, Martin (advisor) ; Tereza, Tereza (referee)
Presented thesis is about fathers on parental leave in the Czech republic. Althought the men can take a parental leave since 2001, they are still the phenomenon in the society. The women are the dominant in parental leave, so there prevails the tradition division
of roles. The aim of my thesis is to answer the question: How does the modern exchange of parenting roles influate the family functioning? In the theoretical part there
is introduced the parental and maternity leave from the point of view in the past, legislation and the possibility taking the maternity and parental leave. The thesis is focused
on parental, maternity and paternity leave from the point of view of eight european countries and states certain recommendation for Czech republic. Also describes the family functioning, parental role, gender role and stereotypes. The next part of thesis is focused
on history of paternity, relationship between the father and child, and paternity parenting styles. The practical part contains ten interviews which research the experience
and opinions of men on the parental leave. There are as well opinions from
the wives/partners, who exchanged the roles with their male partners. Using the questionnaire survey, which was filled in by 238 respondents, there was researched what attitude does the Czech society have to the topic and generally to the position of men
on parental leave.
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