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Parental Couples' Views on Fatherhood
Pavlíček, Michal ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Havelková, Hana (referee)
This work focuses on the question of contemporary forms of fatherhood and thus responds to the current discussion about the greater involvement of men in childcare and domestic work. This ongoing discussion is closely associated with the equal opportunities for men and women. However, existing research shows that in most czech families the traditional gender division of family roles, which disadvantages women both within family and work life and limits men in fulfilling their parentel role, still prevails. The concept of active fatherhood presents man as an equally competent parent as a woman who is actively and more equally involved in childcare and domestic work. Poromoting this concept should help to eliminate inequalities mentioned above. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, in support of active fatherhood, has conducted sociological research "The Forms of Paternity in the Czech Republic". The qualitative research carried out in this work is based on the research areas of the qualitative part of the mentioned research, specifically the part focused on the involvement of fathers in childcare and their ideas about the father's role. Conducted research tries to provide a more complete picture of the form of fatherhood through the inclusion of women to my research. The...
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Establishing Paternity Leave to Support Active Fatherhood in the Czech republic.
Havlásková, Anna ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Zrcková, Alžběta (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is focusing on the topic of active fatherhood in the Czech Republic. The purpose of the thesis is to describe the process in the making of the politics, particularly the unapproved concept of minister Petr Nečas and the member of the parliament Michaela Šojdrová from 2009. At first the changes of the stance and the role of the father in the family from pre-historic times until present is described. Consequently, the specific types of supporting active fatherhood are introduced and compared with other European states - parents' benefits, paternity leave and sickness compensation. One of the suggested measurements, the so-called paternity leave, is programmed to support a functional family, the relationships in the family and to support the active fatherhood. As a part of the concept the paternity leave is analyzed with the aid Multi Stream Theory. The goal of the Multi Stream Theory is to find an explanation why some of the public policies are accepted and some of them are not. Various nonprofit organizations deal with the topic of active fatherhood, for example, The League of open men or Gender Studies. The goal of establishing paternity leave is to support a greater involvement of the fathers in raising the children, which leads to a better accessibility for women into the...
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Active fatherhood as a part of family policy in EU
Rathouská, Kateřina ; Kocourková, Jiřina (advisor) ; Kurtinová, Olga (referee)
Active fatherhood as a part of family policy in EU Abstract The main objective of this thesis is to explore the conditions that determine the active involvement of men in the care of children in European Union member states and to analyze the impact of active fatherhood on the economic activity of women and fertility. A part of this study is a typology of family leaves with regard to the possibilities of fulfilling nature of active fatherhood, analysis of legislative conditions connected to paternity and parental leave as well as analysis of the Eurobarometer 59.1 survey dealing with the attitudes of men to use parental leave and the circumstances of these attitudes. The relationships between the main factors that influence the decision making of men about their participation in the care of the youngest children are analyzed and there is also tested the effect of this decision. In conclusion, the study outlines the development of conditions of childcare by men and summarizes proposals of legislative changes in conjunction of the studied issue in the Czech Republic.
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The construction of fatherhood in prenatal courses for heterosexual couples
Janoštíková, Markéta ; Baslarová, Iva (advisor) ; Ezzeddine, Petra (referee)
This thesis focuses on the area of prenatal preparation for men, who are seen as secondary in the area of parenthood. In spite of the still prevailing traditional gender division of roles in Czech family there are alternative forms, which give a chance not only for men, but also for women to choose between private and public sphere. For the purpose of this thesis a qualitative research of prenatal courses for heterosexual couples has been realized with the goal to understand and give a description of construction of fatherhood. The research focuses on the way of reproduction and discruption of gender stereotypes in connection with parenthood, especially fatherhood, and how men experience their new parental role - how they harmonize traditional and contemporary demands. Even though active fatherhood can not be considered as a prototype of western fatherhood, it is important to make it visible and speak about it, because the equal in the family is the first step for the equal status and opportunities for women and men in the public sphere.
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The policy of active fatherhood in the Czech Republic in comparison with the Slovak Republic.
Češková, Eliška ; Dobiášová, Karolína (advisor) ; Vlčková, Kamila (referee)
The thesis deals with the active fatherhood policy in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The aim of the thesis is to compare fathers' involvement in childcare and active fatherhood policies in these countries. Then to map the types of measures to support active fatherhood that we can find here, their historical development and legislative anchorages in both countries. Specific measures are embedded in family policies. I am also interested in citizens' attitudes towards greater involvement of fathers in childcare. It is a comparison of two case studies (CR, SR), the current state of the policies is surveyed through expert questionnaires. The interviewees were experts on the area from both countries. The results of the research show us that, although the number of men receiving parental allowance in the countries is not much different, the Slovak Republic lacks the benefit of paternal postnatal care, which would mean a huge advance. In addition, family policy in the Czech Republic is more geared to a greater involvement of fathers, and a motivational bonus is currently being discussed to increase the number of men on parental leave. In the end, there are examples of good practice from Europe that both countries should follow.
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Parental Couples' Views on Fatherhood
Pavlíček, Michal ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Havelková, Hana (referee)
This work focuses on the question of contemporary forms of fatherhood and thus responds to the current discussion about the greater involvement of men in childcare and domestic work. This ongoing discussion is closely associated with the equal opportunities for men and women. However, existing research shows that in most czech families the traditional gender division of family roles, which disadvantages women both within family and work life and limits men in fulfilling their parentel role, still prevails. The concept of active fatherhood presents man as an equally competent parent as a woman who is actively and more equally involved in childcare and domestic work. Poromoting this concept should help to eliminate inequalities mentioned above. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, in support of active fatherhood, has conducted sociological research "The Forms of Paternity in the Czech Republic". The qualitative research carried out in this work is based on the research areas of the qualitative part of the mentioned research, specifically the part focused on the involvement of fathers in childcare and their ideas about the father's role. Conducted research tries to provide a more complete picture of the form of fatherhood through the inclusion of women to my research. The...
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The Life Situation of Fathers who Actively Participate on Raising their Children after Divorce
Trubetská, Marie ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Čampulková, Jitka (referee)
The main topic of this thesis is understating the life situation of divorced fathers, who actively participate on raising their children. As a group of interest I define fathers, who have reached joint custody. I try to understand their specific situation by making three half-structured interviews, during which I examine different spheres of their life. Because of the he lack of interviews I've combined this information with the data from online discussion for divorced fathers. To understand this topic in a more complete way I've also made interviews with two experts - Lukáš Talpa and one of the workers of the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. The theoretical background of this essay is an active fatherhood and a life-course perspective. By thematic analysis I discovered a few mutual patterns. First of these patterns is disadvantaging fathers during the custody courts. This topic is very specific and hard to prove. Also, there are not enough expert studies, so I analyzed mostly my own data. Even though the experiences of the fathers are mostly negative, the experts claim that there is no global discrimination during the custody courts and the chances for men and women to achieve the after-divorce custody care they prefer are equal. Next of the common patterns is a...
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Establishing Paternity Leave to Support Active Fatherhood in the Czech republic.
Havlásková, Anna ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Zrcková, Alžběta (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is focusing on the topic of active fatherhood in the Czech Republic. The purpose of the thesis is to describe the process in the making of the politics, particularly the unapproved concept of minister Petr Nečas and the member of the parliament Michaela Šojdrová from 2009. At first the changes of the stance and the role of the father in the family from pre-historic times until present is described. Consequently, the specific types of supporting active fatherhood are introduced and compared with other European states - parents' benefits, paternity leave and sickness compensation. One of the suggested measurements, the so-called paternity leave, is programmed to support a functional family, the relationships in the family and to support the active fatherhood. As a part of the concept the paternity leave is analyzed with the aid Multi Stream Theory. The goal of the Multi Stream Theory is to find an explanation why some of the public policies are accepted and some of them are not. Various nonprofit organizations deal with the topic of active fatherhood, for example, The League of open men or Gender Studies. The goal of establishing paternity leave is to support a greater involvement of the fathers in raising the children, which leads to a better accessibility for women into the...
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The role of fathers in family policy
Nováková, Alena ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Vlčková, Kamila (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine the phenomenon of active fatherhood and the influence of an engaged father on raising a child. I am interested in sociological view on parenthood and stereotypes of male and female roles. But my major interest lies in a phenomenon that has been developing in last several years not only in the Czech Republic, but also abroad - and this phenomenon is active fatherhood. I will pay attention to historical development of fatherhood and a positive impact a father has on his child. In the empirical part of my paper I analyze the research called Forms of fatherhood in the CR (Podoby otcovství v ČR); in this part I try to describe opinions of current fathers on active fatherhood and determine whether the father - provider and mother - caretaker stereotypes still exist in society. The practical part is based on results of a qualitative survey, comprising of an analysis of semi-structured interviews with fathers from two generations, who are relatives (fathers - sons). The aim of my bachelor thesis is to find whether the opinions on active fatherhood have changed over generations.
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