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2006 | 7 | 1 | 1-5

Article title

Mezigenerační solidarita a gender (pečující dcery a pečující synové)

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Content

Title variants

EN
INTERGENERATION SOLIDARITY (CARING DAUGTERS AND CARING SONS)

Languages of publication

CS

Abstracts

EN
This review study deals with a phenomenon of adult children's caregiving for their aging parents and focuses on gender themes in this field. Findings of empirical and theoretical studies mostly of British and American authors are introduced. Based on both foreign and Czech literature sources the authoress 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 authoress discusses the future of intergenerational solidarity in general and the possible course of changes.

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Year

Volume

7

Issue

1

Pages

1-5

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • M. Pridalova, Institute for Research on Social Reproduction and Integration (IVRIS), Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Jostova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
06CZAAAA01633580

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.48eb5e68-9562-3fb0-8ed4-70d0f5096d78
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