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The Transition to Parenthood in the French and German Speaking Parts of Switzerland

Zimmermann, Regula and LeGoff, Jean-Marie. (2020) The Transition to Parenthood in the French and German Speaking Parts of Switzerland. Social Inclusion, 8 (4). pp. 35-45.

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Abstract

After the first transition to parenthood, most couples adopt a gendered labor division, where mothers become main caregivers and fathers breadwinners of the family. By comparing two distinct language regions within one country, the present article explores how parents' gendered labor division comes into existence and what role gendered culture and social policy play. The analysis draws on in-depth interviews with 23 German speaking and 73 French speaking participants from Switzerland. The results reveal that French speaking women and men presume an egalitarian labor division as parents. In German speaking regions, however, participants anticipate that mothers will become the main caregivers and fathers the breadwinners. It is shown that the labor market structure, which is in line with the male breadwinner norm, contributes to men's full-time employment, whereas mothers' labor market insertion is influenced by the acceptance of non-parental childcare and to a lesser extent by the offer of childcare facilities. Further, mothers experience more time conflicts than fathers, and the less mothers' paid work is accepted, the more they suffer from feelings of guilt when being employed.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Geschlechterforschung (Maihofer)
UniBasel Contributors:Zimmermann, Regula
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Cogitatio
ISSN:2183-2803
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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