Caring about male caregiving: Spaces, subjectivities and regendering care. Issue 1 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gorman-Murray, Andrew
• Is Part Of: Dialogues in human geography. Volume 7:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 74
• Page End: 78
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: male care giving -- fathering -- workplaces -- scale -- subjectivity -- intersectionality; Human geography -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1177/2043820617691595
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2043-8206

Abstract

This commentary responds to Boyer, Dermott, James and MacLeavy's examination of the post-recession regendering of care in the UK. My response is informed by my geographical position in Australia. I first discuss what I see as the key contributions of the paper: the socio-spatial dynamics of male care giving, and the significance of economic structures, employment conditions and workplace gender norms for the potential regendering of care. I then offer two sets of suggestions for further thinking and research on the geography of male care giving: nuanced attention to the diverse spaces and subjectivities of male care giving.