Framing Fatherhood in the Dutch newspapers articles: How fatherhood is framed and to what extent this framing is ethnically and class diverse
Summary
The Dutch government has extended the birth leave arrangement to stimulate fathers to take on
more care responsibilities. This change marks and change how fathers are viewed and expected
to be. The media tends to mirror these changing ideals and plays a role in the formation of social
norms and stereotypes. Crucially, though, changing media portrayals are narrowly focused on
white, middle-class fathers. Research on ethnic and class diversity within fatherhood ideals and
framing is sparse. This research is focused on the framing of fatherhood in Dutch newspapers
and what (ideal) types were represented in the Dutch newspapers. Furthermore, this conducted
what types of masculinities were found in the news articles. 60 newspaper articles were
collected from databank LexisNexis and analysed in QSR Nvivo 12.6. Four ideal types of
fatherhood were distinguished and only the involved father was clearly represented in the
newspapers articles. Regarding masculinity types, predominately the neotraditional type of
masculinity was represented in the newspaper articles. It appears that there is a tension between
the involved father and the neotraditional type of masculinity whereas the breadwinner role is
central to this concept. Furthermore, work culture, managers and the company are key aspects
for fathers to use the birth leave or not. In other words, the workplace plays an important role.
The results showed that there was little to no diversity within the articles in terms of ethnicity
or class.
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