Parenting times. Social representations regarding the distribution of care time in Valencian families.

Abstract

In many European countries, neither states nor markets seem to assume their responsibility for the sustainability of life and parenting is still today a private responsibility. When we assume a feminist epistemology, this reality necessarily leads us to ask ourselves what role gender plays as an organizing element of care responsibilities in today's families. With this objective in mind, a qualitative research has been carried out on the uses and responsibilities, regarding parenting time, that men and women co-formers of two-parent Valencian (Spanish) families are assuming. This exploration has allowed us to map generically unbalanced positions, but also new proposals of parenting relationships.