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DILF or ditched?: Representations of the 'single father' in Swedish internet-based forum discussions
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Education.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8399-0983
2021 (English)In: Single parents: representations and resistance in an international context / [ed] Berit Åström; Disa Bergnehr, Springer, 2021, p. 155-173Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter analyses representations of the single father in Swedish internet-based forum discussions between 2014 and 2019. The discussions were organized into five themes, through critical discursive psychology. The results show that involved fatherhood was a taken-for-granted assumption and that previous experiences of relationships and children were seen as valuable assets, implying that the involved single father was (hetero)sexualized and regarded as a desirable type of masculinity. However, the involved single father was also discussed as a position difficult to combine with notions of 'the devoted boyfriend', and that the single father is unable to fulfil the ideal of 'parenthood/family virginity', which made him unattractive according to some discussants. The notion of the single father also intersected with notions of social class.

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Springer, 2021. p. 155-173
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Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life, ISSN 2731-6440, E-ISSN 2731-6459
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Gender Studies Media and Communications
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185169DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71311-9_8Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126018982ISBN: 9783030713102 (print)ISBN: 9783030713119 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-185169DiVA, id: diva2:1572754
Available from: 2021-06-24 Created: 2021-06-24 Last updated: 2025-01-31Bibliographically approved

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