Citation

Fox B. Can. Rev. Sociol. Anthropol. 2001; 38(4): 373-390.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, University of Toronto Press)

DOI

10.1111/j.1755-618X.2001.tb00978.x

PMID

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Abstract

This paper presents findings from a study involving a series of in-depth interviews of heterosexual couples as they made the transition to parenthood. The study was aimed at understanding how parenthood produces gender differences and inequalities. Focussing on the changing social relations of motherhood, the discussion revolves around four changes in women's lives: the assumption of the responsibilities of motherhood and the negotiations that shape how women mother (and how men father); the development of a more unbalanced division of household work; the evolution of a more family-focussed social life; and the renewal of women's relationships with their mothers.