Family Man Research Articles

Gender and entrepreneurship in the formation of family farms during the postsocialist transformation in Hungary

ABSTRACT This paper explores how women and men in commodity producer family farms that emerged during the post-socialist transition in Hungary negotiated gendered and entrepreneurial identities within the emergent gender regime balancing between three entangled and conflicting processes related to globalization, retraditionalisation and state socialist legacies. During this period, the agricultural production structure polarized between units with rapid land concentration and intensified commodity production and small-scale subsistence farmers. Gender dynamics showed to have had great importance for how farms could position themselves on the capital accumulation trajectory. The study is based on a selection from fifty life-history interviews carried out with farm families on the commodification trajectory during the post-socialist transition in rural Hungary between 2000 and 2004 (the years prior to Hungary joining the EU), among which a number of farm families were revisited after three years of the first occasion. Four major types of family farms were identified based on how they (un)done the gender entrepreneurship nexus while reconciling production and care: traditional family farm, semi-equal partnerships in joint farms, feminized one-woman farm, masculinized one-man farm. Semi-equal partnerships in joint farms moved towards different directions over time: farms with separate spheres adjusting to care, masculinization, woman-led joint farm with care mission out-sourced, and farms with dual crises of care and enterprise. The demands for reproducing family farms under globalized market pressure assumed the mobilization of family labour. Women’s inputs were of great importance, while their responsibility to organise care prevailed, putting extra pressure on their health and work burden.

Patriarchal Traces in Japanese Girls’ Fiction: Beyond the Loss of the Father to Patriarchal Mothers and Resistant Daughters

As World War II ended and a new democratic society was beginning in Japan, significant changes were made to the patriarchal system, changes such as the recognition of women’s rights and the dismantling of the Japanese family system which in turn affected youth culture. Against this backdrop, particularly within the genre of shōjo shōsetsu (girls’ fiction), new representations of the father, mother and shōjo (girl) emerged. Portrayals reflected not only the loss of power experienced by patriarchal figures after the defeat, but also the rise of new patriarchal mothers and resistant daughters. This article traces how changes in depictions of patriarchal authority in the genre reflect not only masculine humiliation around the war defeat, but also a contemporaneous rise in mothers whose intervention in their daughters’ life decisions saw an increase in less compliant daughters. It demonstrates how, although post-war shōjo fiction was founded on the loss of the autocratic patriarch and has since struggled to depict a more co-operative family man, as reflected through the genre, the loss of the father figure also helped sow the seeds of new forms of womanhood, and of girlish resistance and independence. These elements reveal a continued fight for democratic freedoms in post-war Japan.

UANG PALEPOH AMBUN DALAM PERKAWINAN DI TABEK PATAH KABUPATEN TANAH DATAR MENURUT PERSPEKTIF HUKUM ISLAM

This study examines palepoh ambun money in marriage and the view of Islamic law on the implementation of palepoh ambun money in marriage in Nagari Tabek Patah, Tanah Datar Regency. This research is empirical qualitative research. The data was obtained through interviews with community leaders, Alim Ulama, Niniak mamak, the chairman of KAN, and the perpetrators of the ambun palepoh money. The findings of this study are that if there is a man outside or from another village who wants to marry a woman from the Tabek Patah village, the man must pay palepoh ambun money. The urgency of the palepoh ambun money is to support the smooth running of the marriage process because the money is to ease the transportation costs of ninik mamak in the marriage process, according to the term bajalan baaleh tapak, bakato baaleh lidah, because ninik mamak and tribal chiefs are not paid in Minangkabau customs so they are not paid may be using personal money, not only that the money is also used for the cost of entertaining the men's family. According to Islamic law, palepoh ambun money is not a requirement related to marriage. Therefore, palepoh ambun money does not conflict with syara' law. This tradition of palepoh ambun money contains beneficial values in the form of reducing the cost of ninik mamak, strengthening the friendship between mamak of both parties, and easing the cost of the kitchen, so that the payment of palepoh ambun money is permissible (permissible), meaning that it can be carried out by the community as long as it fulfills the elements of 'Urf sahih, which is beneficial and does not cause harm.

A Study on the Pragmatic Identity Construction in Acceptance Speech at Kobe’s Basketball HOF Induction by the Public Figure

On 15th May, 2021, Kobe’s widow Vanessa Bryant made an impressive acceptance speech at the Basketball Hall of the Fame Enshrinement Ceremony. This paper takes this speech as the research object and explores the well-known public figure’s pragmatic identity of Vanessa and Kobe by adopting the pragmatic theory and Verschueren’s theory of language adaptation. Through qualitative analysis, this paper found that in this speech, the speaker, Vanessa, not only constructed her own identity of a decent public speaker and a supporter, but also constructed the identity of Kobe as a strong-willed athlete, a fan-loving star, a great family man and a spiritual leader. And this dynamic identity construction in the acceptance speech is to adapt the communicative context of the public speech.

Becoming Italian

Becoming Italian

Editorial: Family men: Fathers as coparents in diverse contexts and family structures

Editorial: Family men: Fathers as coparents in diverse contexts and family structures

ETNOGRAFI GAWAI DALAM PERKAWINAN SUKU TALANG MAMAK DI DESA TALANG SUNGAI LIMAU KECAMATAN RAKIT KULIM

This study discusses the meaning of Gawai in the marriage of the Talang Mamak tribe in the village of Talang Sungai Limau, Rakit Kulim sub-district, the Gawai Ritual is a series of marriage rituals for the indigenous Talang Mamak tribe which includes a series of traditional pre-wedding processions until the device is implemented. The process of getting to the gadget goes through quite complicated stages starting from visiting a woman's house (betandang). taking things from men as a symbol of the seriousness of the relationship (bebibitan). The woman's family goes to the man's family asking for the seriousness of the relationship (menyulu) pick-up, three days left at each bride's house (balek-balekan) until the procession of the marriage contract (sembah mertua), the Gawai ritual has a symbol of meaning contained in it. . This study uses an ethnographic approach to obtain data and interpret data, where the ritual of the gawai is the main focus of this study. There are sacralizations and symbols in gadgets, not only objects but also motion and speech. Gambling and fighting as a form of negotiation between humans and supernatural beings so as not to interfere with the running of the device.

Exploring Family Planning Perspectives Among Men Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Implications for Service Development.

Studies have consistently found high rates of unintended pregnancy among women with substance use disorder. While research efforts have begun to focus on understanding needs and providing family planning services for women in treatment, few studies have included men. This has resulted in a gap in the literature regarding men's reproductive health experiences and family planning desires. Between December 2019 and February 2020, we conducted semistructured qualitative interviews with adult men receiving medications for opioid use disorder at a safety-net healthcare system in Denver, Colorado. Interviews were recorded and analyzed using the Rapid Assessment Process. Fifteen men participated in an interview. Overall, men described feeling excluded from family planning education and services as well as from decision making with their partners. Participants desired knowledge and resources related to contraceptive methods, partner communication, and parenting. Additional themes included loss of autonomy around pregnancy decisions, the importance of fatherhood, and the importance of addressing family planning during recovery. Participants expressed interest in a family planning intervention but indicated that engaging men on this topic may be challenging. Our findings suggest that men in treatment desire education and involvement in family planning. Participants endorsed access to a subject expert within the treatment environment, but engagement strategies that underscore topic relevance to men will be critical. Initiating a conversation involving education and service navigation in the treatment setting may be a promising strategy for engaging men in recovery in family planning and improving men's access to needed services and resources.

John Ishmael

A highly respected pathologist, a family man and a fully engaged member of the church and community.

A Gendered Return

A Gendered Return

스웨덴은 어떻게 아버지친화적인 복지국가가 되었는가?

This study aims to provide a systematic examination of the development process of Swedish parental leave for fathers, and to draw the implications of this process for Korean society. The study was conducted by analyzing the process of establishing a father-friendly welfare state. Sweden originally featured a male breadwinner model, but since the 1930s it has gradually transitioned to the world's ideal welfare state and gender-equal society. This transition was made possible through a long period of Social Democrats’ rule and their optimistic views on social engineering. Sweden's male parental leave system started with the conversion of maternity insurance to parental insurance in the 1970s, and a quota system known as 'Daddy Month’ was introduced in 1995. The allocation period was extended to 60 days in 2002 and again to 90 days in 2014. Sweden has not only focused on improving women's work-family balance, but also aimed to create a father-friendly welfare state that guarantees men's family rights, that is, the right to raise children by strengthening the universal parental leave and quota system. This was the result of the long-term efforts of the Social Democrats and the Swedish government to change the traditional gender roles deeply rooted in the home and workplace, and it was the fruit of the value of gender equality through feminism settled in the political arena. This Swedish case study demonstrates the necessity to invest in a multifaceted approach to expanding male participation and raising the female employment rate. This study calls for a reflection on the goal of male parental leave reforms in Korea, the necessity to transition to universal parental insurance, as well as a paradigm shift towards social investment in the welfare state.

Eviction Notice

Eviction Notice Kasia Merrill (bio) It's not personal, it's business. That's what I always said. It sounded different coming out of someone else's mouth. Jerry had a hold of one end of my couch, Liam had the other. Only it wouldn't fit through the goddamn door. Nothing ever fit through that door. We had to get the couch in through the window. Not that I was going to tell them that. [End Page 10] Jerry's face was ripe and sweaty, the black scrub of his beard glistening with sweat. "Jesus, how'd you get this in here?" I had moved a lot of places. Moving was like Tetris. I was good at Tetris when I was a kid, and I was just as good at hauling furniture. It wasn't ever my intention to get into evictions, but that was where the money was. Not much money, but enough to scrape by. Only life wasn't like Tetris. Life was like Snake where your debts kept getting bigger and bigger until you ran into yourself, and bam, there was the red paper slapped on the door and your stuff carried out on the street by some other family man shmuck who thinks he's still got it alright because the head of the snake hasn't hit him yet. I watched Jerry from the bottom stair, didn't say anything. I was at his daughter's wedding. We'd shared a bottle of beer. There weren't many men I could say that about. The green couch was becoming white at the bottom from all the shoving. The door frame groaned under its push. It wasn't going further. It got me thinking about when Helen went into labor. All that shoving, that groaning, the crown of our daughter's head. Elsie, we called her. I'd never felt so helpless, watching Helen's face pinch and flush with a long scream. Only thing I could do was watch. Say Good job, baby, you got this. It didn't matter what I said. There was nothing I could do and I had to watch someone else's pain give me the thing I wanted. I felt the same there. Helpless. Watching that couch that cost me an $800 down payment be shoved through the door of a house I couldn't afford. And what could I do? Just watch from the stairs. I was the helpless one. Evan walked in from the living room, his young wrestler's shoulders strapped into a shoulder dolly. He leaned on the doorframe, one white headphone shoved into the thick folds [End Page 11] of his ear. "News says there's a tornado coming," he said, crossing his arms. He cracked a piece of gum between his teeth. Jerry and me flicked our eyes towards him. He was a new kid, hadn't moved as many houses as us, always had those damn earbuds shoved into his head. Last week, we'd moved an old couple from a rowhouse down on Bernard's, and he'd shattered the lady's vase when he tossed a box into the yard, hadn't even had the decency to remove that damn earbud to hear her crying. "It'll clear," Jerry said. "Bank says everything's gotta be out by tomorrow." Upstairs, I could hear Tony and Mic dissembling the bed. Helen told me I should be the one to dissemble it, make sure it stayed in good condition, but I told her I wasn't lifting a finger to do anything that made their job easier. "They're your co-workers," Helen said. "You're going to have to see them next Monday." "They'll be my co-workers on Monday, but they're my evictors 'til then," I said. Helen just shook her head at me. I knew what she was thinking. I was being stubborn for no good reason. I was thinking the same thing, but it didn't stop me from sitting on the stair with my arms crossed. Jerry stopped shoving at the couch. I could hear Liam on the other side, only his wrinkled forehead...

Philip Kirk Kilkenny

Universally liked, he was a caring, patient and knowledgeable vet with a passion for football. His sense of humour was matched by his sense of fun. He was a devoted family man.

“Affluent and Tender Online”: Instagramming Celebrity, Masculinity, and Fatherhood in Contemporary Greece

This article explores the online construction of masculinity and fatherhood in contemporary Greece. Through a digital observation of five celebrities’ Instagram activities that identified with the image of family man and affectionate father, the article argues that self-representations of affluent and involved masculinity and fatherhood represent a popular media trend. The article analyzes such self-representations as the outcome of historical transformations in gender and family politics, economy, and media that go back to the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s. It also argues that the acceptance of such imagery by wide audiences demonstrates the persistence of the male archetype of breadwinner, the value of the family, and the nostalgic survival of elements of earlier prosperous consumer aesthetics throughout the Greek economic crisis of the 2010s.

Prof. Dr. Willian Harkness 1955-2021

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. William Harkness. A gifted surgeon, a caring clinician, a visionary leader and devoted family man, William left an indelible impression on pediatric neurosurgery and the many people whose lives he touched. Dr. William was educated at Eton School and qualified in medicine in 1979, at the University of Birmingham. His neurosurgical training commenced at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and later continued in Birmingham. Upon completion of his specialist training in 1991, he was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children (GOSH), but it was the latter institution that became his professional home as he focused his career on pediatric neurosurgery, establishing a legendary partnership with Dr. Richard Hayward. Dr. William spent a year in North America undergoing training at UCLA, Seattle, Miami and Montreal. He enthusiastically embraced the multidisciplinary team approach, enabling him to establish a world-leading children’s epilepsy surgery service together with Helen Cross at GOSH. While this is where he had his greatest scientific impact, he was a consummate pediatric neurosurgeon who thought deeply and wrote on a wide range of conditions. William was known to be an exceptionally skillful surgeon, with many neurosurgical trainees citing him as the one of the leading technical neurosurgeons they had worked with. He served as clinical lead for pediatric neurosciences at GOSH and led the development of a national plan for epilepsy surgery services in Great Britain. Throughout his career William was an ardent advocate for pediatric neurosurgery, representing the specialty in many forums including the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Willian was a participant in the first ever European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (ESPN) educational course, where he struck up a legendary friendship with the late Jim Goodrich, he went on to become one of the most sought-after lecturers worldwide, including many Latin American Courses of Pediatric Neurosurgery (LACPN). In ISPN, there are few who have contributed more to the society. Dr. William served as scientific chair, communications chair, treasurer and ultimately president, (2016-2017). Combining his organizational and technical skills, he worked with Jim Johnson to develop InterSurgeon, a web-based platform promoting international collaboration through linking neurosurgeons and related organisations across the world. Supported by among others, the ISPN, UAB and the G4Alliance, InterSurgeon has grown beyond neurosurgery and will be a lasting tribute to William’s vision and drive. Dr. William was also an integral member of the Global Neurosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). He worked tirelessly to propel the field, and always made sure he was available to provide advice and assistance. During his time with the committee, he expanded the knowledge base on global neurosurgery, worked to align the multitude of projects in the field, and improved collaboration amongst neurosurgeons around the world. He married Philippa Lubomirski in 1982. She survives him as do their four children, Fran, Ed, Gabi and Letitia, their grandchildren, Arlo, Joanie, Betsy, Peggy and Ari, and his sister, Nicola. Above all else, we remember William’s devotion to his family most vividly. His beloved wife Philippa, who accompanied him on most of his travels. And his four children, Fran, Ed, Gabi and Letitia, their grandchildren, Arlo, Joanie, Betsy, Peggy and Ari, and his sister, Nicola. We extend our sincere condolences to his family and close friends

Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes

Using College and Beyond data and a variant on Dale and Krueger's (2002) matched-applicant approach, this paper revisits the question of how attending an elite college affects later-life outcomes. We expand the scope along two dimensions: we do not restrict the sample to full-time full-year workers and we examine labor force participation, human capital, and family formation. For men, our findings echo those in Dale and Krueger (2002): controlling for selection eliminates the positive relationship between college selectivity and earnings. We also find no significant effects on men's educational or family outcomes. The results are quite different for women: we find effects on both career and family outcomes. Attending a school with a 100-point higher average SAT score increases women's probability of advanced degree attainment by 5 percentage points and earnings by 14 percent, while reducing their likelihood of marriage by 4 percentage points. The effect of college selectivity on own earnings is significantly larger for married than for single women. Among married women, selective college attendance significantly increases spousal education.

Oil Tank Farm, and: Family Man in The Valley

Oil Tank Farm, and: Family Man in The Valley

Overcoming and Penalizing Precarity: Narratives of Drug Personalities Arrested in the Philippine War on Drugs

The article problematizes state penality as a mechanism of repression of precarious workers through a war on drugs in the Philippines. The narratives of 27 arrested ‘drug personalities’ in Metro Manila tell of how methamphetamine energizes bodies and motivates minds for productive work. Bidding to be classified as willing and able workers and family men, the study’s participants orient to a moral stratification that pits the ‘moral versus immoral’ and the ‘hardworking versus lazy’. Qualifying their drug use as strategic and calculated, they uphold the neoliberal values of individual choice and accountability. Their support for the anti-drug campaign stems from their recognition of a drug problem and the socioemotional toll of the dysfunctions of living in the slums. While trade liberalization facilitates methamphetamine inflow, a war on drugs fuels an authoritarian populism. As the state reaffirms symbolic mission to protect its citizens, it blames precarity to a problem population.

Marital Home. Law, Divorce and Intimate Violence in Nineteenth Century

This article analyzes the divorce cases processed in Chile in the 19th century during the period in which the foundations of the republican legal order were laid. Its objective is to identify the specific meanings of home as a private space and family environment in relation to the fundamental rights of men and women united in marriage. In this line, this paper investigates the tensions between these rights and the prerogatives of the husband – family man – in the liberal context and the secularization of marriage. Methodologically, divorce lawsuits allow us to immerse ourselves in marital homes given that they comprise several issues that include women’s rights, the defense of marital power, the voices of jurists and judges regarding marriage, as well as the understanding of power in the family, its abuse, and the intervention power of the State in said circumstances. This analysis reveals that divorce was a female protection resource against the mistreatment suffered at the hands of their husbands; this paper sustains that while the male prerogative to correct women was discredited, the notion of home as an inviolable space was a powerful defense for exercising marital power. Paradoxically, this discourse, although it could have overshadowed female rights, also acquired a positive meaning as a space from which to invoke rights and demand public action

Prevalence and determinants of the involvement of married men in family planning services in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background:Male involvement in family planning includes not only using contraceptives but also encouraging and supporting their partners’ contraception needs and choices, encouraging peers to use family planning, and influencing policy to make male-related programs more conducive. In Ethiopia, the prevalence and associated factors of male involvement in family planning were highly inconsistent across studies. As a result, the goal of this study was to use a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the pooled prevalence of male involvement in family planning and its associated factors in Ethiopia.Methods:Electronic literature search using PubMed, Google Scholar, EMBASE, HINAR, Scopus, and Web of Sciences were performed without time restriction to identify the primary studies. Data were extracted using a pretested standardized data extraction format and analyzed using STATA 14 statistical software. A random-effect model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence of male involvement.Results:A total of 17 studies were included to give the pooled prevalence of male involvement in family planning in Ethiopia, which was 39.66% (95% confidence interval = 29.86, 49.45). Educational status (adjusted odds ratio = 1.99, 95% confidence interval = 1.26, 3.14), discussion of family planning with wife (adjusted odds ratio = 4.15, 95% confidence interval = 2.21, 7.80), knowledge (adjusted odds ratio = 1.83, 95% confidence interval = 1.26, 2.64), positive attitude about family planning (adjusted odds ratio = 2.57, 95% confidence interval = 1.70, 3.90), and approval of contraceptive use (adjusted odds ratio = 2.57, 95% confidence interval = 1.70, 3.90) were found to be significantly associated with involvement of men in family planning service.Conclusion:The overall prevalence of male involvement in family planning in Ethiopia was significantly low. Male involvement in family planning should be made available, accessible, and advocated for by government and non-governmental organizations, service providers, program planners, and stakeholders. In addition, to increase the role of men in the use of family planning services, a conducive environment for education, behavioral change, and open discussion about reproductive health issues is required.