Analysis Of Tina Miller's Falling Back Into Gender

In Tina Miller’s, “Falling Back into Gender?”, the author explains how the role of men is different in many family households. Using studies and data retrieved from men who are experiencing early parenthood, Tina identifies the social norms that are associated with fathering. Through her research, she identifies the difference characteristics that a father posses: one being that of a masculine, strict father, and another being a “nurturing man” who is more sympathetic to the his children and serves as a stay home dad, spending times with the kids. Not only that but each has a mentality of wanting to share the responsibility and work that comes with taking care of babies. Throughout the article, Tina shows that although many young fathers have an incentive to care for their infants along with their spouses, eventually, what is expected for them through the social norm will eventually take its toll and fathers will go back to their typical duty as a man; to work endless hours and

Before having their newborn baby, men’s intentions are similar to that of motherhood. They are eager to see their baby, they want to spend as much time and even get so emotionally attached to the child, just as mothers do. This is a very unusual intention for male fathers to have and there is a shift to paternity leave and into a more caring masculinity that shows a more involved father parent type, which is a new possibility for men. Although there is a possibility in disrupting the gender norms, fathers serving as caring and nurturing mother figures, eventually, the social constraints embedded in our patriarchal society will forbid this change in gender norms. The exhaustion of hard work and new parenting will be too much for the males and they will want to return to their normal behavior; not necessarily being their for their child, but rather providing through a means of financial