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"I can't be a parent if I'm not there": Investigating how leave shapes parental identity experience among female same‐sex parents

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cam.supervisorPralat, Robert
cam.thesis.fundingfalse
dc.contributor.authorSandler, Elisabeth Theresa
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T10:12:11Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T10:12:11Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-11
dc.date.submitted2018-06-11
dc.date.updated2018-08-03T14:29:48Z
dc.description.abstractThis research explores how leave affected ten female same-sex parents’ experience of their parental identity. Semi-structured interviews with all participants and semi-structured two-week diaries (diary-interview method (DIM)) with four participants who were currently within their leave arrangements at the time of data collection shed light on parental identity experiences within the settings of shared parental leave, maternity leave, adoption leave, and ineligibility for leave. The data was analysed via in vivo coding. Findings suggest that leave affected participants’ parental identity experience in providing focus, physical presence, and time. These leave characteristics benefited participants’ visibility as parents to others and themselves. Participants’ shared parental identification as mothers highlighted the importance of equality within their parental identity experience. While equal leave arrangements facilitated an equal parental identity experience, the experience of ineligibility for leave was especially detrimental for one participant.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.26001
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/278653
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.collegeDarwin
dc.publisher.departmentSociology
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cambridge
dc.rightsAll rights reserved
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dc.subjectparental identity
dc.subjectleave
dc.subjectLGBTQ+ parenting
dc.subjectdiary-interview method
dc.title"I can't be a parent if I'm not there": Investigating how leave shapes parental identity experience among female same‐sex parents
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMaster of Philosophy (MPhil)
dc.type.qualificationtitleMPhil in Sociology of Reproduction

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