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Dear all,
Please find below a call for abstracts for 'Men and Reproduction', a
session to be held at The Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, August 1-4, 2012. Please contact the convenors for more
information.
Best wishes,
Nicky
Dr Nicky Hudson
Senior Research Fellow
School of Applied Social Sciences
De Montfort University
Room 00.08 Hawthorn Building
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
t: 0116 2078766
The Second ISA Forum of Sociology
Social justice and democratization
Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 1-4, 2012
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR THE FOLLOWING SESSION
Title of the session: Men and Reproduction
Format of the session: Regular session - five 20-minute presentations
Description: Internationally, many societies are experiencing a cultural
transformation of fatherhood towards the contemporary ideal of the
involved nurturing father with the expectation of men's involvement
across the reproductive trajectory from reproductive planning to equal
co-parenting. This cultural momentum is also being 'pushed'
internationally through government policies based on the perceived
economic, health and well-being benefits of fatherhood involvement in
children's lives. In academic research, the application of Critical
Studies of Men and Masculinities to the sociology of human reproduction,
provides an added impetus to the re-conceptualisation of reproduction in
inter-relational terms (rather than as 'women's difficulty'), and
attempts to empirically and critically explore men's involvement in
reproduction. This debate on men and reproduction links to the themes of
this ISA Forum in that it mirrors the broader sociological debate
relating to the rhetoric and reality of the democratisation of gender
relations in the intimate sphere and the emergence of relationships that
are more equally and mutually satisfying. In addition, the debate is
often framed in terms of 'social justice' for fathers in societies which
prioritise mothers over fathers as the socially accepted best carers of
children.
Expected key themes:
Papers will critically explore men's involvement within the
reproduction/parenting arena. In particular, papers may focus on men's
involvement in reproductive planning/the procreative realm. Topics of
papers might include (but are not limited to):
Men's fertility views
Men and the social psychology of infertility
Men and pregnancy resolution/Men and Abortion
Men and adoption
Men and childbirth preparation classes
Men's experiences with prenatal ultrasounds
Men and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Men's identities in multi-partner paternity
Men and miscarriage
Gay men's desires to have a child
Men, HIV and reproduction
Sperm donors: Participating and Recruiting
Politics of men and reproduction
We will be actively seeking opportunities to have the papers published
in a journal OR a book format.
Language: English
Organizers:
Maria Lohan, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Email:
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Lorraine Culley, De Montfort University, England. Email: [log in to unmask]
William Marsiglio, University of Florida, US. Email: [log in to unmask]
Submission of Abstracts
Please submit your abstract through the ISA website:
http://www.isa-sociology.org/buenos-aires-2012/ by December 15th 20th
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