The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

GO The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene


Author: Richard Dawkins
Type: eBook
Language: English
Released: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Page Count: 320
Format: djvu
ISBN-10: 0192880519
ISBN-13: 9780192880512
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Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. Susan Walzer's interviews explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways-a pattern that has been linked to marital stress. How do new mothers and fathers think about babies, and what is the influence of parental consciousness in reproducing motherhood and fatherhood as different experiences? The reports of new parents in this book illustrate the power of gendered cultural imagery in how women and men think about their roles and negotiate their parenting arrangements. New parents talk about what it means to them to be a "good" mother or father and how this plays out in their working arrangements and their everyday interactions over child care. The author carefully unravels the effects of social norms, personal relationships, and social institutions in channeling parents toward gender-differentiated approaches to parenting. From the Publisher Interviews with new parents about the gendered roles of mother and father