Chasing Rainbows: Exploring Gender Fluid Parenting Practices
Author | : Fiona Joy Green |
Publisher | : Demeter Press |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2013-09-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781927335567 |
ISBN-13 | : 1927335566 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Feminist parenting creates unique challenges. As women experience the unique powerlessness of motherhood, they also hold the uncom- fortable power of acting as advocates for and as agents of socialization and social control over their children. Fathers may feel the desire for feminist parenting whilst experiencing a backlash and a lack of sup- port, while some parents may attempt to resist the binaries of mother- ing and fathering in their feminist parenting journey. Feminist parents may attempt to resist gender binaries; they may submit to them while attempting to foster critical dialogue; they may struggle with the dis- play of their own femininity and masculinity or, for some, its perceived lack. This book attempts to cast a lens on the messy and convoluted ways that feminist parents approach parenting their children in gender aware and gender fluid ways.