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• Title: Japan's Parental Leave Policy: Has It Affected Gender Ideology and Child Care Norms in Japan? Japanese Caregivers and Parents Believe That Current Policies and Ongoing Workplace Realities Do Nothing to Alleviate the Pressures Parents, Especially Fathers, Feel, Both in Themselves and from Society (Report)
• Author : Childhood Education
• Release Date : January 15, 2010
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 332 KB

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Despite the opportunities for Japanese women and men to gain equal access to education and careers and the increasingly positive image of the house-helpful father, contemporary Japanese fathers do not, by any measure, contribute to child care and family life to the degree that mothers do. While this may be attributable in some degree to lingering traditional notions surrounding role segregation in Japanese culture, especially in regard to child rearing (Nishioka-Rice, 2001; White, 1987), the current economic difficulties and inadequate government and corporate support may play an even larger part. The Japanese caregivers and parents we interviewed believe that current government policies and ongoing workplace realities do nothing to alleviate the pressures that parents, especially fathers, feel, both in themselves and from society, to adhere to what, on the surface, appears to be more traditional gender-defined roles. This article addresses the pressures that keep fathers from taking on more child care responsibilities in spite of societal changes that show increasing acceptance of an expanded paternal role. In order to better describe the present situation that young couples face in Japan regarding parental leave, we have integrated existing studies with our own study that interviewed 30 newly married couples regarding: 1) How they envisioned the role of contemporary mothers and fathers; 2) How companies supported dual parent paid leaves, and whether either had taken advantage of parental-leave policies; and 3) The actual situation of fathers taking on more child care and home-care roles. Paternity Leave Policy

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