It is a day to celebrate and reflect on what paternal figures we are building as a society.
This Sunday, Father’s Day is celebrated in Argentina. One day to celebrate, but also to reflect on what paternal figures we are building as a society, and challenge old stereotypes. From Grow-gender and work We believe that care must be thought of as a right, and that employer organizations can perform concrete actions to guarantee it.
Old mandates
Today they continue to operate certain mandates of masculinity that place man in the home supplier place. And although in the last decades women have been increasingly incorporated into the labor market, the data shows that given more sons or daughters in families, the greater the labor participation gap between men and women (INDEC). The counterpart of this is the unequal distribution of care tasks. According to the latest national survey for the use of time, women dedicate 7.5 hours a day to this type of tasks, compared to 3.9 of men.
It is that although that head of household, authority figure, was moving to a father more involved in sharing time with his family, this time is usually dedicated to certain activities, in general playful or recreational, and in the public space; While women continue to dedicate more time those tasks linked to the private sphere, as well as to the organization and planning of family life.
The role of organizations
In this context, it is interesting to analyze a fact that arises from recent studies, which show that 8 out of 10 men value exercising a more active fatherhood. What slows them down, then, to get more involved? The answers to this question are surely diverse, but from Grow-gender and work We believe in the responsibility that organizations have in promoting more active and affectionate fatherhoods. And what can they do? First, review license regimes. In our country, the Labor Contract Law establishes a paternity license of only two calendar days. Expanding these licenses is a fundamental step to give a clear message: men must be responsible for care tasks, and have the right to do so.
But at the same time, the licenses are not enough, since the organizational culture does not promote an effective use of them. Fear of reprisals, or that the use of licenses is not well valued for the professional career, they can function as barriers that limit the involvement of parents in care. That is why the role of leaders is essential: to have leaderships that actively promote the use of licenses, and that practice with the example, to naturalize these practices, and that are not seen as barriers to professional growth.
This Sunday can be the opportunity to reflect on what fatherhoods we are promoting. But for that it is important to understand the role that organizations have to deepen the changes that society has been experiencing, and start thinking about care as a right.
Grow-Gender and Work Masculinities Area
Source: Ambito
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