Dr. Aaron Rochlen of the University of Texas at Austin needs a little help. In an effort to understand what drives some off us to cast of societal norms, he's looking for SAHDs to take part in a study with three goals. These are"
1) Evaluating reasons for becoming a stay-at-home father and how this relates to adjustment.
2) Looking at plans and perceptions about re-entering the workforce.
3) Finding out more about how different factors relate to stigma and reactions from others.
Personally I'm curious about the second goal. Why is it assumed that the man will return to the workforce? Is this one of those left over bits of stigma that assumes that no man can go without a J-O-B? Or is it that it's still acceptable for a woman to stay home and care for the house, but not a man?
Nevertheless, if you are a proud member of the brotherhood, and assuming that you haven't read this elsewhere and have already participated, take a few minutes and please go to the following website and answer the doc's questions. It'll only take about ten minutes, and you'll be helping to shed light on why we do what we do. (Even if we already know why we do it.)
http://www.hostedsurvey.com/takesurvey.asp?c=SAHF1
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Help a brother out, won't you?
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Forwarded to DH! I will be very interested in the results, and I hope DH will let me see the questions.
For whatever it's worth, as the stay-at-home mom of a three-month-old, I get people asking me when I plan to reenter the workforce. I intend to homeschool my kids, so no time soon! I know SAHDs are even rarer that SAHMs, but people still don't seem to understand the concept of a parent staying home with kids more than a year or two at most.
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