TY  - JOUR
SP  - 67
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1332/204674320X15986394583380
TI  - ?She has mellowed me into the idea of SPL?: Unpacking relational resources in UK couples? discussions of Shared Parental Leave take-up
SN  - 2046-7435
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
ID  - discovery10126223
AV  - public
JF  - Families, Relationships and Societies
EP  - 82
N2  - This article undertakes an in-depth examination into how two couples negotiate the sharing of parental leave, to understand how ?relational resources? may be drawn on in transforming gendered practices. The couples are selected from a longitudinal study of 42 first-time parents taking various combinations of leave. Drawing on a ?listening guide? approach, I analyse the interactions observed in couple interviews with a couple that shares, and another couple that does not share leave. I show that in trying to convince their partners to take leave, both women draw on gendered scripts, either in how the interaction is managed, or by the discourses that are drawn on. Moreover, fathers? work context strongly mediates negotiations, as all participants judge this to trump other considerations regarding leave, reinforcing men?s attachment to the workplace. More research is needed to understand how these process shape divisions of paid and unpaid work in the long term.
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
A1  - Twamley, K
Y1  - 2021/03/21/
PB  - The Policy Press
ER  -