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    If you think men don’t care about having kids, listen to what these childless men have to say

    Hadley, Robin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-7648 (2014) If you think men don’t care about having kids, listen to what these childless men have to say. Inside MAN.

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    Abstract

    Have you ever stopped to think what if feels like for men who don’t become fathers? Robin Hadley has and here he shares the thoughts of some of the men he’s interviewed about being childless. — This is article #13 in our series of #100Voices4Men and boys In my research, I have been honoured to interview men in the UK about their experiences of wanting to be a ‘Dad’. All the meetings have been moving and reflected some aspect of my own thoughts and feelings regarding not becoming a father – a status so easily achieved and important that it can’t usually be talked about. What do the men say? Well quite, a lot and I can just give a flavour of the depth and range that the impact of male involuntary childlessness has had on them.

    Item Type: Article (Article)
    Peer-reviewed: No
    Date Deposited: 15 Aug 2024 08:04
    Publisher: Inside MAN
    Additional Information: This is a blog post which originally appeared on the Inside MAN website.
    Divisions: Faculties > Science and Engineering
    Subject terms: Male childlessness, Involuntary childlessness, Desire for fatherhood, Men and fatherhood, Men and depression, Impact of childlessness on men, Childless men and mental health, Social stigma of childlessness, Masculinity and fatherhood, The emotional toll of not becoming a father, Men's experiences with involuntary childlessness, The psychological impact of not having children on men, How childlessness affects men's mental health, Challenges of male childlessness in the 21st century, Men and the changing role of fatherhood, Social and economic factors affecting men’s ability to have children, ear of being perceived as a threat due to childlessness, Men’s mental health and societal expectations
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/635274

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