Abstract：Since January 1, 2016, the two-child policy has been implemented all across China, which, however, has not triggered a baby boom. The two-child policy has actually been met with indifference in some areas. Studies show that economic pressure and care ability are the primary factors that prevent people from having a second child. In family care, men still follow the pattern that “men play a key role in society while women are confined to family chores”. Men's consciously internalized gender stereotype, the outdated gender-based labor division some families still cling to, coincidence between “intensive motherhood” and the preach of ideal male workers, and the unfriendly social gender mechanism in society all prevent men from participating in family care. Men find themselves in a dilemma that they feel overwhelmed with their inability to help in family care. But at the same time, both men and women awaken to some new concepts of labor division, and there also appear many “sweet guys”. Under the two-child policy, the society requires men to be better involved in family care, expects parents to share child-rearing responsibility, and look forward to the appearance of a “new type of fathers”. In addition, we need to empower men to engage in family care, and deconstruct the power alliance between expert discourse and consumer discourse. Furthermore, mass media should reshape a social and cultural environment of gender equality so as to promote the realization of cooperative family care mode.
李桂燕. 全面二孩政策下男性参与家庭照料的困境与路径[J]. 《深圳大学学报》（人文社科版）, 2018, 35(3): 114-122.
LI Gui-yan. Dilemma and Solution for Male Participation in Family Care under Two-child Policy. , 2018, 35(3): 114-122.
2018, Vol. 35 
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