01386nas a2200157   4500008004100000020001400041245006600055210006400121260002800185300001400213490000700227520084900234100002501083700001901108856010101127       2001                        eng d  a0891-243200aMen's Caregiving: Gender and the Contingent Character of Care0 aMens Caregiving Gender and the Contingent Character of Care  bSage Publicationsc2001  a197 - 2170 v153 a<p>This article extends recent scholarship on masculinity by analyzing the effects of social structure, social relations, and gendered caregiving ideology on the care men give to kin and friends. To be sure, men spend significantly less time giving care than do women. However, much variation is contingent on the women in men's lives: It is primarily the characteristics of men's families (including wives' caregiving; the presence of young children, especially daughters; and the availability of siblings, especially sisters) more than employment or gendered caregiving ideology that shape the amount and kind of caregiving men provide. Our findings suggest that although men's caregiving is variable and socially patterned, it is contingent on women: Wives and daughters pull men into caregiving, while adult sisters substitute for them.</p>1 aGallagher, Sally, K.1 aGerstel, Naomi  uhttps://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/biblio/men-s-caregiving-gender-and-contingent-character-care