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Negotiating Intimacy, Equality and Sexuality in the Transition to Parenthood

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Whilst both ‘parenting’ and ‘intimacy’ have been explored extensively in recent social scientific research (for example, Lee et al 2014, Gabb and Silva 2011 ), their intersections in the context of family life remain curiously absent. This paper presents findings from on-going longitudinal research with parents in London, which investigates how the care of children, and particularly the feeding of infants, affects the parental couple's ‘intimate’ relationship. In particular, as part of this special section, it looks at couples’ accounts of sex as they make the transition to parenthood, as a lens on the themes of gender, intimacy and equality. Far from being an easy relationship between them, as predicted by some scholars, this research shows that they are in fact, ‘uncomfortable bedfellows’.

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  • Charlotte Faircloth, 2015. "Negotiating Intimacy, Equality and Sexuality in the Transition to Parenthood," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 20(4), pages 144-155, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:20:y:2015:i:4:p:144-155
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.3705
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    1. Jacqui Gabb & Elizabeth B. Silva, 2011. "Introduction to Critical Concepts: Families, Intimacies and Personal Relationships," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 16(4), pages 104-108, December.
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