The Plight of Male Child Care Workers in Taiwan

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210519.113How to use a DOI?

Keywords

nanny, childcare, gender roles, male worker

Abstract

Taiwan society traditionally has stereotypical notions concerning the two genders. Gender differences in the structure of human physiology have led people of different genders to have different personalities, traits and behavioral patterns. It also has caused people to have different role expectations. People choose their jobs on the basis of what is gender appropriate. This then not only reinforces the stereotype, but also segregates by gender in the workplace. The current demand for nannies is mostly for married middle-aged working women. Male child care workers have to overcome many challenging obstacles. The difficulties faced by males who are engaged in babysitting jobs include the following: stereotypes arising from traditional social values, massive social pressure, scarcity of male workers, lack of parental confidence, low salary, many childcare incidents causing male childcare workers to have a low sense of accomplishment, low acceptance by family and friends, poor quality of life, loss of masculinity, and temporary or short-term career planning. In facing this dilemma, the author recommends the following: promoting gender equality, increasing knowledge, sponsoring professional services, enhancing educational research, seeking support from friends, family and society, finding opportunities to build a reputation, increasing parental confidence by using modern technology, and encouraging everyone to do their best.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hungchang Lee
AU  - Chengchieh Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - The Plight of Male Child Care Workers in Taiwan
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 562
EP  - 566
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.113
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.113
ID  - Lee2021
ER  -