Fathers' rights movement

The fathers movement in the 1970s and 80s incurred part of the men's rights movement with a particular thematic focus in the area of custody and maintenance law.

Objectives

Due to the required termination of the exclusive competence of women to the home and family work through the second wave of the women's movement became the father's role in a social reinterpretation: Off as authoritative, commanding, punitive and occupation and war preliminarily perceived traditional father, towards an emotionally competent father who takes care for family time.

The fathers movement addresses this perceived as a new father image. Important fields of action revolve around the distortions that have arisen in the transformations and reversals of gender roles. Thus, the traditional role of father was still manifest in law, business, science and society. This leads to a structural disadvantage of the new fathers. As a social movement, the fathers movement aims to overcome this disadvantage equal footing with the aim of father and mother, and to coin a new father image and live. In this context, it is emphasized that the extension of working hours and the growth of precarious employment for both men and women makes it difficult to fulfill their responsibilities towards their children.

In many places, self-help organizations and associations have formed as the Väteraufbruch for children and the fathers Center Berlin strengthen the fathers in their role and promote.

Within the fathers movement can still name the fathers' rights movement. Your thematic focus is in the area of ​​legal discrimination against fathers in particular in family law.

Situation in Germany

According to a 2006 estimate about 8,000 men are engaged in the fathers movement. Your media presence was high.