Maneuvering Suspicions of Being a Potential Pedophile: Experiences of Male ECEC-Workers in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Eidevald, Christian; Bergström, Helena; Broström, Anna Westberg
Titel	Maneuvering Suspicions of Being a Potential Pedophile: Experiences of Male ECEC-Workers in Sweden
Quelle	In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 26 (2018) 3, S.407-417 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-293X
DOI	10.1080/1350293X.2018.1463907
Schlagwörter	Males; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Teachers; Sex Stereotypes; Child Abuse; Interviews; Experience; Coping; Child Caregivers; Fear; Professional Identity; Foreign Countries; Risk; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erfahrung; Bewältigung; Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Kinderbetreuung; Furcht; Ausland; Risiko; Schweden
Abstract	Previous research has described a discourse where men working within Early Childhood Education and Care are viewed as potential pedophiles. The aim of this study is to describe and analyze how men, working in Swedish preschools, position themselves in relation to this "pedophile discourse." Twenty-five men were interviewed about their work-experiences and the result shows two dominating positions: (1) giving up or (2) maneuvering the "pedophile discourse." The discourse is maneuvered by: avoiding certain tasks, do the tasks but in ways that minimize suspicion or do the tasks without acknowledging the personal risk, as the tasks are required in their professional role. Thereby, men do not have the same ability to develop "professionalism" in childcare as women. However, by "overcoming" the fear of the "pedophile discourse," these men create 'new discourses', where men "can" be viewed as caregivers. The result highlights an overall question, of what a professional approach is when it comes to care for children in ECEC. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01