La paternidad del siglo XXIla llave para la igualdad real de género

Abstract

Traditionally, the care behavior was understood as exclusively feminine, nevertheless every person is able to take care. The human being has a neurophysiological mechanism for caring, but it is subordinated to the social role that it has been learned. In traditional patriarchy the biocentric and androcentric construction of motherhood excluded the male from the direct care of the offspring relegating him to tasks of provider. Based on this social rol, the masculine identity is developed, conditioned to socially stereotyped profiles. Promoting the behavior of direct care in males has as theoretical results: • Improvement in co-responsibility that frees women from intensive motherhood, without labor work penalties. • The change of social role in men will generate new stereotypes that mitigate the crisis of masculinity, changing the gender ideology. These changes generate new neural networks because of the cerebral plasticity. It is the first step to generate a change of ideology. • Children will grow up observing and learning more equal parental patterns. When they will become parents, they’ll repeat the behavior that they experimented in childhood. These results make paternal care a good tool to reduce gender inequality in contemporary western societies. Caring incorporate values of great social importance, in accordance with the human rights that transform society into a culture of peace, with more equality and justice.