Reacción a "Study looks at men's problems with fatherhood due to lack of information and emotional support"

The study on the difficulties that men go through in the process of becoming fathers puts us on the trail of an unprecedented terrain in the field of social research and in the debates related to the construction of masculinity. As it is an experience and a responsibility not traditionally assumed, it is normal that it is only very recently that research has been initiated, from very different fields, on our role as present fathers and, in turn, our duties in the practical realisation of what we have legally agreed to call co-responsibility. The work is a good example of how in recent years the so-called ‘men's studies’ have been expanding and how an interdisciplinary approach is essential.

The study provides us with interesting data to raise some initial questions and, in addition to its comparative perspective, it has the merit of shedding light on issues related to mental health or well-being and, therefore, of pointing out threads that should be the object of reflection and debate not only in the academic sphere but also in the social and political spheres. Hopefully without falling into the obvious risk of once again making the men, now fathers present, the heroes of the story.