Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring

Pregnancy is now part of a double process of medicalisation and sanitarisation that takes the form of surveillance and self-control of women’s bodies, and only women’s bodies. While medical and reproductive norms are based on an heterosexual sexuality model, the role and place of (future) fathers in...

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Hlavní autoři: Rannoux, Julie, Saussey, Magalie
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spelling cairn-RPSF_155_0217RPSFRevue des politiques sociales et familiales https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-des-politiques-sociales-et-familiales-2025-3-page-217?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rpsf.155.0217 Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring Rannoux, JulieSaussey, Magalie2026 conjugalitématernitéMOTS-CLÉSsanté périnatalepaternitépolitique familialesanté périnatalesexualitésuivi de grossesseconjugalityfamily policymaternitypaternityperinatal healthpregnancy monitoringsexualityfre Revue des politiques sociales et familiales | 155 | 3 | 2026-01-06 | p. 217-231 | 2431-4501 RPSF_15561 Pregnancy is now part of a double process of medicalisation and sanitarisation that takes the form of surveillance and self-control of women’s bodies, and only women’s bodies. While medical and reproductive norms are based on an heterosexual sexuality model, the role and place of (future) fathers in the monitoring of pregnancy is paradoxically undefined or insufficiently defined. Based on an ethnographic study conducted between fall 2021 and spring 2022 in a large maternity hospital in the east of the Île-de-France region, this article examines the representations and practices of maternity medical staff towards (future) fathers. Fathers are rarely present or visible, yet their “banal absence” does not raise questions among healthcare professionals, thus reinforcing the gendered division of pregnancy labour.La grossesse s’inscrit aujourd’hui dans un double processus de médicalisation et de sanita- risation qui prend la forme de mesures de surveillance et d’autosurveillance du corps des femmes − et uniquement des femmes. Si les normes médicales et reproductives s’appuient sur un modèle de sexualité hétérosexuelle, dans le suivi de grossesse, le rôle et la place des (futurs) pères ne sont paradoxalement pas ou peu définis. À partir d’une enquête ethnographique menée de l’automne 2021 au printemps 2022 dans une grande maternité de l’est francilien, cet article examine les représentations et les pratiques des professionnels de santé de la maternité vis-à-vis des (futurs) pères. Peu présents et peu visibles, leur « banale absence » n’interroge pas pour autant les professionnels de santé, contribuant ainsi à renforcer la division sexuée du travail de grossesse.Cairn free access
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topic conjugalité
maternité
MOTS-CLÉSsanté périnatale
paternité
politique familiale
santé périnatale
sexualité
suivi de grossesse
conjugality
family policy
maternity
paternity
perinatal health
pregnancy monitoring
sexuality
spellingShingle conjugalité
maternité
MOTS-CLÉSsanté périnatale
paternité
politique familiale
santé périnatale
sexualité
suivi de grossesse
conjugality
family policy
maternity
paternity
perinatal health
pregnancy monitoring
sexuality
Rannoux, Julie
Saussey, Magalie
Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
topic_facet conjugalité
maternité
MOTS-CLÉSsanté périnatale
paternité
politique familiale
santé périnatale
sexualité
suivi de grossesse
conjugality
family policy
maternity
paternity
perinatal health
pregnancy monitoring
sexuality
description Pregnancy is now part of a double process of medicalisation and sanitarisation that takes the form of surveillance and self-control of women’s bodies, and only women’s bodies. While medical and reproductive norms are based on an heterosexual sexuality model, the role and place of (future) fathers in the monitoring of pregnancy is paradoxically undefined or insufficiently defined. Based on an ethnographic study conducted between fall 2021 and spring 2022 in a large maternity hospital in the east of the Île-de-France region, this article examines the representations and practices of maternity medical staff towards (future) fathers. Fathers are rarely present or visible, yet their “banal absence” does not raise questions among healthcare professionals, thus reinforcing the gendered division of pregnancy labour.
author Rannoux, Julie
Saussey, Magalie
author_facet Rannoux, Julie
Saussey, Magalie
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title Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
title_short Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
title_full Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
title_fullStr Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
title_full_unstemmed Promoting and Involving (Future) Fathers in Pregnancy Medical Monitoring
title_sort promoting and involving (future) fathers in pregnancy medical monitoring
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