Article dealing with the main research findings derived from the study of significant visions of men about the practice of their paternity after divorce, from their own identity constructions of masculinity. The children’s care is the result of sociocultural assignations and power relations in addition to conjugal conflicts conducted wrongly (and legal limitations); this implies for them the impossibility -imposed- to participate in the breeding of their children. The transgression to law regulations related to father and children frequently results in the reduction of the parental link towards diffuse contacts that permit opportunities for manipulations; obstruction and elimination of the father's role, denying the mutual affective necessity and damaging the children's right to rely on both parents for their harmonious breeding.

Article dealing with the main research findings derived from the study of significant visions of men about the practice of their paternity after divorce, from their own identity constructions of masculinity. The children’s care is the result of sociocultural assignations and power relations in addition to conjugal conflicts conducted wrongly (and legal limitations); this implies for them the impossibility -imposed- to participate in the breeding of their children. The transgression to law regulations related to father and children frequently results in the reduction of the parental link towards diffuse contacts that permit opportunities for manipulations; obstruction and elimination of the father's role, denying the mutual affective necessity and damaging the children's right to rely on both parents for their harmonious breeding.

The present paper focuses on changes experienced in contemporary society, linked to an increasing conveyance of paternal role in raising children, leading to the birth of a “new father”, characterized by his active and increased participation in raising children. This dynamic has allowed the birth of relations that make paternal role and socially assumed norms more flexible and turn father into a figure that is able to create, maintain and strengthen emotional bonds with his children. The social significance of this study lies in the observation of relationships between father/child, child/father that depart from the mandates of a hegemonic masculinity; thus, redefining the construction of the paternal role based on paradigms which formerly prevented the active participation of men in raising their children. The study was constructed from a phenomenological paradigm with a sampling o...

The present paper focuses on changes experienced in contemporary society, linked to an increasing conveyance of paternal role in raising children, leading to the birth of a “new father”, characterized by his active and increased participation in raising children. This dynamic has allowed the birth of relations that make paternal role and socially assumed norms more flexible and turn father into a figure that is able to create, maintain and strengthen emotional bonds with his children. The social significance of this study lies in the observation of relationships between father/child, child/father that depart from the mandates of a hegemonic masculinity; thus, redefining the construction of the paternal role based on paradigms which formerly prevented the active participation of men in raising their children. The study was constructed from a phenomenological paradigm with a sampling o...