Kate Henley Averett
Biographic Data
| ID | 258539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Henley Averett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate Henley |
| FAMILY NAME | Averett |
| SIGNATURE | AVERETT K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Albany, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6697-0291 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ownership Versus Partnership Parenting
Scholars of the family agree on four main parenting styles, varying along two axes: responsiveness and control. Parental involvement and child autonomy fall under the control axis and are assumed to have an inverse relationship; where parental involvement is high, child autonomy is assumed to be low, and vice versa. Drawing on 22 in-depth interviews and participant observation at five homeschooling conferences, we examine the dominant parenting p…
Queer parents, gendered embodiment and the de-essentialisation of motherhood
Feminist theorists have long looked to motherhood and mothering behaviour as an important site at which to examine women's lives, gender inequality and the social construction of gendered institutions. One important line of theorisation has concerned itself with the de-essentialisation of motherhood, a project that I argue remains incomplete, as feminist theorisation of motherhood naturalises biological sex and therefore essentialises mothering a…
A feminist public sociology of the pandemic
Widespread school closures due to the coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic have left US parents—especially mothers—doing increasing amounts of family labor as they oversee their children's remote learning. In this article, I reflect on the process of interviewing 112 US parents, primarily mothers, about their experiences of pandemic‐related school closures, amidst the pandemic itself. These interviews were largely intensely emotional experiences.…
Growing Up Queer
The Cost of Being a Girl
The Gender Buffet
Many parents and child-rearing experts prefer that children exhibit gender-normative behavior, a preference that is linked to the belief that children are, or should be, heterosexual. But how do LGBTQ parents-who may not hold these preferences-approach the gender socialization of their children? Drawing on in-depth interviews with both members in 18 LGBTQ couples, I find that these parents attempt to provide their children with a variety of gende…
A feminist public sociology of the pandemic
Widespread school closures due to the coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic have left US parents—especially mothers—doing increasing amounts of family labor as they oversee their children's remote learning. In this article, I reflect on the process of interviewing 112 US parents, primarily mothers, about their experiences of pandemic‐related school closures, amidst the pandemic itself. These interviews were largely intensely emotional experiences.…
The Gender Buffet
Many parents and child-rearing experts prefer that children exhibit gender-normative behavior, a preference that is linked to the belief that children are, or should be, heterosexual. But how do LGBTQ parents-who may not hold these preferences-approach the gender socialization of their children? Drawing on in-depth interviews with both members in 18 LGBTQ couples, I find that these parents attempt to provide their children with a variety of gende…
Queer parents, gendered embodiment and the de-essentialisation of motherhood
Feminist theorists have long looked to motherhood and mothering behaviour as an important site at which to examine women's lives, gender inequality and the social construction of gendered institutions. One important line of theorisation has concerned itself with the de-essentialisation of motherhood, a project that I argue remains incomplete, as feminist theorisation of motherhood naturalises biological sex and therefore essentialises mothering a…
Growing Up Queer
Ownership Versus Partnership Parenting
Scholars of the family agree on four main parenting styles, varying along two axes: responsiveness and control. Parental involvement and child autonomy fall under the control axis and are assumed to have an inverse relationship; where parental involvement is high, child autonomy is assumed to be low, and vice versa. Drawing on 22 in-depth interviews and participant observation at five homeschooling conferences, we examine the dominant parenting p…
The Gender Buffet
Many parents and child-rearing experts prefer that children exhibit gender-normative behavior, a preference that is linked to the belief that children are, or should be, heterosexual. But how do LGBTQ parents-who may not hold these preferences-approach the gender socialization of their children? Drawing on in-depth interviews with both members in 18 LGBTQ couples, I find that these parents attempt to provide their children with a variety of gende…
The Cost of Being a Girl
A feminist public sociology of the pandemic
Widespread school closures due to the coronavirus‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic have left US parents—especially mothers—doing increasing amounts of family labor as they oversee their children's remote learning. In this article, I reflect on the process of interviewing 112 US parents, primarily mothers, about their experiences of pandemic‐related school closures, amidst the pandemic itself. These interviews were largely intensely emotional experiences.…
Growing Up Queer
Queer parents, gendered embodiment and the de-essentialisation of motherhood
Feminist theorists have long looked to motherhood and mothering behaviour as an important site at which to examine women's lives, gender inequality and the social construction of gendered institutions. One important line of theorisation has concerned itself with the de-essentialisation of motherhood, a project that I argue remains incomplete, as feminist theorisation of motherhood naturalises biological sex and therefore essentialises mothering a…
Ownership Versus Partnership Parenting
Scholars of the family agree on four main parenting styles, varying along two axes: responsiveness and control. Parental involvement and child autonomy fall under the control axis and are assumed to have an inverse relationship; where parental involvement is high, child autonomy is assumed to be low, and vice versa. Drawing on 22 in-depth interviews and participant observation at five homeschooling conferences, we examine the dominant parenting p…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)