Zwischen Möglichkeiten und Grenzen: Zum Einfluss heteronormativer Gesellschaftsstrukturen auf Entscheidungen marginalisierter Mütter

The article clarifies that care work is strongly characterised by intersectional power relations. Heteronormative, classist, ableist and racist social structures restrict the decision-making options of mothers with multiple marginalisation in particular and attribute the main responsibility for care work to them. With the help of affect-theoretical intersectional approaches and situational analysis, decision-making positions of mothers with a desire for equal rights can be shown and understood in connection with social and structural links. Motherhood is thus recognised as an active experience and mothers as creative subjects who are committed to equal care. While transformative moments become visible on an individual level, parents have to deal with structural barriers such as unequal wages, a lack of external childcare and discriminatory institutions that stabilise gendered care arrangements. For an equal distribution of care, it is therefore crucial to reduce social discrimination and recognise parents - regardless of their gender - in their care responsibilities.