Отцовские сообщества в современной России: дискурсы и практики

He relevance of the study is based on the genesis of public organizations of fathers within the Russian civil society. The object of the research is the legally institutionalized communities of fathers, the subject is their discourses and practices, the source is the online network resources of these public associations. The novelty of the study lies in the consideration of the conceptual, ideological and project-practical aspects of the activities of paternal communities, identification of goals, objectives, strategies for the development of a culture of paternity in the context of state policy to preserve and strengthen traditional values. Analyzing Russian public organizations and movements of fathers, the authors come to the conclusion that at the present stage, fathers' communities are consolidating into an integral ecosystem, there are movements at the federal level, potentially capable of acting as lobbyists for ideas articulated in program documents as novels in family law. The authors believe that the common goal of all paternal communities is to increase the role of the father in modern Russian society through the promotion of the father-mentor model based on the concept of traditional family values. The presence of a wide range of interpretations of paternity associated with an ambiguous interpretation of traditional values is noted. It is alleged that the ideology of the division of complementary spheres of responsibility into female/maternal and male/paternal declared by paternal communities is offered in a modernized and traditionalist form. The authors explicate both positive (development of discourses and practices of socially responsible fatherhood, protection of fathers' rights in case of divorce) and negative (ideology of neopatriarchy) effects of the activity of paternal communities in Russia.