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The Experiences of Mothers and Non-Binary Parents with Chronic Pain: Between Crip and Gendered Time

Marieke Hassell-Crépeau

Research framework: Mothers and gender-diverse parents with chronic pain have their own unique social experiences. In addition to having to juggle a double working day (double journée de travail), they also experience particular temporalities. They find themselves at the confluence of crip and gendered time. The crip time concept helps to illustrate the different experiences of people with different abilities in relation to time.
Objectives: This article aims to provide an initial link between crip and gendered temporalities, to understand how the experience of chronic pain can influence different experiences of motherhood and parenthood, and how social structures can influence the temporalities of mothers and a non-binary parent with chronic pain. Methodology: Data collection was based on semi-structured interviews with parents with chronic pain. The interviews were analyzed thematically.
Results: The results highlight the fluidity of the boundary between the crip and gendered temporalities experienced by participants. Mental load, care and the double working day add complexity to disabled temporalities.
Conclusions: Analysis of the results shows the limits of the double working day and the gendered nature of care, which add constraints for the participants when they need to take care of themselves and rest to limit their pain.
Contribution: The concept of crip time is relatively new and underdeveloped in the French-speaking world. This article contributes to the development of francophone knowledge on crip time while allowing an alliance between feminist studies and disability studies.




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