@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00004532,
 author = {松﨑, 実穂},
 issue = {10},
 journal = {ジェンダー&セクシュアリティ},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {In Japan at present, young people who perform caretaking duties within
their families have begun to receive attention from the media as being
targets of aid. This trend entails the following questions: what exactly is
being highlighted as problematic by the media, and what kind of subjects
does the media portray these young people as? This paper will analyze the
recent Japanese media coverage of young people in caretaking roles
within their families, and pay particular attention to what is overlooked
when this situation is recognized as a social problem. Additionally, this
paper will not only focus on what is, but also what is not being discussed as
“problematic.” Finally, through these issues, the author hopes to present
additional tasks and discussion points for future research on this subject.
　In the media, young people who perform caretaking duties for their
families are depicted as subjects who have lost the opportunity to choose
a life path, and who experience difficulty in launching a career. However,
there is a gender bias in how such “difficulties” are depicted, reflecting the
existing gender bias or discrepancy in how society responds to young
people who assume caretaking duties. This does not fit into the storyline of
young people who nurse family members “trying to overcome/overcoming
difficulties,” and so there is a need to recognize the oft-overlooked variety
in the experiences or needs of said young people.
　Furthermore, in media coverage, caretaking youths are portrayed as
isolated from friends and school, or even as subjects who are removed
from the systems related to caretaking entirely. Consequently, they are
thought to require aid. Yet, the very loneliness or isolation that these young
people experience due to caretaking is founded on the way in which
society views caretaking and young people. Considering the present 
caretaking system, the attempt to provide aid to young people performing
caretaking duties does not respond to such issues.
　The existence of young people who perform caretaking roles within their
families is not taken into account within the current long-term care
insurance system in Japan and the discussions on the socialization of
caretaking.
　In future research, a detailed discussion of the experiences taken from
first-hand accounts of young people performing caretaking duties, as well
as a reexamination of current debates on the socialization of caretaking
and the systems in place, will become necessary.},
 pages = {187--201},
 title = {メディアにみる「家族を介護する若者」 ――日本における社会問題化を考える},
 year = {2015}
}