The article presents an overview of foreign and domestic studies of fatherhood and masculinity. It substantiates the importance of studying of this problem in modern society. It analyzes the stages of development of studies of fatherhood and masculinity, the approaches to the interpretation of these terms. The article examines the possibilities of the analysis of the phenomenon of fatherhood in relation with the phenomenon of masculinity. Gender approach is suggested to be used for the perspective direction of studying of this problem. read in PDF>>>