Some men feel the need to compensate for relative loss of income to women. How they do so varies A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dan Cassino, Professor of Political Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University. March 31, 2017 As Pepin and Cotter’s new work shows, attitudes towards gender equality across different domains […]
Online Symposia
Stephanie Coontz: CCF Gender and Millennials Online Symposium: Overview
Experts: Stephanie Coontz
CCF Gender and Millennials Online Symposium: Overview A symposium overview prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz, CCF Director of Research and Education, and Professor of History, The Evergreen State College. March 31, 2017 The 2016 election occasioned much debate about how strongly Americans support gender equality. Was this election “a referendum […]
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg How Gender Mattered to Millennials in the 2016 Election and Beyond
How Gender Mattered to Millennials in the 2016 Election and Beyond A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director of CIRCLE Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. March 31, 2017 In this study, I use the National Exit Poll and Tisch College/CIRCLE’s nationally representative tracking poll […]
CCF Press Advisory: Gender and Millennials Online Symposium
Experts: Virginia Rutter, PhD.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Framingham State University Sociology / vrutter@gmail.com Gender, Politics, and Millennials? Research to sort out a hot mess. CCF’s Gender and Millennials Online Symposium presents new research on how Millennial men and women are changing—and how they are not changing. Countering the recent trend of ignoring inconvenient facts, this […]
Joanna Pepin and David Cotter: Trending Towards Traditionalism? Changes in Youths’ Gender Ideology
Experts: David Cotter, Ph.D. / Joanna Pepin
Trending Towards Traditionalism? Changes in Youths’ Gender Ideology A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Joanna R. Pepin, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland and David A. Cotter, Professor of Sociology, Union College. March 31, 2017 Overview. We often think that each generation becomes more modern, egalitarian, and tolerant than the […]
Topics of Expertise: Gender & SexualityFrank Furstenberg: The Use and Abuse of Millennials as an Analytic Category
Experts: Frank Furstenberg, PhD.
The Use and Abuse of Millennials as an Analytic Category A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. March 31, 2017 “Millennials” is a term coined by Neil Howe and William Strauss to refer to the cohort of young people who were entering adulthood […]
Daniel Carlson: A View From Above: How Structural Barriers to Sharing Unpaid Work at Home May Lead to “Egalitarian Essentialism” in Youth
Experts: Daniel Carlson
A View From Above: How Structural Barriers to Sharing Unpaid Work at Home May Lead to “Egalitarian Essentialism” in Youth A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy, University of Utah. March 31, 2017 Pepin and Cotter make a major contribution to […]
Joanna Pepin and David Cotter: Reactions to Other Contributors
Experts: David Cotter, Ph.D. / Joanna Pepin
Reactions to Other Contributors A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Joanna R. Pepin, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland and David A. Cotter, Professor of Sociology, Union College. March 31, 2017 Our study of youth’s attitudes about gender has left us with an intriguing puzzle. In the last few decades, […]
Nika Fate-Dixon: Are Some Millennials Rethinking the Gender Revolution? Long-Range Trends in Views of Non-Traditional Roles for Women
Are Some Millennials Rethinking the Gender Revolution? Long-Range Trends in Views of Non-Traditional Roles for Women A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Nika Fate-Dixon, The Evergreen State College. March 31, 2017 Since 1977, the General Social Survey has asked Americans their opinion about the best expressions of gender in private […]
Jan Van Bavel: The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and the Continued Push towards Gender Equality
The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and the Continued Push towards Gender Equality A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jan Van Bavel, Professor of Sociology, University of Leuven. March 31, 2017 Overview. In their briefing paper, “Trending toward Traditionalism?” Pepin and Cotter report on a remarkable reversal of the […]
The Frontlines of Welfare Reform: Why Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs Succeed or Fail
Experts: Jennifer Randles, PhD.
The Frontlines of Welfare Reform: Why Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs Succeed or Fail A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jennifer Randles, Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Fresno “Marriage is the foundation of a successful society.” “Promotion of responsible fatherhood and motherhood is integral to successful child rearing […]
Topics of Expertise: Marriage & Divorce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / TANF & Public AssistanceIs TANF Working for Struggling Millennial Parents?
A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Shawn Fremstad, JD, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and Senior Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The views expressed are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of either organization. August 22, 2016 Millennial […]
Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / TANF & Public AssistanceWelfare Reform at 20. How’s that working for you?
Experts: Virginia Rutter, PhD.
Welfare Reform at 20. How’s that working? Overview of the Welfare Reform at 20 Online Symposium prepared for Council on Contemporary Families by symposium editor Virginia Rutter, Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University. CCF’s Online Symposium examines the origins, progress, and future of welfare reform. August 22, 2016. Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton proposed […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / TANF & Public Assistance / Work & FamilyWelfare Reform’s 20th Anniversary
Experts: Stephanie Coontz
Welfare Reform’s 20th Anniversary A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz, Professor of History and Family Studies, The Evergreen State College August 22, 2016 Twenty years ago this month, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which repealed the cash assistance program, Aid to […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / TANF & Public AssistanceWelfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years
Experts: Philip Cohen, Ph.D.
Welfare Reform Attitudes and Single Mothers’ Employment after 20 Years A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Philip Cohen, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland. August 22, 2016 The welfare reform bill that emerged in 1996, after a back-and-forth struggle between President Bill Clinton and the Congress (both houses of which […]
Topics of Expertise: TANF & Public Assistance / Work & Family