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Millennials Aren’t Traditionalists, Says CCF President Barbara Risman

Posted on June 27, 2017 in Members In The News

CCF President Barbara Risman weighs in on recent findings that millennials want more traditional gender roles at home in a recent article in the GoodCall. Despite these findings, Risman says that millennials are not more conservative than previous generations when it comes to roles in a family.

“There are no traditionalists, as defined as people who don’t think women have a place in the workforce; that kind of traditional is extinct,” Risman says.

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