CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?

Posted on February 18, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News

Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, Deb Umberson, Kristi Williams, Sharon Sassler and many more, Coontz highlights the role of gender expectations in shaping marital dynamics […]

CCF’s Media Roundup – February 3, 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – February 3, 2020 NEW FACT SHEET FROM CCF! National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: First Comes Love Then Comes The Epic Marriage Proposal. When Did Engagements Become So Elaborate? Why is the Census Bureau cheering laws that make it easier for people to […]

CCF Announces USA Today as 2020 Award Recipient for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues

Posted on January 29, 2020 in CCF News, Media Awards

Council on Contemporary Families Honors USA Today for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues (2020) Austin, TX–The Council on Contemporary Families (CCF) is pleased to present its Fourteenth Annual Media Awards at 5:15pm on February 7, 2020 at the AT&T Conference Center and Hotel, Austin, TX, at the CCF annual conference, “Raising Children in the 21st […]

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?

Posted on January 23, 2020 in Fact Sheets

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]

Topics: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Singles & Dating
Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

CCF’s Media Roundup – January 3, 2020

Posted on January 3, 2020 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – JANUARY 3, 2020 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: The Gendering of Holiday Labor Why You Should Often Ignore Your Child’s Opinion of You As A Parent NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Making Friends with Stepchildren OTHER NEWS: Can 2020 finally be the year that employers recognize fathers as involved parents? Happy […]

CCF’s Media Roundup – December 20, 2019

Posted on December 20, 2019 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – DECEMBER 20, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: When Does a Boyfriend or Girlfriend Become Part of the Family? NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Parents Can’t Go It Alone—They Never Have: What to Do for Parents to Help our Next Generation Definitive evidence that anti-ageism interventions work OTHER NEWS: The Myth […]

CCF’s Media Roundup – December 6, 2019

Posted on December 6, 2019 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – DECEMBER 6, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Single Moms vs. Single Dads: Examining the Double Standards of Single Parenthood The Best Parenting Advice Is to Go Live in Europe Family diversity, new normal Early Motherhood Has Always Been Miserable NEW ON THE CCF BLOG: Dads Count Too: Family-Friendly Policies Must […]

CCF’s Media Roundup – November 15, 2019

Posted on November 15, 2019 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – NOVEMBER 15, 2019 CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: More And More Millennials And Gen Z Are Choosing Abstinence — Here’s Why Goldman Sachs now offers the most generous parental-leave policy on Wall Street. But the data says men won’t take it unless a ‘daddy quota’ becomes mandatory. NEW ON THE CCF […]

CCF’s Media Roundup – November 1, 2019

Posted on November 1, 2019 in Biweekly Briefings

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – NOVEMBER 1, 2019 NEW FROM CCF: New CCF symposium! Defining Consent New CCF fact sheet! 10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty NEW ON THE BLOG: Mothering While Black Fears of Violence: Concerns of Middle-Class Latinx Parents CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS: Sharing Chores May Contribute to Relationship Happiness The disturbing reality […]

10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty

Posted on October 28, 2019 in Fact Sheets

10 Scary Facts About Child Poverty A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Dr. Jennifer Glass, Executive Director, Council on Contemporary Families and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin. Believe it or not, Halloween has its origins in folk customs designed to lower inequality between the rich and the […]

Topics: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Public Policy
Experts: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia / Jennifer Glass

CCF PRESS ADVISORY: How Can Colleges Define Consent and Reduce Unwanted Sex? No easy answers here.

Posted on October 21, 2019 in Online Symposia, Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Sociology @ Framingham State University vrutter@gmail.com How Can Colleges Define Consent and Reduce Unwanted Sex? No easy answers here. CCF’s Online Symposium, Defining Consent, takes an unflinching look at the thorny question, what should count as consent to sexual activity – and what should not? In the process, […]

KEYNOTE ESSAY: No Easy Answers: Can Colleges Define Consent and Reduce Unwanted Sex? || Stephanie Coontz & Paula England

Posted on October 21, 2019 in Online Symposia

Defining Consent Symposium Keynote No Easy Answers: Can Colleges Define Consent and Reduce Unwanted Sex? The Defining Consent Online Symposium (.pdf) was convened for the Council on Contemporary Families by Stephanie Coontz and Paula England, who prepared this overview of the seven-part series. Their takeaway: Let’s reject simplistic answers and deal with the complicated realities […]

Topics: Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
Experts: Paula England / Stephanie Coontz

The Social Production of Campus Sexual Assault || Jennifer S. Hirsch & Shamus Khan

Posted on October 21, 2019 in Online Symposia

The Social Production of Campus Sexual Assault A briefing paper prepared by Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan, Columbia University, for the Council on Contemporary Families Defining Consent Online Symposium (.pdf). Public conversation about campus sexual assault tends to focus on two different issues. The first stems from the idea that campuses are a “hunting […]

A Restorative Justice Approach to Campus Sexual Misconduct || David Karp

Posted on October 21, 2019 in Online Symposia

A Restorative Justice Approach to Campus Sexual Misconduct A briefing paper prepared by David Karp, University of San Diego, for the Council on Contemporary Families Defining Consent Online Symposium (.pdf). The current #MeToo reckoning, following from the decade-long grassroots campus sexual assault movement, underscores the pervasiveness of sexual harm. As the contribution by Armstrong at al […]

“Consensualish”– What about sex that is unwanted, but not physically coercive? || Jessie V. Ford

Posted on October 21, 2019 in Online Symposia

“Consensualish” – Let’s talk about sex that people don’t want but “go along” with it A briefing paper prepared by Jessie V. Ford, Columbia University, for the Council on Contemporary Families Defining Consent Online Symposium (.pdf). In the spring of freshman year, shortly after leaving a party with a guy friend, Lydia and he had […]