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Publications under this topic cover new research on male-female relationships, gender equity in employment, and gay and lesbian issues. Look here for debates and essays on whether the gender revolution has stalled (at home or at work), how men’s and women’s behaviors and values are changing, and new research on reproductive issues.

Joanna Pepin and David Cotter: Trending Towards Traditionalism? Changes in Youths’ Gender Ideology

Posted on March 30, 2017 in Online Symposia

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 & Sexuality

The Date’s not Dead after all: New Findings on Hooking Up, Dating and Romantic Relationships in College

Posted on February 10, 2016 in Brief Reports, CCF News, Publications

Experts: Arielle Kuperberg

A Briefing Paper Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Arielle Kuperberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Joseph E. Padgett, M.A., Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, University of South Carolina February 11, 2016 For more than 100 years, Valentineâ€™s Day has been a time for romantic candlelit […]

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Singles & Dating

Josh Coleman and Barbara Risman weigh-in on the nation’s obsession with other peoples’ romances

Posted on January 28, 2016 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Barbara Risman / Joshua Coleman

In his New York Times opinion piece, Americans Put Too Much Weight in Romantic Love, CCF Board member Josh Colemen comments on the nation’s obsession with romantic relationships – reflecting on examples from the Clinton presidency and referencing fellow CCF-er Barbara Risman along the way.

Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality

CCF Symposium on Housework, Gender and Parenthood: Overview

Posted on May 7, 2015 in Online Symposia

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

CCF Symposium on Housework, Gender and Parenthood: Overview An introduction to the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Stephanie Coontz, Council on Contemporary Families Director of Research and Public Education May 7, 2015 For many years, family researchers and working mothers have talked about “the second shift” – the […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

The Tricky Business of Sorting Out Sexual Assault: An Introduction to The CCF Symposium On Intimate Partner Violence

Posted on April 20, 2015 in Brief Reports, Online Symposia, Publications

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

THE TRICKY BUSINESS OF SORTING OUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CCF SYMPOSIUM ON INTIMATE VIOLENCE by Stephanie Coontz , Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families, and Faculty Member in History, The Evergreen State College; coontzs@msn.com April 20, 2015 Violent crime has been falling Many people do not realize that violent […]

Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct

Brief: Back on Track? The Stall and Rebound in Support for Women’s New Roles in Work and Politics, 1977-2012

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Brief Reports

Experts: David Cotter

Six charts demonstrate a renewed progress towards gender equality starting around 2006.

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family

Brief: It’s Not Just Attitudes: Marriage Is Also Becoming More Egalitarian

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Brief Reports

Husbands and wives who share similar levels of education now enjoy a lower risk of divorce than those in which husbands have more education—a trend consistent with a shift toward egalitarian marriages.

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

Brief: Overwork May Explain 10 Percent of Men’s Wage Advantage Over Women

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Brief Reports

The growing wage premium for long work hours slows progress toward gender equality. If the relative hourly wages for overwork had stayed constant between 1979 and 2007, the gender gap in wages would be about 10 percent smaller than it is today.

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality

News from CCF: After a Puzzling Pause, the Gender Revolution Continues

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Online Symposia, Press Releases

The Council on Contemporary Families releases The Gender Revolution Rebound Symposium as public support for working mothers and dual-earner families is on the rise; new research suggests that in marriages formed since the early 1990s, men and women are much more happy with non-traditional arrangements than in the past.

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality

Brief: Is the Glass Half Empty, or Three-Quarters Full?

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Brief Reports

This look at sexual frequency among younger couples in equal marriages refutes recent claims that when a man share the housework equally, it is bad for the couple’s sex life.

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Gender & Sexuality / Work & Family

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