CCF BRIEF: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Brief Reports

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. A fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families by Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College. Executive summary/advisory available. August 25, 2017 Ninety-seven years ago on Saturday, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting American women the […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Work & Family

CCF ADVISORY: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Posted on August 25, 2017 in Press Releases

Experts: Philip Cohen, Ph.D. / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter, PhD.

ADVISORY: Women’s Equality Day Turns 44. Gains, stalls, and setbacks August 25, 2017, Austin, TX: Since 1973, August 26th has been designated as Women’s Equality Day, offering a chance to assess the current status of gender equity. In a fact sheet compiled for the Council on Contemporary Families, Nika Fate-Dixon and Stephanie Coontz (The […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Work & Family

Millennials Aren’t Traditionalists, Says CCF President Barbara Risman

Posted on June 27, 2017 in Members In The News

Experts: Barbara Risman, PhD

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Feminism & Families

CCF BRIEF – A Reversal in Predictors of Sexual Frequency and Satisfaction in Marriage

Posted on June 20, 2016 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Sharon Sassler, PhD.

A Reversal in Predictors of Sexual Frequency and Satisfaction in Marriage A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Sharon Sassler, Professor, Department of Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University June 20, 2016 In the 1940s and 1950s, the consensus of the emerging profession of marital counseling was that marital happiness and […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families

Gender Revolution and the Restabilization of Family Life

Posted on August 25, 2015 in Brief Reports, CCF News, Publications

Gender Revolution and the Restabilization of Family Life A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Frances Goldscheider, College Park Professor of Family Science, University of Maryland August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. Established in 1971, the day commemorates passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Division of Labor in Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

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

First comes love, then comes…housework?

Posted on May 7, 2015 in Brief Reports, Online Symposia

Experts: Arielle Kuperberg, Ph.D.

First comes love, then comes…housework? A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Arielle Kuperberg, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. May 7, 2015 Does marriage lead women to take on a larger share of housework? In the 1950s and 1960s, […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families

Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships

Posted on January 2, 2015 in Members In The News

Experts: Robert-Jay Green, PhD.

Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships http://www.wbur.org/npr/373835114/same-sex-couples-may-have-more-egalitarian-relationships National Public Radio (NPR) December 29, 2014

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / LGBTQ Partnering & Families

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, Ph.D. / Joan Hermsen, Ph.D.

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

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

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

Posted on July 30, 2014 in Brief Reports

Experts: Sharon Sassler, PhD.

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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