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.
New research by CCF Board Member, Arielle Kuperberg, published with CCF Member Alicia Walker in the Archives of Sexual Behavior examines heterosexual college students who hook up with same-sex partners. This research, featured in Marie Claire, finds that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8.5 men in college whose most recent hookup was with a […]
Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Singles & Dating / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood
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 & FamilyADVISORY: 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 & FamilyTrending 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
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, Valentine’s Day has been a time for romantic […]
Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Singles & Dating
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 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 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
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
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
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Assistant Professor at Adrian College
Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah
Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
Scholar in Residence at American University
Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in the Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Assistant Research Scientist at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida
Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Professor of Law & Paul M. Siskind Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law
Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California
Associate Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina
Assistant Professor of Child, Family and Consumer Sciences at California State University, Fresno
Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
Therapist & Author
Professor of Sociology & Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
