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Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality

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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.

    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
    Experts: Paula England / Stephanie Coontz

    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
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    CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

    Posted on October 1, 2019 in Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    In a recent article for the New York Times, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz discusses the potential implications of paying stay-at-home parents, a role most often undertaken by women. Coontz notes, “without strong incentives for dads to take on some of those duties, this would simultaneously cement women’s second-class place in the […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Press Releases
    Experts: Virginia Rutter

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virginia Rutter / Sociology @ Framingham State University vrutter@gmail.com Sociologist Jill Yavorsky conducted a field audit on gender discrimination in hiring and shares this early exclusive summary and commentary with CCF. Her brief report, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, shows that men as […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce
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    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports


    Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jill Yavorsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Organizational Science, University of North Carolina Charlotte January 16, 2019 Although many sexist prejudices have weakened over time, gender stereotypes still influence employers’ decisions […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    Posted on January 16, 2019 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

    3q: Per Coontz, Equality is an Agenda for All Working People, Not Just Feminists Virginia Rutter interviews Stephanie Coontz on the new Council on Contemporary Families brief, Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options, by Jill Yavorsky. VR: You edited Jill Yavorsky’s brief on hiring-related discrimination, where she reports […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family
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    Same-Sex Couples Devote More Attention to End-of-Life Plans than Heterosexual Couples

    Posted on June 19, 2018 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Debra Umberson

    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Mieke Beth Thomeer, Rachel Donnelly, Corinne Reczek, and Debra Umberson   Introduction End-of-life planning enhances the quality of later-life caregiving, health, and death. Ideally, informal planning—conversation with loved ones about future care and end-of-life preferences—and formal planning—wills, […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Aging / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families
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    Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems

    Posted on June 19, 2018 in Brief Reports


    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Stephen T. Russell, Amanda M. Pollitt, Gu Li, and Arnold H. Grossman   Introduction Transgender people—people whose gender identity does not align with their sex assigned at birth—are at higher risk of poor mental health than those who […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness
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    Perceptions of Shared Power, Gender Conformity, and Marital Quality in Same- and Different-Sex Marriages

    Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Debra Umberson

    A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series   Amanda M. Pollitt, Brandon A. Robinson, and Debra Umberson   Introduction Marriage is a key institutional context for the study of gender and gender inequality. One way in which gender inequality is maintained in marriage is through gender […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families
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    Do Gay, Lesbian, and Heterosexual Spouses Differ in the Ways They Care for Each Other During Physical Illness?

    Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Debra Umberson

    A Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center   Debra Umberson, Mieke Beth Thomeer, Corinne Reczek, Rachel Donnelly, and Rhiannon A. Kroeger Introduction An important benefit of marriage may be the care provided by spouses during episodes of physical illness and is one reason that married people enjoy better health […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / LGBTQ Partnering & Families
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    CCF’s Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups

    Posted on April 20, 2018 in Members In The News
    Experts: Alicia Walker / Arielle Kuperberg

    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 […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Singles & Dating / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood
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    EXPERTS

    Michele Adams

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University

    Kelly Campbell

    Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

    Daniel Carlson

    Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah

    Sarah Damaske

    Associate Professor of Labor and Employment Relations and Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University

    Rebecca Davis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

    Paula England

    Silver Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Jane Flax

    Scholar in Residence, American University

    Frank Furstenberg

    Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

    Connie Gager

    Associate Professor, Department of Family Science & Human Development, Montclair State University

    Kathleen Gerson

    Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Pilar Gonalons-Pons

    Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Rosanna Hertz

    1919 Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College

    Jacqueline Hudak

    Clinical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

    Clare Huntington

    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

    Michelle Janning

    Professor of Sociology, Whitman College

    Gayle Kaufman

    Professor of Sociology and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Davidson College

    Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox

    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida

    Arielle Kuperberg

    Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Katherine A. Kuvalanka

    Associate Professor, Miami University

    Ellen Lamont

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Appalachian State University

    Ricci Levy

    President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

    Lauren Jade Martin

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Penn State University

    Melissa Milkie

    Professor of Sociology & Chair of the Graduate Department, University of Toronto

    Amanda Miller

    Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair, University of Indianapolis

    Christin Munsch

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut

    Abigail Ocobock

    Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

    Irene Padavic

    Professor of Sociology, Florida State University

    Christina Paxman

    Assistant Professor of Communication and Department Coordinator, Minot State University

    Joanna Pepin

    NICHD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

    Allison Pugh

    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia

    Jennifer Randles

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

    Barbara Risman

    Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Stephen Russell

    Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Pepper Schwartz

    Professor of Sociology, University of Washington

    Kevin Shafer

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Brigham Young University & McMaster University

    Susan Short

    Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University

    Pamela J. Smock

    Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Vikki Stark

    Director of Sedona Counselling Centre of Montreal, Psychotherapist, Author, Divorce Recovery Expert

    Alicia Walker

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Missouri State University

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