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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.

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

Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson / Debra Umberson / Joanna Pepin / Kristi Williams / Sharon Sassler / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Childcare (Providers & Systems) / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce / Work & Family

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Gender & Sexuality / Labor & Workforce

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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, […]

Topics of Expertise: Aging / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families

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 […]

Topics of Expertise: Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Health & Illness / LGBTQ Partnering & Families

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