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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.

Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”?

Posted on September 2, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Media Messages to Young Girls: Does “Sexy Girl” Trump “Girl Power”? A briefing paper prepared by Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky for the Council on Contemporary Families. September 3, 2020 Children face continued social isolation this fall, with 21 of the 25 largest school districts in the country choosing remote learning instead of in-person […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Feminism & Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Sexual Abuse & Misconduct

Before and during COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality

Posted on August 3, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Kelly Musick

Before and During COVID-19: Telecommuting, Work-Family Conflict, and Gender Equality A briefing paper prepared by Thomas Lyttelton (Yale Sociology), Emma Zang (Yale Sociology), and Kelly Musick (Cornell Policy Analysis and Management) for the Council on Contemporary Families. August 4, 2020 The puzzle. The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in an unprecedented shift to remote work, with […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

CCF’S Stephanie Coontz Interviewed by Legacy Washington

Posted on July 31, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

“Legacy Washington recently recorded an interview with author/historian Stephanie Coontz. Watch Legacy Washington historian Bob Young interview Coontz, an expert on family and marriage whose writing influenced the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage. Coontz has recently appeared in The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine, and gave this year’s commencement speech […]

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

CCF Experts Featured in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, Deseret News

Posted on July 9, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

CCF experts Dan Carlson, Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin discuss the findings of their latest brief report on gendered division of labor during the covid-19 pandemic with Deseret News’ Lois M. Collins. Read the article, “More men are doing housework during the pandemic, research finds,” here. UPDATE: read more coverage of CCF’s latest brief report in […]

Topics of Expertise: Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Trauma and Disaster / Work & Family

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz featured in Rolling Stone

Posted on July 6, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Stephanie Coontz

Read her thoughts on the challenges mothers are facing in “Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother”

Topics of Expertise: Children / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home. They Differ Over How Much, but in Most Households the Division of Housework and Childcare Has Become More Equal A briefing paper prepared by Daniel L. Carlson (University of Utah), Richard J. Petts (Ball State University), and Joanna R. Pepin (University […]

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

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

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