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History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

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  • CCF’s Joshua Coleman on the Complicated Realities of Parental Estrangement

    Posted on December 22, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Joshua Coleman

    Read his thoughts in his new essay for Aeon, “Modern culture blames parents for forces beyond their control“

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    Topics of Expertise: Children / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting Intervention / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood
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    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 […]

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

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    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
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    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 […]

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    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
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    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”

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    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
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    New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

    Posted on June 2, 2020 in Members In The News
    Experts: Karen Guzzo

    The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST) recently released a new research brief, “Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce.” Co-authored by CCF expert Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, the brief is the first in a series aiming to provide an overview of the current state of […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce / Singles & Dating
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    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 […]

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    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
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    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 […]

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    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
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    National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?

    Posted on January 23, 2020 in Fact Sheets
    Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

    National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Singles & Dating
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    Stephanie Coontz on History of Wedding Traditions in NBC News

    Posted on July 15, 2019 in Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    In her Op-Ed for NBC News, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the origins of gendered wedding traditions and possible implications for marital satisfaction. Coontz writes, “couples looking for happiness in the years after their wedding day might consider updating old ceremonies, or crafting new ones, that reinforce their commitment to […]

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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

    Stephanie Coontz

    Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families; Professor, The Evergreen State College

    Rebecca Davis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

    Eli Finkel

    Professor of Psychology; Professor of Management & Organizations, Northwestern University

    Paula Fomby

    Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

    Frank Furstenberg

    Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

    Katherine Gallagher Robbins

    Director of Family Policy, Center for American Progress

    Kathleen Gerson

    Collegiate Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Pilar Gonalons-Pons

    Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Sarah Knott

    Associate Professor of History and Research Fellow, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University

    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

    Susan Matt

    Presidential Distinguished Professor of History, Weber State University

    Elaine Tyler May

    Regents Professor of American Studies and History, University of Minnesota

    Linda McClain

    Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

    Melissa Milkie

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

    Steven Mintz

    Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin; Executive Director, Institute for Transformational Learning, University of Texas System

    Mark T. Morman

    Professor of Communication & Director of Graduate Studies, Baylor University

    Michele Pridmore-Brown

    Research Scholar, Center for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, UC Berkeley; Senior Editor, Los Angeles Review of Books

    Jennifer Randles

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Stephen Russell

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

    Sharon Sassler

    Professor, Cornell University

    Liana Sayer

    Professor of Sociology, Maryland Population Research Center

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Reeve Vanneman

    Professor, University of Maryland

    Nicholas Wolfinger

    Professor of Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Utah

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