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May 4-5, 2007
By Molly Monahan Lang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Bloomsburg University; mlang@bloomu.edu; 216.577.7527; and Barbara J. Risman, Professor and Head of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago; brisman@uic.edu; 312.996.3005
After over 35 years of continuous change toward more egalitarian gender attitudes and behaviors, recent signs of a slowdown have led some observers to suggest that the gender revolution is coming to an end. Evidence for this claim includes a slight dip in women's labor force participation, a rise in support for traditional gender attitudes among adults, and an increase in the age of sexual initiation among the young. In the past year, the Council on Contemporary Families has received many enquiries from the press and general public about whether the transformation of men's and women's roles has now run its course.
In a review of this question prepared for the Tenth Anniversary Conference of CCF, we conclude that these short-term countertrends do not amount to a revival of traditional family roles and beliefs. Instead, we show that the evidence overwhelmingly shows an ongoing shift toward what we call "gender convergence," an ever-increasing similarity in how men and women live and what they want from their lives.
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Read more... [A "Stalled" Revolution or a Still-Unfolding One?]
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March 8, 2007
CONTACT: Michael J. Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
mrosenfe@stanford.edu, 415.205.1892
The year 2007 marks the fortieth anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that declared states could not prohibit interracial marriage. It is remarkable to realize that when presidential candidate Barack Obama's parents were married in 1960, that marriage would have been illegal -- and Obama would have been illegitimate -- in half the states in America. This briefing report from the Council on Contemporary Families sums up the trends in interracial marriage since that time and provides a list of experts who can speak to various issues connected to the topic.
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Read more... [The Steady Rise of Non-Traditional Romantic Unions]
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November 15, 2006
CONTACT: Patrick Heuveline, Population Research Center, University of Chicago
pheuveli@uchicago.edu
In a research brief from the Council on Contemporary Families, University of Chicago's Patrick Heuveline explains how divorce rates get calculated. If you ever report on divorce rates, this article will give you confidence in how you interpret them, and will show you the key questions to ask your sources when they are reporting on divorce statistics.
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Read more... [Tricky Business of Estimating Divorce]
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May 8, 2006
The new HBO television show, "Big Love," has led many people to contact the Council on Contemporary Families for background on polygamy. Historian Stephanie Coontz, Director of Research and Public Education at the Council, has put together the following background information.
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Read more... [Polygamy Fact Sheet]
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January 19, 2006
The Council on Contemporary Families has compiled a list of researchers recommended as sources for reporters covering the marriage initiative. A brief summary of their expertise and opinions follows, along with contact information.
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Read more... [Promises and Perils of Proposals to Promote Marriage: Experts List from Council on Contemporary Families]
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January 17, 2006
By AnneMarie Murdock, Research Intern, Council on Contemporary Families; annemariemurdock@comcast.net
Recent trends in U.S. sexual education and reproductive health policies threaten to jeopardize the significant progress made during the 1980s and 1990s in improving teen sexual health domestically and HIV/STD infection rates, unwanted pregnancies, and reproductive health care worldwide.
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Read more... [Reversing Course: The Impact of 'Faith-Based' Sexual Health and Family Planning Policies At Home and Abroad]
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May 1, 2004
By M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; lbadgett@econs.umass.edu
Since the November 2003 court ruling allowing same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts, a new debate on the consequences of expanding the right to marry has exploded across the United States. While the debate involves many issues, one particularly controversial question is whether heterosexual people would change their marriage behavior if same-sex couples were given the same marital rights and obligations.
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Read more... [Will Providing Marriage Rights to Same-Sex Couples Undermine Heterosexual Marriage?: Evidence from Scandinavia]
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April 26-28, 2002
Prepared for the Fifth Annual CCF Conference
By Stephanie Coontz, Professor of History and Family Studies, The Evergreen State College; coontzs@msn.com; 360.556.9223; and Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; folbre@econs.umass.edu
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Read more... [Marriage, Poverty and Public Policy]
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