Having more education is one of the biggest predictors of women having careers. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
If the ascent of women has been much exaggerated, so has the descent of men. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Establishing a 'livable wage' floor would immediately reduce the gap in average pay between American women and men. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Marriage is no longer the main way in which societies regulate sexuality and parenting or organize the division of labor between men… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Our goal should be to develop work-life policies that enable people to put their gender values into practice. So let's stop arguing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The real gender inequality in marriage stems from the tendency to regard women as the default parent, the one who, in the… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
The closer we get to achieving equality of opportunity between the sexes, the more clearly we can see that the next major… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Liberal politicians, in celebrating the benefits of modernization, free trade, diverse families, and the rise of more women and minorities into political… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
One thing standing in the way of further progress for many men is the same obstacle that held women back for so… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
I am not arguing that women ought to 'settle.' I am arguing that we can now expect more of a mate than… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Contrary to the fears of some pundits, the ascent of women does not portend the end of men. It offers a new… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Historically, mass demonstrations have worked best at shifting public opinion and pressuring the powers-that-be when organizers highlighted one concrete demand: 'Bring Our… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Being a feminist is not about how successful, talented, and assertive you are in your own life. It's about whether you support… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Giving married women an independent legal existence did not destroy heterosexual marriage. And allowing husbands and wives to construct their marriages around… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Feminism insists on women's right to make choices - about whether to marry, whether to have children, whether to combine work and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
In 1975, which was the height of the women's movement, I thought I'd write a book on women's history. But in searching… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Americans are right to believe the American Dream is fading. But that dream only became a possibility for white men as a… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Putting women first would mean strengthening America's social safety net, because a higher proportion of single-mother families live in poverty here than… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
As an overly confident college freshman, the first time I received a below-average score on an exam was a needed wake-up call. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl scrubbing floors… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
A primary motivation for introducing no-fault divorce was, in fact, to reduce perjury in the legal system. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Investing in living-wage jobs and reducing the inequities between local school districts would give young people more, not less, incentive to postpone childbearing and… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
When I speak on work-family issues to audiences around the country, some of the biggest complaints I hear come from individuals who are described… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Extended families have never been the norm in America; the highest figure for extended-family households ever recorded in Americanhistory is 20 percent. Contrary to… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Unilateral divorce has decreased the bargaining power of the person who wants the marriage to last and has not engaged in behavior that meets… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
The closer we get to achieving equality of opportunity between the sexes, the more clearly we can see that the next major obstacle to… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Families have always been in flux and often in crisis; they have never lived up to nostalgic notions about "the way things used tobe."… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
A significant minority of senior women I've interviewed say, 'Love the companionship, glad to live with him, but I spent my first marriage picking… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
Marriage can provide a bounty of emotional, practical, and financial support. But finding the right mate is no substitute for having friends and other… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share
