The notion that marriage is an impediment to commitments to the larger community is a long-standing one - and one reason early… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, today we are all pioneers, picking our way through uncharted and unstable territory. The old rules are no… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
To my mind, it is better to have regrets about the good aspects of your former marriage because you were able to… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Many alternatives to traditional marriage have emerged. People feel free to shop around, experimenting with several living arrangements in succession. And when… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Why do people - gay or straight - need the state's permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn't, because… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“Never before in history had societies thought that such a set of high expectations about marriage was either realistic or desirable. Although… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Marriage is no longer the only place where people make major life transitions and decisions, enter into commitments, or incur obligations. — 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
I think that divorce is a vital escape hatch for people stuck in marriage and it is not a sentence of doom… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Especially around Valentine's Day, it's easy to find advice about sustaining a successful marriage, with suggestions for 'date nights' and romantic dinners… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Singlehood is not longer a state to be overcome as soon as possible. It has its own rewards. Marriage is not the… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
In industrial countries where male privilege is still firmly entrenched - in Spain, Italy, Japan, and South Korea, for example - women… — 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 Image
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 Image
A primary motivation for introducing no-fault divorce was, in fact, to reduce perjury in the legal system. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Graduating from high school is certainly a good idea, but it's no longer much protection against poverty. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
Social and economic policies constructed around the male breadwinner model have always disadvantaged women. — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
