February

In a Chicago Tribune commentary, CCF President Barbara Risman and Director of Research Stephanie Coontz reflect on what it means to be a woman – and ‘the’ woman – during the 2016 election cycle. Young women may not be the voters that feminists should be courting…

CCF special report: “The Date’s Not Dead After All: New Findings on Hooking up, Dating, and Romantic Relationships in College”, by Arielle Kuperberg and Joseph E. Padgett, features prominently in ‘This Life with Gracie, ’ a weekly column in the Atlantic Journal Constitution.

Does “Netflix and Chill” ruin your chances for true love? Scholars have an answer.

CCF Research Director and eminent expert on the history of marriage, Stephanie Coontz reflects on the blurred meaning of marital status in Single or married: Does it really matter anymore?, an opinion piece for the Washington Post.

A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Arielle Kuperberg, Ph.D., and Joseph E. Padgett, M.A.