Philip Cohen
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Kevin Dooley/Flickr The Recession Led to More Domestic Violence—but Fewer Divorces
How the dynamics of the American family are shaped by the nation's unemployment rate
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The Banal, Insidious Sexism of Smurfette
In The Smurfs 2, men are identified by their abilities, while women are known for their femininity.
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Why Women Live Longer
It isn't natural—lower rates of smoking, childbirth, and access to modern healthcare all play a part.
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Who's Afraid of Young Black Men?
How gender did (and didn't) affect the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial
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The Supreme Court Kills the 'Gay Marriage Is Bad for Kids' Argument
The majority opinion in United States v. Windsor said that denying gay couples the right to marry is harmful to children.
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How to Live in a World Where Marriage Is in Decline
Public policy should catch up with the reality that fewer and fewer children are being raised in homes with two married parents.
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The Link Between Marriage Rates and Suicide Is Questionable
The number of older men taking their own lives isn't going up, even though fewer and fewer of them are married.
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The Connection Between Unemployment and Unmarried Parents
The states with more single men without jobs have higher rates of nonmarital births.
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Women's Employment and the Decline in Marriage Are No Longer Related
For a few decades, women's rising share of the workforce probably led to fewer women getting married. But that's not the case anymore.
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College Graduates Marry Other College Graduates Most of the Time
A look at education level and the marriage market
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A Simple, Legal Way to Help Stop Employment Discrimination
Women and racial minorities are no longer making progress toward equal representation in the workplace. Here's a way to maybe fix that.
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The Problem With Mostly Male (and Mostly Female) Workplaces
More than a quarter of Americans work in jobs that are almost entirely single-sex. This has implications for how men view women.
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'Women Own 1% of World Property': A Feminist Myth That Won't Die
A viral, decades-old statistic is based on sketchy research.
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The Most Surprising Thing About Conservatives Embracing Gay Marriage
They're giving up on the long-held idea that men and women are different, and that this difference is worth preserving.
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A New Book That (Finally) Tells the Truth About the Rise of Women
Two sociologists examine what led to women's educational advantage and present some surprising findings.
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Let's Not Panic Over Women With More Education Having Fewer Kids
It's not "reverse Darwinism" at work.
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Declining Fertility Is Not the Root of America's Problems
And anyway, the U.S.'s birth rate is still pretty high.
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Why It's So Rare for a Wife to Be Taller Than Her Husband
It's not just because women are, on average, shorter than men.
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One Possible, Troubling Outcome of Online Dating: More Social Inequality
White men are the most sought-after group on OkCupid, while black women are the least.
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Poverty Poses a Bigger Risk to Pregnancy Than Age Does
The problem of income inequality often gets forgotten in conversations about biological clocks.
