Author: Stephanie Coontz

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Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.

Couples need time alone to renew their relationship. They also need to sustain supportive networks of friends and family.

- Stephanie Coontz

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

There is no denying that we have made great progress toward gender equality.

- Stephanie Coontz

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

- Stephanie Coontz

Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage.

Usually, Valentine's Day comes and goes with just a day or two of news media attention to courtship and marriage.

- Stephanie Coontz

For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this emotional hangover still lingers.

For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this emotional hangover still lingers.

- Stephanie Coontz

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

People feel better when their spouses have good friendships, over and above the effects of their own friendships.

- Stephanie Coontz

Having more education is one of the biggest predictors of women having careers.

Having more education is one of the biggest predictors of women having careers.

- Stephanie Coontz

As time passes, the actual complexity of our history - even of our own personal experience - gets buried under the weight of the ideal image.

As time passes, the actual complexity of our history - even of our own personal experience - gets buried under the weight of the ideal image.

- Stephanie Coontz

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

Inequality was written into the creation of the American Republic when our Founding Fathers denied voting rights to women.

- Stephanie Coontz

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