Author: Stephanie Coontz

Quotes

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

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

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

Rising inequality has changed family dynamics for all socioeconomic groups.

- 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

Valentine's Day is a perfect time to reject the idea that the ideal man is taller, richer, more knowledgeable, more renowned, or more powerful.

Valentine's Day is a perfect time to reject the idea that the ideal man is taller, richer, more knowledgeable, more renowned, or more powerful.

- Stephanie Coontz

Using the existence of a marriage license to determine when the state should protect interpersonal relationships is increasingly impractical.

Using the existence of a marriage license to determine when the state should protect interpersonal relationships is increasingly impractical.

- 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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