“Putting women's traditional needs at the center of social planning is not reverse sexism. It's the best way to reverse the increasing economic vulnerability of men and women alike.” MenWayNeedsRealityPoliticsSocialCommunityWorkJusticeMoneyFamilyClassHistoryGenerationsEconomicHuman NaturePolicyEqualEthicsMen And WomenCapitalismStrategyPlanningBest WayTraditionalIdeologyVulnerabilitySexismReverseEqual Rights Author:Stephanie Coontz
“A two-parent family based on love and commitment can be a wonderful thing, but historically speaking the "two-parent paradigm" has left an extraordinary amount of room for economic inequality, violence and male dominance.” TwoLeftParentRoomsViolenceWonderfulEconomicAmountCommitmentExtraordinaryMalesInequalityWonderful ThingsParadigmDominanceEconomic InequalityMale DominanceLove And Commitment Author:Stephanie Coontz
“The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.” Has BeensMovingFeminismEconomicBenefitsIncreaseGenderInequalityGender EqualityNeutralityEconomic Inequality Author:Stephanie Coontz
“There is no going back to a time when most women will feel compelled to enter or stay in a bad marriage just for economic security or social respectability. So today, the best way to get women once more interested in getting married and having children is for men to accept women's new insistence on equality. This is, I think, why educated women in America, are now more pro - marriage and more disapproving of divorce than other groups of women who have less experience with egalitarian partners or less clout in getting their needs met in relationships.” ThinkingMenChildrenTodayAcceptingEconomicSecurityMarriedDivorceEducatedGetting MarriedHaving ChildrenInsistenceRespectabilityBad Marriage Author:Stephanie Coontz
