Gender Questions?

Caregiving

How Couples Split Chores and Caretaking During COVID

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on July 15, 2024

New research on families during the pandemic finds that for those with feminist values, workplace flexibility allowed fathers to step up to the plate.

Imposter Syndrome

You Are Not an Imposter

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on June 4, 2024

Now that graduation has come and gone, job-hunting comes next. Here's how to help avoid imposter syndrome.

Gender

Why Fraternity Parties Are Dangerous and What to Do About It

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on January 9, 2024

A new semester brings new experiences for college students. It's too bad that for sorority women it also brings an old danger.

Gender

Will Today's Students Learn About Gender and Racial Inequality?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on October 31, 2023

What happens when faculty do not feel free to teach freely about gender, race, and sexuality? Do they resign? Do they change their curriculum? What happens to student's education?

Gender

Smash the Patriarchy! Long Live the Gender Binary!

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on July 31, 2023

Personal Perspective: Beware the Barbie movie's hidden messages — boys are made of snails and puppy-dogs' tails, and girls of sugar, spice, and everything nice.

Gender

Do Men Need Our Help?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on March 22, 2023

There has been much discussion about men struggling in today's economy. Some are, but not all. The solution is to root out gender stereotypes that limit their options.

Sex

Life in Post-Roe America

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on July 12, 2022

Personal Perspective: Will the inability to fully control pregnancy change sexual pleasure in the coming years?

Alcoholism

Has Feminism Changed Campus Greek Life?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on July 6, 2021

To discover how has life changed for women in historically white sororities, we compare the data from the 1970s to now.

Parenting

The Paradox of Pandemic Parenting

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on March 24, 2021

Is all of this time at home together really good for children? It depends.

Gender

Is Denmark a Feminist Utopia?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on December 6, 2020

Are there feminist lessons we can learn from the Danish TV show "Borgen?"

Career

Will COVID-19 Push Women Out of the Labor Force?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on July 2, 2020

Are women equal citizens with the right to work for pay? What happens if workplaces reopen but schools and day care do not?

Marriage

Can This Time at Home Help Your Marriage?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on April 21, 2020

Use this moment to negotiate who does what in your family. Build a more fair marriage.

Gender

Man, Woman, and In-Between or Beyond

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on March 17, 2019

What do we know about those who reject identities as women or men? What does it mean to live beyond or between the gender binary?

Proportion of Egalitarians, Ambivalents, and Traditionals by year

Gender

Good News! Attitudes Moving Toward Gender Equality

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on December 17, 2018

In our new research, we found good news about American's attitudes towards equality. We've come a long way, baby. Why doesn't anyone want to hear?

Gender

Diapers, Depression and Gender Matter for Social Policy

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on November 4, 2018

What do diapers, depression, and mothers have in common? The answer has important implications for American social policy.

Sex

Are Baby Boomers Bringing the Sexual Revolution to Aging?

Barbara J. Risman Ph.D. on October 16, 2018

Baby Boomers brought us feminism and the sexual revolution. As they become seniors, are they going to forge gender equality in the search for sexual pleasure during later life?