I met Gwen and Isaiah at their apartment on Valentine's Day, the holiday for celebrating love
and romance. 1 Both twenty-four and African American, they had been together on and off …

From the perspective of cultural conservatives, Hollywood movies are cesspools of vice,
exposing impressionable viewers to pernicious sexually-permissive messages. Offering a …

This paper reviews the research of the past two decades that addresses the relationship
between family structure and early child health outcomes. Specifically, we focus on family …

Drawing on international comparisons of data on happiness, this book offers both general
and academic audiences a simple, deep, and honest answer to the timeless question:" What …

This article draws on what Brekhus has called “the sociology of the unmarked” to illuminate
the construction of knowledge in the debate over heterosexual marriage's significance in …

Marriage is a site of political conflict. It is a controversial issue in the UK, Australia and the
US where there is a clash of values between neoliberal governments and diverse groups …

Academics frequently serve as expert witnesses in legal cases, yet their role as transmitters
of social scientific knowledge remains under-examined. The present study analyzes the …

This autoethnography draws on my experiences of isolation and transitional family
separation to reflect on the ways that borders challenge diverse family structures during …

Marriage promotion is a controversial US antipoverty policy that emerged as part of the 1996
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, which sought to end dependence on …

This qualitative study examined how 24 African American men and women responded to the
question: Do you believe the government should try to change people's attitudes to be more …