Sex and Sexuality: Sexuality Education Debate
While many believe that schools are excellent settings in which to provide information about sexuality, others contend that this kind of subject matter has no place in public schools and is better addressed by families a..
Singlehood...: Changing Attitudes Toward Singlehood
Generations ago, people focused on finding an appropriate person to marry, raising a family, and creating an economic partnership that would last a lifetime. Being single, in fact, had negative connotations. Today, a ..
Singlehood...: Co-housing Communities
Katie and Keith Foster have been part of a co-housing community since their days in college. Now with five children, they find that such a community provides them with the support and security they need. Living quarter..
Singlehood...: Costs and Benefits of Cohabitation
In general there are fewer legal supports for cohabiting singles including health and life insurance. However, singles who share a life together report the relationship provides them with greater freedom to be themselves..
Singlehood...: Demographics and Myths of Single Life
The single population in the United States includes a broad spectrum of people: the never marrieds, those who have been married but are divorced or widowed; and gays and lesbians who are not allowed to marry. Demograph..
Singlehood...: Gay and Lesbian Couples vs. the Marriage Movement
Sixty percent of Americans consider homosexual relations wrong, a figure that has decreased since the 1970s but is still out of step with other advanced industrial nations. Twenty-nine percent of gay men and 44 percent ..
Singlehood...: Why People Cohabitate
In the last fifty years, the number of cohabiting singles in the United States has mushroomed. Among whites, cohabitation is an experiment, a kind of trial marriage. For African- or Mexican-Americans, cohabitation is mo..
Social Class and Social Mobility
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about what he says is the myth that the United States is the land of opportunity and social fluidity. According to Professor Conley, although most Americans be..
Social Class in America
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley observes that sociologists have traditionally viewed social class in America as being a function of three elements: education, occupation and income. Professor Conle..
Sociology and Public Policy
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the wealth gap between low asset families and those with financial resources, and discusses various public policy strategies that might narrow that gap.