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When we talk about family values, like whether children need two parents, we are also talking about gender values, because a 'yes' answer to this question might imply that only women with husbands should have children. In the same way, when we talk about gender issues, such as whether men should be paid higher wages than women, we are also talking about family issues, because a 'yes' answer suggests that husbands should be the family breadwinner. In this updated second edition of Gender and Families, Coltrane and Adams continue to demystify the complexities and connections between gender and family in contemporary culture, with discussions of race, ethnicity, and social class.

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He is a refreshingly clear and engaging writer who uses popular culture effectively to illuminate the theoretical connections between gender inequality and family life.--Taylor, Verta Signs

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Scott Coltrane is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He is co-author, with Randall Collins, of Sociology of Marriage and the Family. In addition to Gender and Families, he is the author of Family Man: Fatherhood, Housework, and Gender Equity (1996, Oxford University Press), winner of The American Library Association's CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award.

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