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On her conversion: "I had to learn a lot more about Christianity in order to fight with them, and ultimately, I lost—and won." Post This On marriage: "It's great when you and your spouse have ...

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Editor’s Note: The following essay from Kay Hymowitz is the third response in the Institute for Family Studies' week-long symposium on David Brooks' new essay on the nuclear family. We will be ...

Based on 2024 GSS data analyzed by the Institute for Family Studies, weekly sexual activity among U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 fell from 55% in 1990 to 37% in 2024. Researchers point to falling ...

Spouses who don’t share a surname divorce at about a 50% higher rate than those who do share a surname, and their divorces come about 30% earlier in their marriages. Post This Among younger women, ...

Online, the gender war is raging. In the real world, meanwhile, ordinary men and women are moving peacefully towards a more gender-equal world. Post This It's true that there’s still a big gender gap ...

In general, men are more likely than women to cheat, but the gender gap in infidelity varies by age. Post This Men, adults who didn’t grow up in intact families, and those who rarely or never attend ...

“[H]ypergamy turns out to be a stubborn thing,” Kay Hymowitz wrote in a 2020 IFS blog post, adding, “It seems that the highly-credentialed alpha female still prefers a mate above her pay grade.” But ...