Jennifer M. Randles

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    Government “Healthy Marriage” programs should focus less on the benefits of marriage and more on helping couples to cope.

Government “Healthy Marriage” programs should focus less on the benefits of marriage and more on helping couples to cope.

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Since the early 2000s, the federal government has spent nearly $1 billion on the Healthy Marriage Initiative which has the aim of strengthening economic mobility via marriage. Jennifer M. Randles observed marriage education classes closely, interviewing participants and training as a marriage educator. She finds that while healthy marriage policy promotes the idea that marital commitment is a bulwark […]

February 14th, 2017|Democracy and culture, Jennifer M. Randles|0 Comments|
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    Government marriage education programs do little to address gender inequalities

Government marriage education programs do little to address gender inequalities

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For the past 14 years, the Federal government’s Healthy Marriage Initiative has sought to encourage marriage by helping couples develop relationship skills. While the program may have good intentions, in new research Jennifer M. Randles finds that many of the program’s components reinforce gender stereotypes about how men and women communicate and ignore how gender inequalities can influence power […]

October 17th, 2016|Democracy and culture, Jennifer M. Randles|0 Comments|
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