Strengthening marriage and family life through empirical research, public policy, and public education
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In this second installment of our two-part series on demoralized men,
we look at the social lives of young men, including social integration and support, friendship and participation in organized groups, and family relations, especially with parents.
Next, we consider feelings of alienation and frustration, perspectives on the American Dream and their future, and reports of mental health problems and potentially traumatic experiences.
Lastly, we survey online activities, such as pornography, gaming, and gambling, and some of the trouble correlated with these.
We tell a sobering tale about the predicament a significant number of young men find themselves in. As part I notes, some young men are doing quite well, but others are struggling mightily for reasons laid out in part II.
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Want more sex?
The answer isn't Tinder, but it may be Jesus of Nazareth.
(i'm for sure going to be hit by lightning)
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@FamStudies also cares about the challenges of young men in an equally photogenic way
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Why would a women’s magazine care about the challenges of young men? Because @Evie_Magazine recognizes that the fates of young men and young women are intertwined, and if we don’t support both sexes, both sexes lose.
Evie Magazine is present at the Symposium on Young American Men today and we’re explaining this to lawmakers, experts, attendees and press!
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Catholic and Protestant churchgoers are more likely than every other group to be happily married, including religious “Nones” —a pattern that holds even after accounting for education, race, age, and sex.
Neither nominal Catholics nor nominal Protestants enjoy a significant happiness advantage over Nones, implying that it is active church participation, not merely affiliation, that produces happier marriages.
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From our new report, the Devout Difference: ifstudies.org/report-brief/t…
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Sexual satisfaction is higher for both churchgoing husbands and wives, compared to their peers who attend infrequently or not at all.
Overall, churchgoing Catholics are the most likely of any group to report frequent sex and sexual satisfaction.
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Find out more in our new report on faith and marriage: ifstudies.org/report-brief/t…
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“America is in the midst of an epidemic of social isolation—in-person conversation, teen socializing & even sex have all declined sharply in recent years. But one group has avoided the ‘sex recession’ of recent years—religious Americans. For more, see 👇🏽”
"No group of Americans seems to be having more sex—and more satisfying sex—than married men & women who regularly attend a place of worship. In fact, we find the only Americans who have avoided the country’s “sex recession” are husbands & wives who attend religious services at least twice a month." ~ my latest @TheAtlantic w/ @grantjbailey
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.@BradWilcoxIFS and @grantjbailey @FamStudies for @TheAtlantic: "No group of Americans seems to be having more sex—and more satisfying sex—than married men and women who regularly attend a place of worship."
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America is now in the grip of a “sex recession,” in which only a minority of adult men and women have sex at least once a week.
Strikingly, this recession has largely spared churchgoing husbands and wives.
Today, only 48% of those who are not religious have sex at least weekly, versus 62% of those who are regular churchgoers in that same age group. So, there is a growing religious-secular divide in married sex—and it favors religious couples.
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Religious couples have stronger marriages and better sex lives, according to our newest research. Learn more here: ifstudies.org/report-brief/t…
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The only reasonable explanation is that Margot Robbie reads @FamStudies. Incredible!
Margot Robbie is officially changing her name to Margot Ackerley
She is adopting her husbands last name nearly 10 years after getting married.
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"In the popular imagination, religious faith and a thriving sex life don’t tend to go together. Movies, books, and TV shows depict religious couples as sexually inhibited or dysfunctional. But the data tell a different story." @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0… @FamStudies
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Our new report examines two institutions—faith and family—that have long been among America’s most reliable antidotes to isolation.
We focus on the link between religion and marriage within America’s largest religious tradition, Roman Catholicism, but we also show how churchgoing is linked to marital quality for Protestants.
Our key findings are as follows:
1. American Christianity’s hold on marriage and family life has shrunk
since the 1970s, but the believers who remain are more likely to enjoy
strong, stable families.
2. Married men and women who most fully embrace the classic beliefs
and practices of Protestant and Catholic Christianity—including the
conviction that marriage is a lifelong commitment, enjoy the happiest marriages in America.
3. Religious couples enjoy significantly more sex, and more
sexual satisfaction, than their secular peers.
4. A large minority of Catholic husbands and wives worry their
marriage may not last, some struggle with pornography, and Catholic parents of large families report added strain.
5. The most orthodox sectors of the Catholic Church appear to be the most successful at fostering strong, stable marriages.
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What is it, then, about an active faith life—going to church and praying together—that builds a healthy marriage? Our findings point to two forces: commitment and communion.
Check it out: ifstudies.org/blog/faithful-…
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If you can’t find someone to marry, maybe the problem isn’t you. Maybe it's where you live.
My latest on the new @FamStudies Marriage Map, which shows the best and worst places in the US to find love:
thefp.com/p/heres-where-to-f…
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The American family with young children is changing rapidly with respect to the relative educational attainment—and potential earning power—of mothers and fathers.
80% of newborns will grow up in families where Mom has as much as or more education than Dad. This is quite a contrast with families of the past where men were the more educated breadwinners.
Read more: ifstudies.org/blog/for-most-…
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U.S. young women have outpaced men in earning BAs since the mid 1990s. And guess what? Now that young women are mothers, 80% of newborns will grow up in families where Mom has as much education as Dad, or more.
@FamStudies: ifstudies.org/blog/for-most-…
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Comparing the attainments of newborns’ mothers with those of their fathers, Dr. Nicholas Zill found that:
➡️ 44% of newborns have mothers and fathers with equal educational attainment.
➡️ 36% have mothers with more education than their fathers.
➡️ 20% have fathers with more education than their mothers.
This is quite a contrast with families of the past where men were the more educated breadwinners.
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The surge in diplomas also further magnifies the economic and class divide and the many advantages enjoyed by children who grow up with married parents versus those who do not.
Read more: ifstudies.org/blog/for-most-…
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