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Philip N. Cohen

Philip N. Cohen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and author of The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change.

Articles

Unisex Fashion Fought the Gender Binary, and the Binary Won.

Philip N. Cohen

Nicholas Wade's A Troublesome Inheritance is scientifically dubious and blind to its racist implications.

Philip N. Cohen

The myth of women's ascendance.

Philip N. Cohen

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