Science AMA Series: Hi! I'm Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, a Portland State U assistant sociology professor. My work explores the relationship between gender, marriage and family, and several behavioral and attitudinal outcomes, such as: employment, health and socio-political attitudes. AMA!

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I am Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, Ph.D., an Portland State U assistant sociology professor. I recently published a study in the journal Gender Issues showing that education is predictive of whether or not men care if married women change their surnames. We found that,

•Men with a high school diploma or less view women who keep their last names as less committed wives, whose husbands should accept fewer late workdays and are more justified in divorcing them.

•Among men with more education and all women, surname choice has little effect on perceptions of a wife’s commitment to her marriage or the standards to which she is held.

Despite the relative gains women have made since the 1960s, the trend toward gender equality has plateaued. Additionally, positive trends in U.S. women's health, such as life expectancy, have slowed in recent years. I study whether partners' long work hours affect individual health, how a woman's surname choice in marriage affects how others perceive her, and the determinants of breastfeeding duration in the United States.

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">Science AMA Series: Hi! I'm Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer, a Portland State U assistant sociology professor. My work explores the relationship between gender, marriage and family, and several behavioral and attitudinal outcomes, such as: employment, health and socio-political attitudes. AMA!