Theorizing sexual regimes in the United States, Canada, and France
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Over the past sixty years, a profound reorganization of family life and sexual norms has occurred in societies across the globe: the rise of living alone, higher divorce rates, living-apart together, LGBTQ+ and non-monogamous families, later marriage, nonmarriage, and childlessness. Some people experience these transformations as personal and discretionary, while others--such as people of color, women, and sexual minorities--are highly cognizant of how the state continues to restrict their options through laws and policies. Our proposed project will uncover how policy regimes shape the choices that people make about their intimate and sexual lives by examining the experiences of familial and sexual transformation in the context of comparative state regulation.
