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How Millennials Think Of Gender Structures

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More than a few baby boomers can probably remember statements in their youth like "you can't tell the boys from the girls anymore." 

And a young person today might well answer: so what?  Gender HAS been a factor in determining many rights and responsibilities through human history, and seldom for good. 

Gender roles and even identities are more fluid now; sociologist Barbara Risman examines the situation in Where the Millennials Will Take Us: A New Generation Wrestles with the Gender Structure.  The author joins us to put details on the title. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is an editor and reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Previously, she was a news host and reporter at Jefferson Public Radio.