--- title: Peggy Drexler | TIME description: Peggy Drexler, Ph.D. is a research psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Weill Medical College, Cornell University, former gender scholar at Stanford University and author of Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family and Raising Boys Without Men. Drexler is a regular contributor to a range of publications and Web sites: CNN, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Forbes and others. She has appeared on a number of national television programs, including Bloomberg, PBS, Katie Couric Show, Good Morning America and the Today Show, and has spent her career studying the dynamics of men, women, families and the changing workplace. canonical: https://time.com/author/peggy-drexler/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/peggy-drexler/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Peggy Drexler ## Peggy Drexler Peggy Drexler, Ph.D. is a research psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Weill Medical College, [Cornell University](http://www.forbes.com/colleges/cornell-university/), former [gender](http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/gender) scholar at [Stanford University](http://www.forbes.com/colleges/stanford-university/) and author of [_Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family_ ](http://www.peggydrexler.com/books.html)and [_Raising Boys Without Men_](http://www.peggydrexler.com/raisingboys.html). Drexler is a regular contributor to a range of publications and Web sites: CNN, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Forbes and others. She has appeared on a number of national television programs, including [Bloomberg](http://www.forbes.com/companies/bloomberg/), PBS, Katie Couric Show, Good Morning America and the Today Show, and has spent her [career](http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/career) studying the dynamics of men, women, families and the changing workplace. ## Peggy Drexler *  Oct 24, 2014 ### [The Problem Isn't Over-Sharing. It's Over-Following](https://time.com/3535342/oversharing-overfollowing/) For better or worse, we're too willing to listen [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 18, 2014 ### [Jimmy Fallon Scores One for the Nice Guys](https://time.com/9026/jimmy-fallon-scores-one-for-the-nice-guys/) Here’s to Jimmy. The good guys need a win. 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