--- title: Philip Cohen | TIME description: Philip Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and author of The Family: Diversity, Inequality and Social Change (W. W. Norton, 2014). canonical: https://time.com/author/philip-cohen/ 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/philip-cohen/ 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 --- # Philip Cohen ## Philip Cohen [_Philip Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland_](philipncohen.com) _and author of_ [The Family: Diversity, Inequality and Social Change ](http://www.amazon.com/The-Family-Diversity-Inequality-Social/dp/0393933954)_(W. W. Norton, 2014)._ ## Philip Cohen *  Jan 28, 2015 ### [The Trouble With Disney's Teeny, Tiny Princesses](https://time.com/3667700/frozen-brave-disney-princesses-heroes-and-sexism/) A culture populated by absurdly small princesses and hulking male heroes can change the way men and ... Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-cohen/","name":"Philip Cohen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-cohen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/philip-cohen/"},"name":"Philip Cohen","jobTitle":null,"description":"Philip Cohen is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and author of The Family: Diversity, Inequality and Social Change (W. W. Norton, 2014).","url":"https://time.com/author/philip-cohen/","sameAs":["https://x.com/familyunequal"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```