Dr. Peggy Drexler, Ph. D.

Peggy Drexler, Ph.D., has spent her career studying sex and gender: men and women who they are, what they want, how they act, how they're changing, and how they come together in families.

As the concept of family continues to pass through a time of stress and redefinition, Drexler's research has taken her deep into their lives to explore who they are, what they want, and how they are changing. It's been a fascinating journey.

She studies how children are affected and shaped by their relationships with the men and women in their families, and how early associations influence how they live, work and love--and how content they are with the adults they have become.

Her book, Our Fathers, Ourselves: Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family is about the changing connection between fathers and daughters. Using her personal story, research and the first person stories of the many women she has interviewed, the book examines the state of a powerful bond in a time of unbridled female choice and opportunity. It explores how daughters can enhance the bond, and even recreate it, by breaking through the roles and assumptions of the past.

Drexler's first book was the much-discussed Raising Boys Without Men. It introduced readers to boys in single and two-mother families. The book earned wide praise and was a finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award and a Lamda Literary Award.

She has also appeared on and written for a wide range of national and international media, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR, The New York Times, USA Today, Good Housekeeping and Parents magazines. My columns appear regularly on Huff Post.