Here at The Society Pages, we work to bring a little something for everyone, whether your primary interests lay in race, politics, culture, crime, inequality, or gender. Take a gander, share and comment, and, as always, let us know (gently!) what you think we’re missing or what you’d like to contribute!
Features:
“Race, Spanking, and Shame: Dimensions of Corporal Punishment,” by Jennifer Lee. If nearly 80% of all Americans believe spanking is sometimes appropriate, why do we focus on racial groups and presumed practices?
The Editors’ Desk:
“Notes on Race, Football, and Spanking,” by Doug Hartmann. Facts and sociological commentary on decoupling stereotypes and social phenomena.
“More on Spanking: Race, Men, and the South,” by Doug Hartmann. A need-to-read link.
There’s Research on That!:
“Good Kids Gone Guerilla: Why Flee to Fight?” by Jack Delahanty. Western youths seem to be flocking to the Middle East to join jihads. What are their aims? And who’s to blame?
“Scotland’s Independence Referendum,” by Evan Stewart. Scots expressed worries over nationalism and creating barriers on the one hand and independence, pride, and self-governance on the other. Ultimately, we know how the vote went. But what went on behind the scenes?
“Net Neutrality: Corporate vs. Common,” by Matt Gunther. Internet fast-lanes threaten to make a common (if private) good better for those who can pay.
“Crime and Scandal in the NFL,” by Ryan Larson. Racism translates into a criminality myth, in which NFL players are seen as particularly dangerous and particularly prone to crime. The truth is more complex.
The Reading List:
“The Fluidity of Racial Categories on the Census,” by Ryan Larson. Census data shows race isn’t—and hasn’t been—a fixed category.
Citings & Sightings:
“Pre-Marital Abstinence Programs Leave Men Dissatisfied,” by Jacqui Frost. New research finds abstinence education and support groups can create shame and silence among men—traits they carry into their marriages and sexual experiences.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Crime and Turning Points Across the Life Course,” by John H. Laub and Robert J. Sampson.
“How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World,” by Cecilia Ridgeway.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“The Growing Gender Gap in Education and What It Means for American Schools,” by Thomas A. DiPrete and Claudia Buchmann.
“Family Diversity is the New Normal for America’s Children,” by Philip N. Cohen.
A Few from The Community Pages:
- Sociological Images on the Mosuo—a culture that separates child-rearing from marriage.
- Cyborgology wonders when a free gift is really a data breach.
- Sociology Lens on legislating gestation and motherhood (remember, USÂ federal guidelines in 2006 stipulated that women in childbearing years be considered “pre-pregnant” or even pregnant at all times).
- Speaking of parenting, Feminist Reflections points out that childfree is a choice all its own.
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