Just a taste of what we’ve been cooking up at The Society Pages!

In Case You Missed It:

“Same-Sex, Different Attitudes,” by Kathy Hull. With the recent SCOTUS demurral, it’s worth a look at the lightning fast change in Americans’ approval of same-sex marriage; this article is just six months old, and the numbers have already shifted.

Roundtables:

“Re-evaluating the ‘Culture of Poverty’ with Mark Gould, Kaaryn Gustafson, and Mario Luis Small,” by Stephen Suh and Kia Heise. Sixties-era rhetoric still affects black Americans.

There’s Research on That!

“Fast Food Strikes Bring Everyone to the Table,” by Erik Kojola.

“Think Fast: Policing, Race, and Implicit Bias,” by Richie Lenne.

“Falling Poverty Rates Leave US Hungry for More,” by Jacqui Frost.

“Growing and Granting Genius,” by Evan Stewart.

“Rockefellers Less Loyal to Oil,” by Erik Kojola.

“Atheist Church: A Predictable Paradox,” by Jacqui Frost.

“Back in Living Color? Diversity on TV,” by Stephen Suh.

Features:

“Race, Spanking, and Shame: Dimensions of Corporal Punishment,” by Jennifer Lee. When nearly 80% of Americans agree spanking is sometimes the best punishment, can we really say physical discipline is a “cultural thing”?

The Reading List:

“On Climate Change, Voters Warming to Political Winds,” by Evan Stewart. New findings from Social Science Research.

Citings & Sightings:

“The Myth of the Self-Made Man,” by Jack Delahanty. Political candidates need a heroic narrative, a humble past of hard work and hard times.

The Editors’ Desk:

“Cohen on Distracted Driving, Distracting Data, and the Dangers of Driving,” by Doug Hartmann. Driving is more deadly than texting and driving when you check the math.

“Welcoming Contexts’ New Editors,” by Doug Hartmann. A warm welcome to Phil Cohen and Syed Ali, helming Contexts mag for the next three years.

“New Arrivals!” by Chris Uggen. Heralding a new homepage design and a new set of twins for our web editor, Jon Smajda.

Scholars Strategy Network:

“How ‘Gentrification’ in American Cities Maintains Racial Inequality and Segregation,” by Jackelyn Hwang.

“Race and Penalities at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform,” by Joe Soss.

“How Discrimination Hurts Health and Personal Wellbeing,” by Eric A. Grollman.

“Why Taming Corporate Promotion of Dangerous Consumer Products Is Vital to Improving Public Health,” by Nicholas Freudenberg.

“Why Jobless Americans Experience Deep and Prolonged Distress,” by Cristobal Young.

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Overview: Family Trends You Might Not Have Expected,” by Stephanie Coontz.

“A Class Act? Stability and Instability in Children’s Lives,” by June Carbone and Naomi Cahn.

“Gray Divorce: A Growing Risk Regardless of Class or Education,” by Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin.

“Divorce and the Recession,” by Philip N. Cohen.

“Does Premarital Cohabitation Raise Your Risk of Divorce?” by Arielle Kuperberg.

A Few from the Community Pages:

• Sociological Images on Love Your Body Day, why minimum wage hikes are effective, how many of the world’s languages lack gendered pronouns, why religious people don’t know very much about religion, and picturing organic food.
• Cyborgology on the unintended power of the new iPhone health app, how to presume privacy, and an ethic of prosumptive sharing.
• Feminist Reflections on pop music and the power of female fans and how even violence is gendered in the US.
• Public Criminology on juvenile lifers and new beginnings and gender and the meaning of prison.
• Girl w/ Pen on male allies in the fight against domestic violence, a GenderLab legacy, and why power dynamics drastically reduce the reporting of harassment.