Hello and happy Friday everyone! We’ve got some great new pieces for your perusal below, and be sure to stop by throughout the week for the latest.
There’s Research on That!:
“Hillary, Interrupted,” by Caty Taborda-Whitt. Research reveals the impetus behind Trump’s many interruptions during the first presidential debate and the gender inequality it perpetuates.
“When Public School Is No Longer Public,” by Elizabeth Tremmel. Are charter schools as “public” as they are defined to be? Sociologists find that they operate in legal gray areas, making their distinctions from public schools complicated.
“You Can’t Sit with Us,” by Sarah Catherine Billups. In the spirit of National Bullying Prevention Month, we round up research on who gets bullied and why.
Discoveries:
“Gender-based Violence Against Men in Darfur,” by j. Siguru Wahutu. “Although this violence is in some ways about physical domination, it is primarily meant to symbolically dominate and denigrate both the victims and surviving community members.”
Clippings:
“The Patterns of Police Force,” by Ryan Larson. Sociologist Joscha Legewie talks about the ways police are more likely to use force against black suspects after the shooting of a police officer.
“The Influence of Naturalized Voters, by Edgar Campos. Writing for the LA Times, sociologist Manuel Pastor discusses the potential impact of newly naturalized citizens if they show up at the polls in November.
From Our Partners:
Contexts:
“Hamilton’s Immigrant America,” by Philip Kasinitz.
“Gender Politics and Taming the Alpha Male Harem Master,” by Mimi Schippers.
“The Problem of Urban Sprawl,” by Thomas Laidley.
Scholars Strategy Network:
“Strict Voter Identification Laws Advantage Whites—And Skew American Democracy to the Right,” by Zoltan Hajnal, Nazita Lajevardi, and Lindsay Nielson.
Council on Contemporary Families:
“Is TANF Working for Struggling Millennial Parents?” by Shawn Fremstad.
And a Few from the Community Pages:
- Girl w/Pen! talks manhood and violence against women.
- Feminist Reflections asks what women have to do with men’s salons.
- Families As They Really Are investigates why the “ethnic” aisle is merging with the “beauty” aisle.
- Sociological Images explores how “pink ribbon culture” harms breast cancer patients and survivors.
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