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Happy Friday! After some technical difficulties early in the week, we brought you a timely round-up of research on waiting and cover some new research on how gendered care work affects anxiety about covid-19. Plus, as always, great content from our partners and community pages.

There’s Research on That:

We All Hate to Wait; Research Explains Why by Nick Mathews. We round up research on why we hate waiting, how technology helps us pass the time, and power and inequality in waiting.

Discoveries:

Care Works Matters for Covid Worry by Mahala Miller. We cover new research by Janani Umamaheswar  and Catherine Tan that finds that differences in care work responsibilities underlie disparities in men and women’s covid worry.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

Is Denmark a Feminist Utopia? Lessons about gender from the Danish TV show “Borgen.” by Barbara Risman

Contexts:

Fall 2020 letter from the editors by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas

From Our Community Pages:

• Engaging Sports considers sleep and basketball.
• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies thinks about seriousness and Yiddish.
• Cyborgology thinks about technology and society in the design classroom.
• Give Theory A Chance features conversations with Jeff Guhin on Charles Taylor, and Dr. Tina Sikka on Helen Longino.

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This week we round up research on the how memories of Pearl Harbor are constructed and used, and consider how job quality is stratified by race in the service sector. Plus, excellent content from our partner and community pages.

There’s Research on That:

Shifting Memories and Meanings of Pearl Harbor by Jillian LaBranche. On the anniversary of Pearl Harbor we rounded up research on how memories of this historical event were constructed then, and now, to serve political ends.

Discoveries:

Race and Racism in Service Sector Work by Daniel Cueto-Villalobos. We cover new research that shows that non-white workers are more likely to have inflexible and unpredictable working conditions in the service sector.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

Research reports: Defining Sexual Consent on Campus: Media vs. Policies by Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Sandra Levitsky, Kamaria Porter, Miriam Gleckman-Krut, Elizabeth Chase, and Jessica Garrick

From Our Community Pages:

• Cyborgology explores relationships with AI.
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies considers potential changes to social studies education to include discussion of Indigenous genocide, and how queer lives endured in post-genocidal Turkey.
• Give Theory A Chance is joined by Neil Gong to discuss Norbert Elias.

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Happy Friday! This week we cover new research that shows we worry more about the risk-taking of loved ones than ourselves and round-up research on online dating’s potential and entrenchment of existing inequality.

There’s Research on That:

Inequality and Opportunity in Online Dating by Mahala Miller. We round up research on online dating that shows that it expands the dating pool for some while reproducing inequality and assortive mating more broadly.

Discoveries:

“I Really Don’t Want You to Do That” by Erika Sanborne. We feature new research that shows we are more concerned about our significant others’ taking risks than we are about ourselves taking the same risks.

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Council on Contemporary Families:

Do the Media’s “Sexy Girl” Messages Trump Their “Girl Power” Ones? by Virginia Rutter.

From Our Community Pages:

• Cyborgology considers “wellness washing” in contrast to pleasure for pleasure’s sake.
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies compares Joe Biden at this moment to Konrad Adenauer as Germany’s first chancellor after WWII.

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Welcome back! We round up research on voter fraud and voter suppression and bring you new research that demonstrates that children of same-sex kids perform well in school. Plus, great content from our partners and community pages.

There’s Research on That:

The Fantasy of Voter Fraud & The Reality of Voter Suppression by Neeraj Rajasekar. We round up social scientific research that shows that voter fraud is extremely rare but voter suppression, in the form of felon disenfranchisement or voter id laws, is common and troubling.

Discoveries:

Kids of Same-Sex Parents Succeeding in School by Nikoleta Sremac. We present new research using administrative data from the Netherlands that shows that children raised from birth by same-sex parents do just as well, if not better, in school than other children.

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Contexts:

Critique of Title IX and Universities by Katelyn Foltz.

Council on Contemporary Families:

The Social Production of Campus Sexual Assault by Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Kahn.

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies considers both the trauma and the transformative power of holocaust education.

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Welcome back! This week we consider how color-blind racism relates to the covid-19 pandemic and present new research on the racialization of Native American children in foster care.

There’s Research on That:

“We Are All In This Together,” Right? by Erika Sanborne. We consider how scholarship on color-blind racism helps explain limited attention to the racial disparities inherent to the covid-19 pandemic.

Discoveries:

Fostering Sovereignty: How American Indian Children Are Identified in Foster Care by Hannah Schwendeman. We present new research on how foster care caseworkers racialize Native American identity in routine tasks, undermining the sovereignty of Native tribes.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Consensualish” – Let’s talk about sex that people don’t want but “go along” with it by Jessie V. Ford.

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies speaks with Dr. Sara Brenneis about Spanish historical memory and the holocaust.

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Happy Friday to all! This week we bring you new research on the racial wealth gap for families with children and cover recent scholarship on the connection between politics and rising hate crimes against Black and Latinx people.

Discoveries:

“Racial Wealth Gaps Even Worse for Black Families with Kids” by Jean Marie Maier. New research shows the extent of the racial wealth gap following the Great Recession, particularly between White and Black families with kids.

“Politics and the Rise in Hate Crimes Against Black and Latinx People” by Jillian LaBranche. We summarize new research that shows politicians’ actions are linked to rising hate crimes for both Black and Latinx people but the nature of this connection differs.

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Council on Contemporary Families:

“3Q: Men who have affairs: An Interview with Alicia Walker” by Arielle Kuperberg.

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies considers how the sociological literature on social movements could enhance genocide studies.

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Greetings from the Society Pages! This week we rounded up #TSPClassics about the election and voting and presented new research on the consequences of classroom mismatching for kids. We also feature a guest post that frames Qanon’s #savethechildren movement as a moral panic.

Special Features:

“Taken for a Moral Ride: Public Fears, Qanon, and Sexual Exploitation.” Libby Trudeau frames Qanon’s #savethechildren movement as a moral panic and considers the consequences of this kind of public attention for the anti-trafficking movement.

Discoveries:

“Mismatching is Misguided for Many Middle Schoolers” by Erika Sanborne. We feature new research that considers the predicators and consequences of overmatching or undermatching classroom difficulty for middle school students.

There’s Research on That:

“From the #TSPClassics Collection: Voting and Elections” by Neeraj Rajasekar. With election day less than two weeks away, we round-up some classic pieces from our collection on elections and voting on who votes, voter suppression, and the connection between social movements and elections.

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Contexts

“Why Did So Many Urban Working-Class Whites Support President Trump?” by Andrew J. Cherlin.

Council on Contemporary Families

“How Dads Make a Difference for Their Children” by Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan and Kari Adamsons.

From Our Community Pages:

• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies considers this moment in American politics in light of the 1618 defenestration in Prague, a moment which preceded 30 years of religious war.

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Happy Friday! This week we rounded-up research on food insecurity among students, highlighted our colleagues at the Gender Policy Report’s new issue on gender and guns, and celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our esteemed editor, Chris Uggen.

There’s Research on That:

“Food Insecurity among U.S. Students – and How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Making It Worse” by Hannah Schwendeman. We round up research on food insecurity among students, from elementary to college, and consider how the pandemic has exacerbated the situation.

Features:

“Guns and Gender in America,” from Gender Policy Report by Nikoleta Sremac. We highlight the important and interesting pieces featured in the Gender Policy Report’s new issue on gender and guns.

Editors’ Desk:

“Kudos to Chris” by Doug Hartmann. From a mention in this week’s judiciary committee confirmation hearings, to publishing a new Sentencing Project report, Doug reflects on the recent accomplishments of his co-editor.

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Council on Contemporary Families:

“A Restorative Justice Approach to Campus Sexual Misconduct” by David R. Karp.

Sociological Images:

“Sociology IRL” by Evan Stewart.

From Our Community Pages:

• The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies considers the purpose of Holocaust education.

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Welcome back! This week we feature two new installments each in our Wonderful/Wretched series on racial dynamics in the Twin Cities and in the podcast series, Give Theory A Chance. We also bring you pieces examining how men’s share of housework and childcare has changed since the pandemic and how English soccer teams have gotten involved in Black activism.

Special Features:

“Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota” by Walter R. Jacobs. In this series, social scientists with ties to the Twin Cities share their stories and reflections about experiencing race in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”

• “Start the Conversation” by Jocelyn Gutzman
• “Everybody’s Going Uptown” by Rodolfo Aguilar

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Men pick up (some) of the slack at home: New national survey on the pandemic at home” by Virginia Rutter.

From Our Community Pages:

• Engaging Sports examines English soccer’s support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against global racial injustice.
• In its latest podcasts, Give Theory a Chance interviews Saida Grundy about the influence of W.E.B. DuBois on sociology and her work and Shamus Khan on teaching the canon.

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Welcome back! This week we bring you a new installment in our Wonderful/Wretched series on racial dynamics in the Twin Cities along with an analysis of the role social trust may play in combating the pandemic. We also feature an interview with Editor Doug Hartmann about athlete activism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Special Features:

“Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota” by Walter R. Jacobs. In this series, social scientists with ties to the Twin Cities share their stories and reflections about experiencing race in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”

• “Bless Me with a Name” by Özlem Ersin
• “In Transit” by Thomas X. Sarmiento

In “Power of Social Trust and the Pandemic,” Ron Anderson explores how the social forces of trust and solidarity may influence peoples’ beliefs, attitudes and social relationships in the time of COVID-19.

Editors’ Desk:

We repost “Athlete Activism from Black Power in 1968 to Black Lives Matter: An Interview with Douglas Hartmann,” by Estelle Brun, a Research Assistant at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS). Hartmann discusses the parallels between two eras of powerful sports protest.

From Our Partners:

Council on Contemporary Families:

“Will COVID-19 Push Women Out of the Labor Force?” by Barbara Risman.

Contexts:

“Vaccines, Masks, and Routine Disruptions during COVID-19” by Rashawn Ray and Fabio Rojas.

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