{"id":56935,"date":"2013-09-30T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=56935"},"modified":"2013-09-30T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T20:19:54","slug":"this-month-in-sociological-images-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/30\/this-month-in-sociological-images-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Sociological Images (September 2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_35.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57414\" alt=\"Screenshot_3\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_35-500x104.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_35-500x104.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_35.png 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>SocImages Meet Up in Minnesota!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;m enjoying a visit to Carleton College and looking forward to spending the next two days at Macalester. \u00a0If you&#8217;re in the Twin Cities area, I&#8217;ll be at the\u00a0<strong>W XYZ bar<\/strong> at the Aloft hotel in Minneapolis (900 Washington Ave S) on Thursday Oct. 3 at 8:30pm. \u00a0I would love to meet you and, more importantly, I would love to introduce you to each other!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Posts that Killed It:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We had an extraordinary month in September thanks to Sezin Koehler&#8217;s post on the lyrics of Robin Thicke&#8217;s &#8220;Blurred Lines.&#8221; \u00a0Many had called the song &#8220;rape-y&#8221; and the video misogynistic, but Koehler took it a step further, <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/17\/from-the-mouths-of-rapists-the-lyrics-of-robin-thickes-blurred-lines-and-real-life-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\">aligning the song&#8217;s lyrics with the words of actual rapists<\/a>. \u00a0This struck a chord, making stark the discomfort many felt with the song. \u00a0The post has <strong>163,000 &#8220;likes&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>1,600 comments<\/strong> and counting. \u00a0It was also cross-posted or discussed at <a href=\"http:\/\/stream.aljazeera.com\/story\/201309190041-0023056\" target=\"_blank\">Al Jazeera<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/msmagazine.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/18\/what-rapists-say-echo-the-lyrics-of-blurred-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ms.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/feministing.com\/2013\/09\/18\/blurred-lines-remix-feat-actual-rapists-words\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feministing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xojane.com\/issues\/how-do-the-blurred-lines-lyrics-stack-up-to-the-words-of-actual-rapists\" target=\"_blank\">xoJane<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/culture\/mouths-rapists-lyrics-robin-thickes-blurred-lines-66569\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Standard<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/jezebel.com\/yikes-blurred-lines-lyrics-arent-so-catchy-when-rap-1335658624\" target=\"_blank\">Jezebel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We had some other super popular posts this month too! \u00a0Here are the highlights, starting with Koehler&#8217;s amazing work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/17\/from-the-mouths-of-rapists-the-lyrics-of-robin-thickes-blurred-lines-and-real-life-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the Mouths of Rapists: The Lyrics of Robin Thicke&#8217;s Blurred Lines<\/a> (163,000 likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/10\/gendered-and-the-body-language-of-power\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gender and the Body Language of Power<\/a> (20,000 likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/03\/surprise-your-flight-attendants-are-all-strangers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Surprise! Your Flight Attendants are All Strangers!<\/a> (15,000 likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/04\/men-feel-bad-around-smart-successful-women\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men Feel Bad Around Smart, Successful Women<\/a> (7,400 likes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/19\/wrinkle-washed-female-faces-in-film-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wrinkle-Washed: Female Faces in Film Marketing<\/a> (2,500 likes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And y&#8217;all seemed to like our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/09\/18\/professors-pet-peeves\/\" target=\"_blank\">professors&#8217; pet peeves<\/a> too (5,000 likes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Course Guides:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/course-guide-sociology-of-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sociology of Work and Occupations<\/a>, by yours truly\u00a0(highlighting my minor obsession with flight attendants)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/course-guide-for-family-and-society\/\" target=\"_blank\">Family and Society<\/a>, by\u00a0Marcie Hambrick, MSW of Georgia State University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can see all of our course guides <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/for-instructors\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0We hope they&#8217;re useful!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elsewhere on the Net:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month I had the fun opportunity of writing two original essays for Salon and one for Alternet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On testosterone<\/strong>: I responded\u00a0to the study saying good dads have small testes by reviewing the way that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/09\/19\/4_things_that_lower_your_testosterone\/\" target=\"_blank\">men&#8217;s testosterone levels respond to social cues<\/a> (like driving a Porsche, winning a video game, or becoming a father).<\/li>\n<li><strong>On sexual dimorphism<\/strong>: I had fun with the idea of sexual dimorphism, imagining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/09\/18\/sex_shocker_men_and_women_arent_that_different\/\" target=\"_blank\">how different men and women would be if we were like highly dimorphic species<\/a>. \u00a0Elephant seals, blanket octopi, spoon worms, the resplendent quetzal, primates, and the platypus all make an appearance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On sexual anatomy<\/strong>: And I dusted off my master&#8217;s degree in human sexuality and wrote up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/7-surprising-discoveries-about-sex?page=0%2C0&amp;paging=off\" target=\"_blank\">seven little-known facts about sexual anatomy<\/a> for Alternet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Social Media \u2018n\u2019 Stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Finally, this is your monthly reminder that SocImages is on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/socimages\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Sociological-Images-Seeing-Is-Believing\/8399768839\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/2\/114500008673351112338\/posts\" target=\"_blank\">Google+<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/socimages\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>. \u00a0Lisa is on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lisawadephd\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and most of the team is on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\" target=\"_blank\">@lisawade<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/gwensharpnv\" target=\"_blank\">@gwensharpnv<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/familyunequal\" target=\"_blank\">@familyunequal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/carolineheldman\" target=\"_blank\">@carolineheldman<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/JayLivingston\" target=\"_blank\">@jaylivingston<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Other News&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contributor Philip Cohen can cross another thing off his bucket list. \u00a0And the rest of us will live vicariously. \u00a0His pup was featured at the joy-spreading <a href=\"http:\/\/cuteoverload.com\/2013\/09\/06\/c-o-crime-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cute Overload<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;m so jealous!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_135.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-57410\" alt=\"Screenshot_1\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_135-500x543.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_135-500x543.png 500w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/files\/2013\/09\/Screenshot_135.png 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"ft_signature\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/\">Lisa Wade, PhD<\/a> is an Associate Professor at Tulane University. She is the author of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Hookup-New-Culture-Campus\/dp\/039328509X?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">American Hookup<\/a><em>, a book about college sexual culture; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gender-Interactions-Institutions-Lisa-Wade\/dp\/0393931072?ie=UTF8&amp;*Version*=1&amp;*entries*=0\">textbook about gender<\/a>; and a forthcoming introductory text: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lisa-wade.com\/intro\/\">Terrible Magnificent Sociology<\/a><em>.\u00a0You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisawade\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawadephd\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SocImages Meet Up in Minnesota! 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