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A new longitudinal study examined how college students slut-shame—and found that the practice is as illogical as it is damaging.

#sexuality #hookup culture #slut shaming

#crime #punishment #mass incarceration

In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up.

#the social construction of race #race and ethnicity

#framing #deviance

Even at times when discrimination was much more common, catalogs contained more neutral appeals than advertisements today.

#gender #gender stereotyping #gendered toys #childhood #socialization

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The politics and demographics of food stamp recipients

#food stamps #inequality #social stratification

Every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. A look at the cultural factors behind the statistic.

#rape culture #gender

cartoon by Zach Weinersmith

#sociology comics #importance of structure

How Do We and the Sims Perform Gender?

#Gender performance #gender #judith butler

Think you’ll never have to ask for help? Here’s your chance to prove it.

SPENT: A poverty simulation

#poverty simulation #spent #class #poverty #stratification #inequality

#batman comics #social constructionism

A report from ASA on what various individuals are doing with their sociology degrees with breakdowns and descriptions of the different jobs sociology graduates hold.

#introducing sociology #what to do with a degree in sociology

The Myth of Common Sense

#introducing sociology #common sense

The most controversial intellectual movement of the 20th century explained with the help of 11 epic face-forests.

#post-structuralism #hipsters #theory

Humanities vs. social sciences

#humanities #social sciences #what defines social science

collegenowsociology

Since we were just discussing sports and religion on our last chapter of the semester, I thought it was ironic I found this gem on my twitter feed. It sort of combines the ideas of the two concepts and shows how Americans might be beginning to worship sports like a religion.

#religion #sports

#teaching resources #movies

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