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Introduction. The science of social facts -- The self -- Culture and construction -- Our identities -- People in interaction -- Deviance and defiance -- Organizations, institutions, and structures -- Economic inequality -- Institutional racism -- Gendered oppression -- Elite power -- The power of the people -- Our future on earth -- Conclusion. The sociological imagination.

Lisa Wade on the norms and practices that make up college students' experience of hookup culture and its attendant pressures.

AbstractWhile scientists across the academy have abandoned the nature/nurture dichotomy, evidence for the influences of society on our biology is greater than ever. This article reviews new developments in the biological sciences – in the sub‐fields of genetics, hormones, and neuroscience – with special attention to the implications for sociologists interested in gender. The article closes with an argument that embracing these developments has both theoretical and methodological promise and can enhance rather than harm research and activism regarding gender equality and other social hierarchies.

Scholarship examining media coverage of social problems largely examines coverage of contentious issues. In this study, I contribute to our understanding of journalist practices by examining coverage of an issue over which there is a US consensus: female genital cutting (FGC). With an analysis of newspaper coverage supplemented by interviews and primary documents, I find that, in contrast to existing literature that shows that reporters must refrain from issue advocacy, when consensus is widespread reporters can and do collaborate with advocates, harmonize with opinion writers, and use their physical presence and access to newsprint to pressure the state. Journalists, however, do not simply respond to consensus. Instead, I find that they can actively construct consensus by offering unique frames that depoliticize advocacy. These findings contribute to our understanding of media coverage of social problems by illustrating how consensus is both shaped by and shapes journalist practices.

Subtle or overt, popular imagery and language serve as daily reminders of our nationality, a sentiment that can be easily politicized.

Drinking during pregnancy is not a good predictor of fetal alcohol disorders. Yet, public health campaigns urge women to stay alcohol-free before, during, and after pregnancy, and burden mothers with the responsibility of delivering a healthy child.

The mustang has long been a symbol of the American West: wild, untamed, free, rugged, individual. Today, though, actual wild mustangs are at the center of a civic controversy, and their populations are controlled by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and contested by ranchers, environmentalists, animal welfare groups, historic preservationists, and others.

Rosie the Riveter wasn't always a feminist icon. Her roots lie in inspiring Westinghouse workers toward the war effort, and it wasn't until the 1950s and '60s that women's rights movements reframed the way we see Rosie.