Reflexivity is the act of examining one's own assumption, belief, and judgement systems,
and thinking carefully and critically about how these influence the research process. The …

Norms are a foundational concept in sociology. Following a period of skepticism about
norms as overly deterministic and as paying too little attention to social conflict, inequalities …

“Profoundly eye-opening.… Hirsch and Khan present a novel model for explaining and
responding to campus sexual assault.”—Claire M. Renzetti, Science Research has shown …

Young women's sexuality traditionally has been marked along a gendered moralist
continuum of sexual activity, ranging from virtuous (virgins) to licentious (sluts). However …

Highlights•Social class stereotypes depict low-income people as less competent than higher-
income individuals, but perhaps warmer.•Such stereotypes affect lower-SES children's as …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

Low sexual desire in women partnered with men is typically presumed to be a problem—
one that exists in women and encourages a research agenda on causation and treatment …

We examine how two sociological traditions account for the role of femininities in social
domination. The masculinities tradition theorizes gender as an independent structure of …

Schools and Societies provides a synthesis of key issues in the sociology of education,
focusing on American schools while offering a global, comparative context. Acknowledged …

In this chapter we interrogate some of the core ideas of postfeminism as theorized by
feminist media scholars (see McRobbie, All about the girl. Routledge, London, 2004a; …