Social Thought and Research, Volume 24, Number 1&2 (2001)
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/4630
2024-03-28T13:24:06ZSocial Thought and Research, Volume 24, Number 1&2 (2001): Front Matter
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5190
Social Thought and Research, Volume 24, Number 1&2 (2001): Front Matter
2001-04-01T00:00:00ZBringing The Body Back In: The Social Construction of Embodied Sexual Identities
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5188
Bringing The Body Back In: The Social Construction of Embodied Sexual Identities
Zajicek, Anna M.; Shields, Chris; Wright, Joe L.
In this paper, we build on the sociology of the body and existentialism to explore the relationships between sexual bodies and sexual identities" and to contribute to a fuller understanding of the processes of sexuality formation from the actor's perspective. Specifically, by centering respondents' bodily experiences and the situations in which they find themselves. this study not only provides an insight into the processes of sexual identity formation and its fluid nature, but also into the possibility that sexual nature can be stable for some and changeable for others. In this context, we introduce the concept of "embodied sexual identity," which can be successfully applied to grasp the different facets, stable and unstable, rigid and malleable, of sexuality as well as the complex relationships between individual experiences of the body and sexual identities.
2001-04-01T00:00:00ZPatterns in Family Policy Preferences in the European Union
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5189
Patterns in Family Policy Preferences in the European Union
Brayfield, April A.; Alder, Marina A.; Luo, Ye
This study empirically examines the relationship between national content and individual preferences for national policy priorities related to improving family life within the European Union. Using data from the Eurobarometer survey, logistic regression models indicate that public opinion about nine potential priorities (housing, economic prospects, education, flexible work hours, childcare, tax advantages, child allowances, parental leave, and contraception) parallels and ideological subscription to traditional gender roles, the level of economic prosperity, and the degree and type of state support for families with children. We also find that women are more concerned about policies that enhance the reconciliation of work and family, while men are more concerned about policies that support their traditional breadwinner duties.
2001-04-01T00:00:00ZReaction to R.W.Connell's Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New International Research on Mascudinities
https://hdl.handle.net/1808/5187
Reaction to R.W.Connell's Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New International Research on Mascudinities
Hickey, Ann Marie
As a doctoral student in the Sociology progranl at the University of Kansas, I have been privy to several lectures and panel discussions by leading scholars in my field. The 2001 Clark Lecture (Social Thought &Research, 2002, Vol. 24, 1& 2)was no exception to this trend. For the first time in my life, I was able to listen to a presentation given by one of my scholarly heroes, Robert Connell. Based on this lecture given by such a prominent scholar in the field of gender, I now have the distinct privilege-or harrowing curse, depending on how you look at it-ofcomposing a reaction piece based on Connell's lecture, Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New Intemational Research on Masculinities.
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z