They get the punishment and shame right, but never seem to come through on the uplift and inspiration.
Chetty’s Other-Father Mobility Finding: Prove It
There is a popular new essay by Christine Emba on men’s tortured masculinity, titled “Men are lost.”
There is a popular new essay by Christine Emba on men’s tortured masculinity, titled “Men are lost.”
Is Race Structural Racism?
About 5-10 years ago I noticed on sociology blogs and sociology twitter, people would occasionally object to describing statistical associations with race on grounds that a beta for race is really a racism effect.
About 5-10 years ago I noticed on sociology blogs and sociology twitter, people would occasionally object to describing statistical associations with race on grounds that a beta for race is really a racism effect.
Twitter Changed Your Brain
Some people didn’t realize how much they “think in Tweets” until they left Twitter.
Some people didn’t realize how much they “think in Tweets” until they left Twitter.
Marital Name Change Survey, 2023 Edition
If you have been married, did you or your spouse change your surnames? If so, or if not — how did it go? Sociology wants to know.
If you have been married, did you or your spouse change your surnames? If so, or if not — how did it go? Sociology wants to know.
ChatGPT on Sociology’s Two-Discipline Problem
Someone said that to make these AI chatbots work you need to coach and prod them, and edit the results, so it still requires expertise to make them useful.
Someone said that to make these AI chatbots work you need to coach and prod them, and edit the results, so it still requires expertise to make them useful.
Pew Takes Welcome Steps To Wean Off Fake Generations (And Some New Research)
By choosing not to use the standard generational labels when they’re not appropriate, we can avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes or oversimplifying people’s complex lived experiences.
By choosing not to use the standard generational labels when they’re not appropriate, we can avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes or oversimplifying people’s complex lived experiences.
Data Proves Millennials Are the Worst Fake Generation
Lots of things are correlated with “generation” labels and indicators, because they’re correlated with time, and change happens over time.
Lots of things are correlated with “generation” labels and indicators, because they’re correlated with time, and change happens over time.
Please Stop Talking About Teen Births
Women have babies at different ages. We can measure using any number of units. One way we should not measure age, with regard to births, is by dichotomizing it into “teen” and “not-teen.”
Women have babies at different ages. We can measure using any number of units. One way we should not measure age, with regard to births, is by dichotomizing it into “teen” and “not-teen.”
U.S. Name Androgyny Hit Record High Again in 2022
There is a tendency of babies assigned male and female at birth to be given different names. This is changing.
By Philip N. Cohen I previously reported that the name binary in the U.S. was weakening, as indicated by the tendency of babies assigned male and female at birth to be given different names. I updated that with 2021 data last year. Here I reprint the 2021 post but with the 2022 data that came out today.…
ChatGPT Is Defaming Me and It Must Be Someone’s Fault
Whose fault is it that ChatGPT is producing fake information about me?
Whose fault is it that ChatGPT is producing fake information about me?
That One Gender-Based Occupational Comparison That Sticks in My Craw
Segregation today — at the working-class level — largely tracks historical divisions between men’s and women’s work earlier in industrialization.
Segregation today — at the working-class level — largely tracks historical divisions between men’s and women’s work earlier in industrialization.
The Three C’s for Picking Your Research Topic
As scholars, how do we decide what to work on? If you have a job and a boss and they assign you to a project, setting your agenda is relatively straightforward. But if you are a graduate student or academic researcher, with control over your time and priorities, it’s on you to decide. It’s…
US Divorce Rates by Occupation and Gender
A chart showing the percentage of men and women in the top 50 occupations who got divorced in the previous year.
The table below shows the percentage of men and women in the top 50 occupations who got divorced in the previous year, according to the 2021 American Community Survey. At the top of the list, for example, 3% of women personal care aides and 2% of men cooks reported getting divorced in 2021. (The…
Patriarchy, on Fire, Superfecundation, Moral Acceptability, Football Fatalities
Recent observations and statistics.
Recent observations and statistics.
Family Mass Murders Account For 41% Of Deaths
Why don't family mass murders have the same news-cycle footprint as public shootings?
Why don’t family mass murders have the same news-cycle footprint as public shootings?