#Sociology

Sex occurs in nature; all animals engage in it and some even do it for pleasure, so when did humans decide to shame each other and themselves about it? When and why did we start developing taboos?…

What's on your plate this week, what are you working on, what cool things have you encountered? Open discussion thread for casual chatter about Sociology & your school, academic, or professional work within it; share your project's progress, talk about a…

I'm leaning towards the 2-volume set edited by Guenther Roth and Clause Wittich. Based on my preliminary research, this edition is more complete than the newer translation by Keith Tribe, which does not include important sections of the text.…

Hi! I received this as part of my reviews for a manuscript and I am really confused as to what it means: "Some of the examples provided, too, do not quite clearly demonstrate self-identification.…

I fucking did it ! I'm just waiting for the evaluation, and after the many minor corrections I'll have to do, I'll be fucking finished ! It took me way too long, survived a depression, a divorce, etc. But I lived and I fucking finished it !…

I know patriarchy is an impactful reality, but I’ve always had trouble deciphering its effects in my own life. I’m generally introverted, keep to myself, and may considered less conventionally “feminine” than average.…

If we are to attribute the issues to social structures, doesn't that make individual responsibility go poof? The individual lacked other options due to their social structures: cultural, economical, psychological etc?…

Maybe i fucked up big time, maybe not. Ill see by the end of this day. And im sorry if this is not the appropriate place to ask. But basically, for my disertaion i applied an instrument to measure food insecurity. And my data is not normally distributed.…

Perhaps more experienced/elder sociologists have some advice for me. Bear with me because this is a feeling I don't really know how to explain clearly. Sorry for the long post! I did my undergrad in sociocultural anthropology and minored in sociology.…

Interesting article. I had posted before asking where the public intellectuals were - I think this point about public philosophy adopting parts of sociology is on the money (although Hartmut Rosa is a sociologist if I’m not mistaken?) submitted by…

So ive been observing women and one thing ive seen in a lot of them is that when women marry they stop mentally aging as in whatever personality they cosplayed to be with the guy they inherit it forever to keep the man entertained.…

for background, I am 19M. I have had identity issues since puberty (and i have repressed myself a lot during high school) and i still struggle but thanks to therapy and a gap year dedicated to self-reflection i am a bit better and i will very likely…

Hello everyone, I've ended up in an awkward situation: I'm a formerly top of my class philosophy/history student who took a wrong turn and fell off a cliff into a teacher's education graduate program.…

If I choose thesis then I’ll spend. The last two semesters of the program focusing on research and writing. If I choose the elective option I’ll spend the last two years taking electives, which in my case, would be a graduate certificate in teaching at…

I’m trying to think through a loose “friction” metaphor for social systems. In physics, friction is not always bad: it can make movement possible, but repeated contact can also produce wear.…

Just a curiosity. When we form a group, is it just human behavior to order ourselves into arbitrary things? Like are there examples of communities where there might be leaders but all or majority of the people there have equal or similar social standing…

This is our local recurring future-planning thread. Got questions about jobs or careers, want to know what programs or schools you should apply to, or unsure what you'll be able to use your degree for? This is the place.…

What's on your plate this week, what are you working on, what cool things have you encountered? Open discussion thread for casual chatter about Sociology & your school, academic, or professional work within it; share your project's progress, talk about a…

Is World Peace Possible (Part 3) WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? …nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin The life constant The most elemental explanation of why we do what we do was …

Do vices really steer us through wickedness? A line that struck me in Fight The Feeling by Mac Miller and Kendrick Lamar mentions vices and how they can help us through life’s trials and …