Kerry did not receive unqualified support for her decision to have a child using an anonymous donor: There were people who came to me and said, “Don’t do this. My father deserted my mother and it’s always been a lifelong thing for me that I never knew him.” And I thought, “Well, the mitigating factor […]
День: 20.09.2015
ENLIGHTENED ATTITUDES
The rise of sexual freedom was not unique to England, but part of the general European Enlightenment. Because it has been so little studied, it is difficult to know to what extent its ideals had spread in other countries by the end of the eighteenth century, though it seems clear that they were advancing everywhere. […]
SYMBOLS AND NARRATIVES (OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF O. J. SIMPSON AS A RACIAL VICTIM)
The Black Male/White Victimhood Narrative For many blacks, every black man is on trial. O. J. Simpson has become the proxy not because the black man is a criminal but because the black man is increasingly seen as a criminal by virtue of his sex and color. —Eleanor Holmes Norton55 O. J. Simpson. . . […]
Implicit versus Explicit Memory
In addition to short-term and working memory, we can further divide memory systems into explicit memory (sometimes called declarative), which is intentional and conscious remembering of information that is learned and remembered at a specific point in time, and implicit memory (sometimes called procedural memory), which involves retrieval of information without conscious or intentional recollection. […]
Is equality in the military really a political possibility?
When civil rights leaders asked John Kennedy to prioritize civil rights, he answered, "Make it politically possible." Although no laws can be more unconstitutional than male-only draft registration and combat requirements, both are living proof that the unconstitutionality of a law is not enough to change it if the political climate does not support that […]
BEHIND THE SUPPLY OF ACTING: SELECTION
Even before an applicant for a flight attendant’s job is interviewed, she is introduced to the rules of the game. Success will depend in part on whether she has a knack for perceiving the rules and taking them seriously. Applicants are urged to read a preinterview pamphlet before coming in. In the 1979—1980 Airline Guide […]
EARLY DAYS
In the early days of feminist sociology (1968 to 1980) the main focus of writing on methods was intensely practical. Women pointed out that researchers had posed their research questions in a sexist way; that empirical studies had sampled from the population in a sexist way; that they had used research instruments that were grounded […]
THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE
Taylor was even more explicit in imagining his ‘womb’ being penetrated and impregnated by ‘the spermadote’ of Christ: O let thy lovely streams of love distill Upon myself and spout their spirits pure Into my vial, and my vessel fill With liveliness. . . The huge prestige attached to classical literary models similarly gave rise […]
PRELUDE TO THE NARRATIVES:THE QUIET RIOT
Oh boy, we’re going to have to pay for this. —Anonymous Black person2 How can we possibly vote for Colin Powell now? How can we give them that much power? —Anonymous white person3 Before I discuss the Simpson case in the context of the two previously mentioned political Narratives, I want to put forward some […]
Should we give help to men who refuse to be killers?
We can’t end war by telling men that if they don’t fight, we won’t respect them in the morning. (Then we wonder why men fight to gain respect.) If women are eventually drafted, 1 predict women who resist will be acknowledged, and the resistance will be seen as evidence of women ’s more peace — […]