Her weight shouldn't matter, but it does to him | StarTribune.com

Her weight shouldn't matter, but it does to him | StarTribune.com

Dear Prudence: I'm a healthy woman standing 5-foot-5. Before I got married, I weighed 115 pounds. I didn't gain a lot of weight during pregnancy, either. But since our daughter was born (she is now 3), I've had little time for exercise or looking after myself. I now weigh 145 pounds. My doctor says I'm still in the healthy range of BMI and I feel OK. The problem is my husband, who constantly tells me I need to lose weight. At first he tried to say he was worried about my health, but later admitted that he's not as attracted to me as he once was. I am hurt and angry by this, and I am even more determined not to lose weight to please my man. We've argued a lot over my weight and appearance and now neither of us is attracted to each other. Should I lose my weight or should he change his attitude?

How Do We Define a Family? » Sociological Images

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/07/18/how-do-we-define-a-family/


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Northeastern cancels Chick-fil-A plans after student group denounces chain - Boston.com

http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-28/yourtown/31108665_1_student-newspaper-student-center-student-concerns


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Cooperative Social Network - YouTube

Cooperative Social Network - YouTube

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Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets - YouTube

Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets - YouTube

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Coming foie gras ban brings dinners and dissent - latimes.com

Coming foie gras ban brings dinners and dissent - latimes.com

On July 1, SB 1520, the bill that bans the production and sale of both foie gras and foie gras byproducts (including feathers for down jackets and comforters) goes into effect, and anybody wanting a legal taste of the stuff is going to have to do it in another state. After June 30, a restaurant that serves foie gras — typically produced via gavage, a process in which ducks or geese are fed through tubes inserted in their throats — can be fined up to $1,000.

Rules for new bars approved by SLO City Council | The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com

Rules for new bars approved by SLO City Council | The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com

The regulations, crafted by San Luis Obispo officials in an attempt to curb nuisances caused by excessive drinking downtown, will require new bars, nightclubs and restaurants serving alcohol after 11 p.m. to have a manager on-site when entertainment is performed, install a video surveillance system at all entrances and exits, and provide training for employees on responsible serving practices, among other requirements.

Poncho Guevara and Kathleen Krenek: Higher minimum wage in San Jose would change lives

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They identified a policy alternative and tested the argument that forcing businesses to pay their employees $10 an hour would cause them to cut jobs or move to other communities. A Cornell University study on the effect of San Francisco’s similar 2004 minimum wage increase concluded that “the policy increased worker pay and compressed wage inequality, but did not create any detectable employment loss among affected (businesses).”

Birthrate for U.S. teens is lowest in history – USATODAY.com

Birthrate for U.S. teens is lowest in history – USATODAY.com

Teen births are at their lowest level in almost 70 years, federal data report today. Birthrates for ages 15-19 in all racial and ethnic groups are lower than ever reported.

'The Demise of Guys': How video games and porn are ruining a generation - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/23/health/living-well/demise-of-guys/index.html


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Will the Boy Scouts Reverse Its Anti-Gay Policy? | NewsFeed | TIME.com

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/06/07/will-the-boy-scouts-reverse-its-anti-gay-policy/


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Poll: Fewer identifying with major parties

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/157111835.html


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Juliet Schor: Plenitude on Vimeo

Juliet Schor: Plenitude on Vimeo

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City Club Presents Juliet Schor - YouTube

City Club Presents Juliet Schor - YouTube

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Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S. - NYTimes.com

Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S. - NYTimes.com

After years of speculation, estimates and projections, the Census Bureau has made it official: White births are no longer a majority in the United States.

SLO store to mark a day for fair trade | The Tribune & SanLuisObispo.com

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/05/11/2063973/slo-store-to-mark-a-day-for-fair.html

HumanKind Fair Trade, which sells work from cooperatives in the developing world and seeks to fight child labor, is hosting World Fair Trade Day today at its store at 982 Monterey St.

The store will offer prizes, snacks, an interactive art project and live music, as well as provide local residents a look at the way fair trade works and tips on how to "integrate fair-trade purchases into their regular buying habits," according to Laura Mullen, the group's board president.

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Hooking Up In College — The Navigator

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Lisa Wade, Ph.D., is a Sociology professor at Occidental College who recently conducted research on college freshmen to see what really was going on with the hookup culture. According to her research, the average college student has between four to seven different hookups in the four years he or she is in college. Also, students will now have oral sex, more specifically oral sex performed on men. Even though the numbers suggest fewer students actually hookup in college than they did in the past years, they are more sexual towards others.

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Meaning and Moral Order: Explorations in Cultural Analysis - Robert Wuthnow - Google Books

Meaning and Moral Order: Explorations in Cultural Analysis - Robert Wuthnow - Google Books

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Eurozone crisis live: Violence in Barcelona amid Spanish general strike - as it happened | Business | guardian.co.uk

Eurozone crisis live: Violence in Barcelona amid Spanish general strike - as it happened | Business | guardian.co.uk

Her.meneutics: Hookup Culture: Mostly a Myth

Her.meneutics: Hookup Culture: Mostly a Myth

Yes, this is true; women do say this, and my research supports it. But there is another side to the story that we don’t hear often enough. It’s something many college men say when safely behind closed doors, about how they like hookup culture about as much as the women do — which is to say, they don’t like it one bit. They just feel pressured to say they do in public. While it’s socially acceptable for women to admit that hooking up is not for them, it’s generally considered social suicide for a man to say the same thing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/homophobic-maybe-youre-gay.html


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Kids who veer from gender norms at higher risk for abuse - CNN.com

Kids who veer from gender norms at higher risk for abuse - CNN.com

A study published in Pediatrics this month showed that children who do not conform to gender roles are more likely to be abused, increasing the likelihood they will have post-traumatic stress disorder by the time they're in their 20s.

Tenured ASU Prof On Leave After Showing Film About Porn

Tenured ASU Prof On Leave After Showing Film About Porn

Price is described in the article as a popular professor at ASU, who has been at Appalachian State for eight years. The article says that Price showed what was described as a well-known film called "The Price of Pleasure" in her introductory sociology course. The film came from the university library, according to the article, and is critical “of the porn industry and other businesses that make money off it.”
The article says that Ms. Price received a letter last month from Anthony Gene Carey, vice provost for faculty affairs, saying that “Ms. Price failed to warn students that the material may be ‘objectionable or upsetting,’ and at least three students complained to administrators.” Mr. Carey wrote that that the content was "really inappropriate.”

Jokes: Researchers Name World's Funniest Joke - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/video/episodes-25197429/jokes-researchers-name-world-s-funniest-joke-25271429.html


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Tiger Kids and the Success Frame » The Society Pages

http://thesocietypages.org/papers/tiger-kids-and-the-success-frame/

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