New Research Finds College Grads More Likely To Get Married

by James Madeiros on May 10, 2012

college student at libraryA new study indicates a dramatic shift in the marrying habits of educated women, and what it is that’s driving those choices later in life.

The long-term study, entitled “Women’s Education and Their Likelihood of Marriage: A Historic Reversal,” was conducted by New York University sociology professor Paula England, and examined the marriage traits of women born between 1958 and 1964.

Generally, the results revealed that educated women did not marry as early in life as their lesser-educated counterparts, but soon caught up and surpassed their numbers following pursuits in higher education. Reasons for this vary, but one primary theory is that educated women in the past were not viewed as “marriageable” by men who were threatened by a partner as smart – or smarter than – themselves. [click to continue…]

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Study Shows Women Less Likely to Speak Up in Class

by James Madeiros on May 3, 2012

woman libraryA new study that explores the dynamics of gender differences and participation in college classrooms is opening up a broader dialogue about stereotypes, societal expectations and student-instructor relationships.

Student group Yale Law Women replicated a 2002 study to explore gender dynamics in Yale Law School classrooms and discovered that women do not speak up in class as much as their male counterparts. Their research revealed that men were 16% more likely to speak in class than women, and that women’s participation rates improved only 1.5% in the last ten years.

Earlier studies indicate that instructors may be to blame. One study from the University of Virginia on sexism in the classroom demonstrated it has been historically proven through observation that it is often the case that teachers call on male students more, wait longer for male students to answer questions, give male students more encouraging eye contact and even remember male students’ names better. [click to continue…]

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Study Shows Conservatives’ Trust In Science at Record Low

April 27, 2012

A new study reveals that conservatives’ trust in science is at a record low, although it could be assumed that most conservatives are unlikely to agree with the results. Data collected from the General Social Survey and analyzed by sociology professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill show that conservative faith in [...]

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Study Finds Younger Generation Driving Less

April 26, 2012

New research reveals that what was once an American rite of passage is fast becoming passé, and sociologists are curious what is “driving” the change. Results of studies conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute in Ann Arbor indicate the percentage of young adults arriving at driving age between 1983 and 2008 who [...]

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Study: Women Outperform Men in College

April 3, 2012

What is it about girls that make them so darn smart? Sociology experts may have a harder time answering that question, but a new study conducted at The Ohio State University (OSU) is going to make it easier to justify the claim, much to the consternation of competitive boys, no doubt. Research shows girls have [...]

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National Association of Social Workers Promotes Social Work Month

March 25, 2012

March is a month that has many observances, from the importance of umbrellas to brain injury awareness, but for US social workers it is arguably best known as National Social Work Month – and the news is spreading. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is working overtime to promote the monthly observance as a [...]

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More Gen Yers Staying Home, Census Shows

March 17, 2012

The latest US Census Bureau data shows that more members of Generation Y are living closer to home longer and researchers say this is just one of several indicators pointing to a sociological struggle for Millennials. The same data also shows more Millennials (born in the 80s and 90s) are living in their parents’ homes [...]

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Study: Men in Female Dominated Jobs Do More Manly Chores

March 13, 2012

Emasculation and compensation are a psychological seesaw that many men ride every day, even if they don’t know it. A new report published in the American Journal of Sociology entitled “Gender Deviance and Household Work: The Role of Occupation,” makes the argument that men who work in female-dominated career fields compensate by doing more male-oriented [...]

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New Study Suggests 3-Strikes Law Fails to Reduce Crime

March 6, 2012

The effect of California’s “3 Strikes Law” as a deterrent, which imposes stiff penalties following a criminal’s third felony conviction, has long been debated – but the debate may finally be coming to an end. Robert Nash Parker, sociologist and director of the Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies at University of California Riverside, [...]

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Supreme Court To Decide The Future of Affirmative Action

February 26, 2012

The case for affirmative action, once a hot-button issue in a country that strives for colorblindness, is back in the news as the US Supreme Court prepares a review of its application in university enrollment decisions. Affirmative action has a storied sociological history in the world’s melting pot that continues to shape how Americans perceive [...]

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