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However, recent research indicates that the benefits of breastfeeding have been overstated, leading some to call into question the assumption that “breast is best.” A briefing paper released today ...

Prior to the pandemic, the motherhood wage gap for college-educated women had been eliminated, such that mothers and ...

Give Methods a Chance offers a unique multimedia introduction to research methods. This volume, which builds on podcast interviews available at TheSocietyPages.org, introduces readers to some of the ...

CJ Pascoe is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon. She is also the chair of the American Sociological Associations section on Sex and Gender. She teaches courses on sexuality, ...

Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Read more… ...

Individuals and social groups have always been cyborgs because we have always existed in tandem with technology. Today, with the vast proliferation and diffusion of new technologies throughout society ...

In this Context's piece, Auldridge-Reveles and Murphy (2024) argue that we need a sociology of flourishing or well-being instead of focusing only on social problems. Dixon and Quirke (2017) discuss ...

Thompson (2024) examines parental preferences in school selection, highlighting how individual choices influence school communities. The study finds that parents prioritize overall school achievement ...

Without work-family policies in place, American families were left largely to fend for themselves during the pandemic, when the government provided only temporary cash support for families. Did the ...