My workplace – like many – sends out customer satisfaction surveys. One of the things that gets a lot of attention is when a particular employee’s name is […]
sociology
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There's choices, and then there are choices
“Suicide is never an option,” the therapist told the group. “Actually, it is,” I responded. “A bad and stupid option, but it *is* an option.” I did not […]
emotion / sociology
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Your Rooster and It's Emotions
“We are men of action,” Wesley says. “Lies do not become us.” While an excellent line from _The Princess Bride_, it is redundant. Culturally, we teach our men […]
sociology
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On any given comment thread…
Maybe it’s because we talked about Religulous last night; the Universe has a nasty habit of springing surprise synchronicity into my lap. Maybe it’s because springtime is here […]
rape / sociology / status
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Punishing the Conductor
(PDF, TRIGGER ALERT) is an chapter in Nathan McCall’s autobiography. It is a chapter about a brutal rite of passage. Trains is an unflinchingly honest account about a […]
feminism / sociology
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Beauty on the Outside
Why do people care about looking beautiful? That’s really at the heart of Ms. Kaw’s essay about plastic surgery to attempt to look more Caucasian and Ms. Mernissi’s […]