October 3, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Social Capital, Social Networks, Sociology
So, this graph is current making the rounds of the sociosphere (via): So, women rule, right? Well, no.Let’s not get carried away. First, the fact that women do more of something does not mean they “rule”. It just means they do more of it. So, the labels “matriarchy” and “patriarchy” are, I think, not applicable [...]
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October 3, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Sociology
This graph has already made the rounds but it is such a great illustration of the gap between perception and reality that I had to reproduce it here (via): The next step, of course, would be to look for the factors that explain the gap between perception and reality and we would probably find a [...]
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October 3, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Culture, Economy, Labor, Sociology
The absence of translation of meds instructions leads Brooke Harrington to reflect on the fact that German capitalism is most definitely not customer service-oriented as it is in the United States (I would argue that this is true of France and other European countries as well). Money and Medicine, Part II: Economic Culture Shock « [...]
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