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Nabokov et Lolita

Pour toutes celles et ceux qui ont participé à la discussion sur Nabokov et Lolita, je signale qu’il y a maintenant (vendredi 23 octobre 2015 15:00) dans Affaires sensibles par Fabrice Drouelle sur France Inter.

Americans Own 42% of all the Guns on the Planet » Sociological Images
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According to Vox, the U.S. has 4.43% of the world’s population and almost 42% of the world’s population of civilian-owned guns.

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#USA #armes

Unkind #architecture - designing against the homeless: ▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/03/12/unkind-architecture-designing-against-the-homeless

Déconstruire la virilité
▻http://chaotiqueneutre.tumblr.com/post/112694157258/deconstruire-la-virilite#disqus_thread
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Monde du travail

"Des rituels virils pour conjurer la peur", Christophe Dejours sur la souffrance au travail
▻http://www.liberation.fr/economie/2005/05/31/des-rituels-virils-pour-conjurer-la-peur_521732

Représentations

Vidéo : how movies teach Manhood
▻http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_stokes_how_movies_teach_manhood

Cinéma : Gloire aux costauds
►http://www.lecinemaestpolitique.fr/gloire-aux-costauds

Vidéo : Sexism, Strength and Dominance : Masculinity in Disney Films
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY

Education

3rd grade teacher reminds boy writing is for girls…
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/03/21/3rd-grade-teacher-reminds-boy-that-writing-is-for-girls

When boys misbehave it’s adorable
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/05/09/when-boys-misbehave-its-adorable

The real boy crisis : 5 ways America tells boys not to be “girly”
▻http://www.salon.com/2013/09/25/5_ways_america_tells_boys_not_to_be_girly

Sylvie Ayral, La fabrique des garçons, Sanction et genre au collège
▻http://gc.revues.org/2107

Définir et déconstruire la virilité

Vidéo : Be A Man, by Joe Ehrmann
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVI1Xutc_Ws

Virilité et violence
▻http://antisexisme.net/2011/10/22/virilite-et-violence

Détruire la virilité
►http://www.crepegeorgette.com/2013/10/30/detruire-la-virilite

Résumé de Refuser d’être un homme de John Stoltenberg
►http://www.crepegeorgette.com/2013/10/09/virilite-stoltenberg

#virilité #homme #hommes #féminisme #condition_masculine #violence #domination

The reason why, looking back at USA’s Civil Rights era legislation we see leadership is that politicians, litigators and activists were bravely pushing for rights that the public wasn’t ready to extend. In comparison, today’s power brokers appear to be following public opinion, changing their mind because the wind is suddenly blowing a new way.
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/10/18/chart-of-the-week-politicians-are-following-not-leading-on-same-sex
#Civil_Rights #gay_marriage #racism #USA #democracy #politics

Map of the Week: 57% of Languages Do Not Have Gendered Pronouns » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/10/11/map-of-the-week-57-of-languages-do-not-have-gendered-pronouns

The map below is an interactive available at the World Atlas of Language Structures. It represents an extensive, but not quite comprehensive collection of world languages. Each dot represents one. White dots are languages that do not include gendered pronouns. No “he” or “she.” Just a gender neutral word that means person.

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#langue #langage #genre

When Whiteness is the Standard of Beauty - Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/05/16/white-as-beautiful-black-as-white

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This collection of images is a nice illustration of the way in which black women, in particular, are expected to look white in order to qualify as beautiful. The images are powerful because the black models look almost identical to the white models, but also because they are ads for make-up. So the ads are literally selling beauty.

#beauté #racisme #publicité

New! in Pointlessly Gendered Products » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/03/15/new-in-pointlessly-gendered-products

It’s been a while since we treated our audience to a post featuring a collection of pointlessly gendered products. Time to correct our lapse in diligence! Here are some favorite examples we’ve added to our Pinterest board lately.

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#sexisme #bad_market

What’s Ikea for? Cultural Differences in Appropriate Behavior
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/01/27/whats-ikea-for-cultural-differences-in-appropriate-behavior

Sociologist Sangyoub Park forwarded us a fascinating account of Ikea’s business model… for China. In the U.S., there are rather strict rules about what one can do in a retail store. Primarily, one is supposed to shop, shop the whole time, and leave once one’s done shopping. Special parts of the store might be designated for other activities, like eating or entertaining kids, but the main floors are activity-restricted.

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Not in China. Ikea has become a popular place to hang out. People go there to read their morning newspaper, socialize with friends, snuggle with a loved one, or take a nap. Older adults have turned it into a haunt for singles looking for love. Some even see it as a great place for a wedding.

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#chine #ikea #urbain #magasins #culture_de_masse
#supermarchés

Marijuana Policing as a Civil Rights Issue

▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/01/23/marijuana-policing-as-a-civil-rights-issue

Young black adults are less likely than whites to use marijuana, but extraordinarily more likely to be arrested for its use, according to a new report by the ACLU. This is old news, but the data never fails to stun.

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#drogues #usa #prisons #racisme

A Little Theory of Homophobia

Heterosexuality in the U.S. is gendered: women are expected to attract, men are supposed to be attracted. Men want, women want to be wanted. Metaphorically, this is a predator/prey type relationship. Women are subject to the hunt whether they like it or not, so men’s attention can be pleasing, annoying, or frightening. It all depends.

Accordingly, women know what it feels like to be prey. Not all men make us feel this way, of course, but some certainly do. The leering guy on the street, the heavy hitter in the bar, the frotteurist on the subway, the molesting uncle, the aggressive fraternity brother, etc. It doesn’t matter if we’re interested in men or not, interested in that guy or not, there are men that — with their eyes, mouths, hands, and more — apparently can’t help but get their “sexual energy slime” all over us.

So what’s homophobia? Sometimes I think it’s the moment that men feel what it’s like to be prey. See, women are used to it. It’s a familiar feeling we have to modulate all the time. We’re used to constantly judging whether it means danger or not. But when it happens to men for the first time, I bet it’s shocking as all hell. It’s like they’ve been treated like a human being their whole life and then, POW, they’re a piece of ass and nothing more. It must feel just crazy bad.

Of course, all that’s happened is that they’ve been demoted in the food chain. No longer the predator, they’re the prey. The dynamic between two men is the same as the one between men and women, except now they know what it feels like to be slimed.

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▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/01/13/a-little-theory-of-homophobia

#homophobie #regard #vignette #caricature #genre

“Hard Out Here”: Lily Allen Skewers the Music Industry » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/11/13/hard-out-here-lily-allen-skewers-the-music-industry

If the past few months in the music industry have left you demoralized — what with the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy and all — Lily Allen might make you feel better, emphasis on might. Her single, with the sarcastic refrain “It’s hard out here for a bitch,” satirizes all of it and takes some ugly missteps along the way. In doing so, she reinvigorates an important conversation about satire, race politics, and feminism.

Men and Women! They Talk Like People! » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/11/16/men-and-women-they-talk-like-people/?fb_action_ids=10202400275466225&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source

Les femmes sont des gens, les hommes sont des gens, les gens communiquent chacun à leur manière. Comme des gens.(Permalink)

#feminisme #f #t

Beauty = White: Photo Editing Software Edition - Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/09/20/beauty-white-photo-editing-software-edition

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This is one more reminder that we live in a racist society that conflates whiteness with beauty. Remember, too, though, that someone — very possibly a set of people — had to make a conscious decision to include skin whitening as an option and position it as a sub-category of beautification. Then they had to, literally, type the words into the program and make it so.

This shit doesn’t just happen. It’s not random. Racism isn’t just an ephemeral cultural thing. It involves actual decisions made by real people who, if not motivated by racism, are complicit with it.

#beauté #racisme

Légitime défense

Le 13 juillet 2013, en Floride, M. George Zimmerman, un vigile blanc, a été acquitté du meurtre d’un adolescent noir, Trayvon Martin, commis en 2012. Le blog américain Sociological Images (14 juillet) signale une étude sur les effets des lois dites « Stand your ground » (« Défendre son territoire ») menée à partir de 4 650 affaires d’homicide aux Etats-Unis. Outre la Floride, vingt-quatre Etats disposent de telles lois.

Dans les Etats où il existe une loi de type « Stand your ground », 13,6 % des meurtres ont été déclarés légitimes ; dans les autres, seulement 7,2 %. De toute évidence, des verdicts d’acquittement pour des homicides sont plus facilement prononcés quand cette loi existe. Mais quels homicides ? Ceux qui sont similaires à l’affaire #Trayvon_Martin. De tels verdicts sont bien plus courants dans le cas du meurtre d’un Noir par un Blanc que dans n’importe quelle autre combinaison. (…) Les statistiques sont claires : lorsqu’un Blanc a commis un meurtre, le principe « Stand your ground » augmente la probabilité d’un acquittement, mais seulement quand l’accusé doit répondre du meurtre d’une personne noire.

#racisme #justice

Lisa Wade, « Stand your ground increases racial bias in “justifiable homicide” trials », Sociological Images, 13 juillet 2013.
►http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/07/13/stand-your-ground-laws-increases-racial-bias-in-justifiable-homicid

#Coupures_de_presse (#2013/08)
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2013/08/A/49523

An Argument for the Total Irrelevance of Beauty - Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/08/15/an-argument-for-the-total-irrelevance-of-beauty

Enjoy these seven beautiful minutes in which Kara Kamos explains that she is ugly and she couldn’t care less (most of the time):

▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2js063a1Suk

#beauté

Stand Your Ground Increases Racial Bias in “Justifiable Homicide” Trials - Sociological Images
►http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/07/13/stand-your-ground-laws-increases-racial-bias-in-justifiable-homicid

At MetroTrends, John Roman and Mitchell Downey report their analysis of 4,650 FBI records of homicides in which a person killed a stranger with a handgun. They conclude that stand your ground “tilts the odds in favor of the shooter.” In SYG states, 13.6% of homicides were rules justifiable; in non-SYG states, only 7.2% were deemed such. This is strong evidence that rulings of justifiable homicide are more likely under stand your ground.

But which homicides?

The very kind decided in the Zimmerman trial today. A finding of “justifiable homicide” is much more common in the case of a white-on-black killing than any other kind including a white and a black person. As PBS’s request, Roman compared the likelihood of a favorable finding for the defendant in SYG and non SYG cases, consider the races of the people involved. The data is clear, compared to white-on-white crimes, stand your ground increases the likelihood of a not-guilty finding, but only when a person is accused of killing a black person.

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Et la réaction de David Simon:

▻http://davidsimon.com/trayvon

#usa #justice #racisme #armes #trayvon_martin

Global Attitudes toward Homosexuality » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/06/17/global-attitudes-toward-homosexuality

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The Pew Research Global Attitudes Project recently released data on attitudes about homosexuality in 39 countries. Generally, those living in the Middle East and Africa were the least accepting, while those in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Asia (the Philippines, Australia, and to a lesser extent Japan) were most accepting:

#homosexualité

Obscene Gestures from Around the World » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/06/08/obscene-gestures-from-around-the-world

▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vk9vHUiw7Pg

The phrase “social construction” refers to the fact that things, symbols, places, sounds — basically everything — is devoid of meaning until we, collectively, agree as to what something means. Once that happens, it has been “socially constructed” and we can refer to it as a “social construct.”

The fact that gestures have any meaning at all, and that they can have different meanings in different places, is a simple example of this basic sociological concept. Enjoy this one minute compilation of examples!

Little Princesses and Mighty Warriors » Sociological Images
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/03/15/little-princesses-and-mighty-warriors

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In case you’ve ever wondered, “Is there anything we won’t pointlessly gender?”, Katrin sent in evidence that there really, really isn’t:

#genre