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November 22, 2009
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Notestein SeminarThe Fall series of Notestein Seminars continues on Tuesday, November 24th at noon in Room 300. The featured speaker is: Sofya Aptekar, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, Immigrant Naturalization and Nation-Building in North America. To see the complete fall 2009 seminar schedule click on seminars under research on the left-hand column. Research Highlights* Jenny Higgins and Irene Browne (Emory University) examined perceptions of sexual needs and sexual control, and how "doing" class and gender influences sexual risk-taking. The poor are disproportionately affected by unintended pregnancy and STIs. However, we know relatively little about the sexual processes behind these disparities. Despite studies of gender enactment's influence on sexual behaviors, few analyses examine the sexual "doing" of social class. Higgins and Browne conducted sexual history interviews with 36 women and men, half middle class and half poor and working class. Most respondents reported that men have greater sexual appetites than women, but the middle class were more likely to cite social influences, while the poor and working class respondents primarily ascribed biological origins. ...Read More
*From OPR's Annual Report. Click on projects under research on the left-hand panel to navigate through the project descriptions. Or view the entire 2007 OPR Annual Report in pdf format (file size is 1.7 MB). | ||||||
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