Gender & Society

NEW BLOG | HOW CAN HOUSEWORK BE VIOLENT?

Drawing on interviews with women in India, Drs. Kausiki Sarma and Yang Hu show that housework becomes a site of violence through rigid demands, excessive labor (even during illness), and punishment—including physical, verbal, and psychological abuse—for failing to meet strict standards, thereby normalizing coercion and reinforcing gender inequality.

https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/how-can-housework-be-violent/

NEW BLOG | UNDER WATCHFUL EYES: GENDER AND DISCIPLINE IN WOMEN’S PRISONS

Dr. Jillian J. Turanovic highlights how despite attempts at reformation in prison systems, the watchful eyes of the institution remain fixed on women’s relationships, bodies, and expressions, enforcing traditional gender norms as much as enforcing prison rules.

Under Watchful Eyes: Gender and Discipline in Women’s Prisons NEW BLOG | UNDER WATCHFUL EYES: GENDER AND DISCIPLINE IN WOMEN’S PRISONS Dr. Jillian J. Turanovic highlights how despite attempts at reformation in prison systems, the watchful eyes of the in…

NEW BLOG | THERE IS AN ECONOMIC PENALTY FOR GENDER NONCONFORMITY

Drs. Eiko Strader and Sonny Nordmarken discuss how there is an economic penalty for gender nonconformity among LGB people and highlight how it matters more for gay and bis*xual men’s economic well-being than it does for le***an and bis*xual women.

THERE IS AN ECONOMIC PENALTY FOR GENDER NONCONFORMITY NEW BLOG | THERE IS AN ECONOMIC PENALTY FOR GENDER NONCONFORMITY Drs. Eiko Strader and Sonny Nordmarken discuss how there is an economic penalty for gender nonconformity among LGB people and highli…

NEW BLOG | RISK, SOLIDARITY, AND EXCLUSION: WHAT HEREDITARY BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER ONLINE COMMUNITIES CAN TEACH US ABOUT ACTIVISM AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Through their study of individuals with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) mutations, Dr. Linda Blum discusses how online spaces can offer both promise and peril for feminism and for other social movements in a digital age.

Risk, Solidarity, and Exclusion: What Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Online Communities Can Teach Us About Activism and Cultural Politics in the Digital Age NEW BLOG | RISK, SOLIDARITY, AND EXCLUSION: WHAT HEREDITARY BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER ONLINE COMMUNITIES CAN TEACH US ABOUT ACTIVISM AND CULTURAL POLITICS IN THE DIGITAL AGE Through their study of …

NEW BLOG | HOW HAS THE GIG ECONOMY RE-CODED EMOTIONAL LABOR?

Liu and Huang explain how women’s emotional labor in Shanghai has not vanished with the rise of the platform-based gig economy, but has become automated, intensified, and weaponized.

How has the Gig Economy Re-Coded Emotional Labor? NEW BLOG | HOW HAS THE GIG ECONOMY RE-CODED EMOTIONAL LABOR? Liu and Huang explain how women’s emotional labor in Shanghai has not vanished with the rise of the platform-based gig economy, bu…

NEW BLOG | BETWEEN ABUSE AND BANTER: HOW MILDER FORMS OF TROLLING REINFORCE HARMFUL IDEAS ABOUT MANHOOD AND GENDER INEQUALITY ONLINE

Janus Chidester highlights how users across online gender identities reproduce hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy in digital spaces through subtle forms of trolling—and how these patterns can shape offline gender expectations.

Between Abuse and Banter: How Milder Forms of Trolling Reinforce Harmful Ideas About Manhood and Gender Inequality Online Janus Chidester highlights how users across online gender identities reproduce hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy in digital spaces through subtle forms of trolling—and how these patterns can sha…

NEW BLOG | RACIAL MYTHS OF MOTHERHOOD IN EARLY FOSTER CARE

Drawing upon case files and archival documents from New York child welfare agencies between the 1940’s and 1960’s, Dr. Michaela Simmons traces how racial logics of maternal unfitness emerged in foster care services and shaped parental rights.

Racial Myths of Motherhood in Early Foster Care NEW BLOG | RACIAL MYTHS OF MOTHERHOOD IN EARLY FOSTER CARE Drawing upon case files and archival documents from New York child welfare agencies between the 1940’s and 1960’s, Dr. Michaela Simmons tr…

Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of Gender & Society: Global Fault Lines: Gender, Religion, and Nationalism

We're seeking a wide range of scholarship—both empirical and theoretical—relevant to the discipline of sociology engaging the entanglements between religion, nationalism, and gender across the world. We welcome contributions that examine the role of gender and s*xuality in nationalist and religious movements and the mobilization of pronatalist and anti-gender ideologies including bathroom bills, anti-trans legislations, the decimation of gender affirmative care, and renewed efforts toward the re-domestication of women in pursuit of authoritarian politics. We also invite work that analyzes resistances, solidarities, social movements, and political imaginaries working to contest these assaults and to generate alternative visions. We particularly encourage contributions that adopt a transnational focus.

Submissions are due April 11, 2026!

CALL FOR SPECIAL ISSUE SUBMISSIONS Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of Gender & Society: Global Fault Lines: Gender, Religion, and NationalismGuest Edited by Fauzia Husain (Queen’s University, Canada) and Rachel Rinaldo …

NEW BLOG | RESPECTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY: HBCU WOMEN'S GENDER STRATEGIES FOR HETEROSEXUALITY

Dr. Mercedez Dunn-Gallier examines the contradictions and challenges of accomplishing Black respectable womanhood through collegiate s*x and romance for cisgender heteros*xual undergraduate women at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Respectability and Responsibility: HBCU Women’s Gender Strategies for Heteros*xuality NEW BLOG | RESPECTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY: HBCU WOMEN’S GENDER STRATEGIES FOR HETEROSEXUALITY Dr. Mercedez Dunn-Gallier examines the contradictions and challenges of accomplishing Black re…

NEW BLOG | WHAT IF BEING TRANS IS ABOUT PURSUING GENDER EUPHORIA?

Kai W. McKinney with Dr. David G. Ortiz discuss their journey toward reframing gender dysphoria as the pursuit of gender euphoria, and explain how the relationship between gender dysphoria and gender euphoria is mediated by what they call "lenses of impossibility."

What if being trans is about pursuing gender euphoria? NEW BLOG | WHAT IF BEING TRANS IS ABOUT PURSUING GENDER EUPHORIA? Kai W. McKinney with Dr. David G. Ortiz discuss their journey toward reframing gender dysphoria as the pursuit of gender euphoria, …

NEW BLOG | THE HIDDEN COSTS OF MOTHERING AN INCARCERATED ADULT CHILD

Raquel Delerme draws on in-depth interviews with mothers with incarcerated adult children, finding the cumulative impact of financialized policies and time-draining bureaucracy results in the extraction of precious time and money from working-class Black and Latine women on the outside.

The Hidden Costs of Mothering an Incarcerated Adult Child NEW BLOG | THE HIDDEN COSTS OF MOTHERING AN INCARCERATED ADULT CHILD Raquel Delerme draws on in-depth interviews with mothers with incarcerated adult children, finding the cumulative impact of fina…