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Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology, 4/e
Estelle Disch, University of Massachusetts, Boston


Web Links

Divided into 14 sections, this expansive resource list provides a slew of websites on the most frequently discussed sociology topics.

 


Overviews of Social Inequality

Explorations in Social Inequality: Links and bibliographic resources relating to social class, stratification, and inequality: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/strat.html

The Progress of Nations: The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women: http://www.unicef.org/pon00

 

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Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Racial/Ethnic Discrimination

100 Questions and Answers about Arab Americans: http://www.freep.com/jobspage/arabs

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: http://www.adc.org

Asian Pacific American Network: http://www.apanet.org

Black Facts Online: http://www.blackfacts.com

History of Jim Crow Segregation Laws: http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/calheritage/Jimcrow/

Japanese American Internment: Online Exhibit: http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/exhibit2.html

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics: Asian American Experiences in the U. S.: http://www.leap.org/

National Latino Research Center: http://www.csusm.edu/nlrc

Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World http://www.nativeweb.org

Race data from the U. S. census: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race.html

Racial and Ethnic Stratification: A sociological exploration of racial and ethnic inequality in the U. S.: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/race.html

Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.splcenter.org

 

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Socioeconomic Status and Class Inequality

Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change: http://povertycenter.cwru.edu

Corporate Welfare Information Center: http://www.corporations.org/welfare

Current data on poverty from the U. S. census: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/poverty.html

The Forbes 400: Forbes annual ranking of the 400 richest people in the U. S.: http://www.forbes.com/400richest/

Inequality.org: News, Information, and Expertise on the Divide in Income, Wealth, and Health: http://www.inequality.org

Institute on Race and Poverty: http://www.irpumn.org/website

Institute for Research on Poverty: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp

National Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org/

National Coalition for the Homeless: http://www.nationalhomeless.org

People Like Us: Social Class in America: http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus

Poverty & Race Research Action Council: Poverty/Welfare: http://www.prrac.org/topic.php?topic_id=2

PovertyNet: Inequality, Poverty, and Socio-economic Performance: http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/inequal/index.htm

United Nations Development Program World Income Inequality Database: http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm

Welfare Information Network: http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/win/default.asp

 

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Understanding Sex, Gender and Sexism

Children Now: Boys to Men Sports Media: Messages About Masculinity: http://www.childrennow.org/media/boystomen/report-sports.html

European Pro-Feminist Men’s Network: http://www.europrofem.org

Feminism and Women’s Issues Links: http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/women.html

Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA): http://www.gender.org

Gender Stats: A Database of Gender Statistics: http://genderstats.worldbank.org

Gender Stratification: A sociological exploration of sex and gender inequality: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/gender.html

Homophobia and Masculinities among Young Men: Lessons in Becoming a Straight Man: http://www.xyonline.net/misc/homophobia.html

Institute for Women's Policy Research: http://www.iwpr.org

The International Foundation for Gender Education: http://www.ifge.org

The Intersex Society of North America: http://www.isna.org

National Organization for Men Against Sexism: http://www.nomas.org

 

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Perspectives on Sexualities

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists: http://www.aasect.org

Cornell Human Sexuality Collection: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HSC/faq/hscfaq.htm

Kinsey Institute: http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey

Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology

Planned Parenthood Federation of America: http://www.ppfa.org

Planned Parenthood resources for teens: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teens

SexQuest / Sex Institute: http://www.SexQuest.com

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: http://www.siecus.org

Sexuality Research Fellowship Program: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality

SIECUS links page: http://www.siecus.org/links/links.html

Society for Human Sexuality: http://www.sexuality.org

The American Board of Sexology: http://www.sexologist.org

The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality: http://www.iashs.edu/

World Association for Sexology: http://www.worldsexology.org/

 

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Work, Employment and the Economy

AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch: http://www.aflcio.org/corporateamerica/paywatch/

Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov

National Partnership for Women & Families: http://www.nationalpartnership.org

Sweatshop Watch: http://www.sweatshopwatch.org

The National Committee on Pay Equity: http://www.pay-equity.org/

Understanding the Unemployment Rate: http:www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/publications/review.htm

The Wage Gap: A History of Pay Inequity and the Equal Pay Act: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/equalpayact1.html

 

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Families

Alternative Family Matters: http://www.alternativefamilies.org/

Center for Working Families: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/wfnetwork/berkeley/

Center for Family Policy and Practice: http://www.cffpp.org

Familes and Work Institute: http://www.familiesandwork.org

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics: http://www.childstats.gov

Kearl’s Guide to the Sociology of the Family: http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html

Kids Count: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount

Family Diversity Projects: Love Makes a Family: http://www.lovemakesafamily.org/

National Research Center for Women & Families: http://www.center4research.org/

 

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Education

The Chilly Climate: How Men and Women are Treated Differently in Classrooms and at Work: http://www.bernicesandler.com/id4.htm

Chronicle of Higher Education: How Selective Colleges Heighten Inequality: http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i03/03b00701.htm

Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit:http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/indian/

Institute for Education and Social Policy: http://www.nyu.edu/iesp

National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education: http://www.nabe.org/

The Native American Boarding School Experience: http://www.heard.org/show-exhibit.php?id=6

Unequal Schools, Unequal Chances: The Challenges to Equal Opportunity in the Americas: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/REIUNE.html

 

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The State, Public Policy & the Criminal Justice System

Affirmative Action Review: Report to the President: http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/aa/aa-index.html

Crusader's Criminal Injustice Resource List: http://home.earthlink.net/~mrcrusader/resource99.html

Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epinet.org

Human Rights Watch: Race and Incarceration in the United States: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/race

Latino Youth and the U. S. Justice System: http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/latino_rpt

Paul's Justice Page:http://paulsjusticepage.com/

Racial Justice: Racial Profiling: http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEqualitylist.cfm?c=133

The Roots of Sprawl: Highway Building: http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/roots_highway.html

The Sentencing Project: http://www.sentencingproject.org

Welfare Reform Reauthorization: An Overview of Problems and Issues: http://www.brook.edu/es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb02.htm

 

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Media

Children and the Media: Children’s Perceptions of Race and Class on Television http://www.childrennow.org/media/fc2002/fc-2002-highlights.htm

FAIR: The National Media Watch Group: http://www.fair.org

Gay Images: TV’s Mixed Signals: http://www.gaylib.com/text/rept20.htm

HYPE: Monitoring Black Images in the Media: http://www.ayaed.com/hype

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow

Latinos In the Media: http://icsdev.soe.umich.edu/confur/stories/reader/fall/ody$9f4e66bbfe551476a07ab3ed2d99c9ce

Media Action Network for Asian Americans: http://www.manaa.org

Media Portrayals of Disabled People: http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/other/work_apr_003.htm

Representations of American Indians in American Film and Culture: http://subject.lib.umn.edu/socsci/amerindfilm.html

We Rarely See Those Who Labor: http://www.ibew1613.org/library/those_who_labor.html

 

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Language and Images

"American Indian" Sports Team Mascots: http://www.aistm.org/1indexpage.htm

Disability is Natural: People First Language: http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm

English Only Movement: Information and Resources: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/engonly.htm

English-Only Movement: Its Consequences for the Education of Language Minority Children: http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d139.html

Language Matters: Language and Disability: http://www.equity.uts.edu.au/resources/ablist.html

Living in a Symbolic World: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/socpsy-4.html

Wisconsin Indian Education Association: "Indian" Mascot & Logo Taskforce: http://pages.prodigy.net/munson

Youall: A site concerned with Sexist Language: http://www.youall.freeservers.com

 

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Health, Illness and the Body

Alan Guttmacher Institute: Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, Policy Analysis and Public Education http://www.guttmacher.org

The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: http://www.arhp.org

The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource: http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml

Coming of Age: From Facts to Action for Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health: http://www.sexplained.com

Fat!So?: For People Who Don’t Apologize about their Size: http://www.fatso.com

Race, Health Care, and the Law: http://academic.udayton.edu/health/index.htm

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: http://www.unaids.org

MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health: http://www.macses.ucsf.edu

Michigan Initiative on Inequalities in Health: http://www.sph.umich.edu/miih

Eating Disorders: Mirror Mirror: http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm

National Women’s Health Information Center: http://www.4woman.gov

Q Web Sweden - Women’s health issues in cross-cultural perspective: http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se

Sexual Health Network: http://www.sexualhealth.com

Something Fishy: A Website on Eating Disorders: http://www.something-fishy.org

Estronaut: Boldly Exploring Women's Health: A Forum for Women's Health: http://www.womenshealth.org

Women with DisAbilities & Reproductive Rights: http://dawn.thot.net/wwd_reproductive_rights.html

World Health Organization Statistical Information System: http://www.who.int/research/en/

 

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Violence and Social Control

Andrea Dworkin Online Library Catalog: materials against pornography: http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin

Communities Against Violence Network: http://www.cavnet2.org

FBI Civil Right Program—Hate Crimes: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm

Impact: Feature Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities: http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/133/default.html

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information: http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence in Canada: links to resources on child sexual abuse: http:www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence

National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape: http://members.aol.com/ncmdr/index.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: http://www.ncadv.org

The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project: Reports and Publications http://www.avp.org

Sexual Abuse of Children, Child Pornography and Paedophilia on the Internet: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/child_screen/conf_index_2.html

Stopviolence.com: http://www.stopviolence.com

U. S. Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/welcome.html

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/10492.pdf

Feminist.com: Anti-Violence Resources at Feminist.com: http://www.feminist.com/violence

 

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Organizations Working for Social Justice

Action Without Borders: http://www.idealist.org

Advocates for Youth: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—New York: http://www.actupny.org

American Civil Liberties Union: http://www.aclu.org

American Disability Association: http://www.adanet.org

Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org

Anti-Defamation League: http://www.adl.org

Black Radical Congress: http://www.blackradicalcongress.com

Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership: http://www.boggscenter.org

Campaign to End Homophobia: http://www.endhomophobia.org

Center for Economic Justice: http://econjustice.net/wbbb

Center for Third World Organizing: http://ctwo.org/

Child Sexual Exploitation (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children): http://www.missingkids.com/

Coalition for Positive Sexuality: http://www.positive.org

End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes International: http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp

Equality Now: http://www.equalitynow.org

Feminist Majority Foundation: http://www.feminist.org

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: http://www.glaad.org/

Grassroots.org: Stop the Hate: http://www.stopthehate.org

Green Party: http://www.gp.org

Gender Watchers: http://www.genderwatchers.org

Hetrick-Martin Institute: seeks to create safe environments for l/g/b/t teens and their families: http://www.hmi.org

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice: http://www.jfrej.org

Kensington Welfare Rights Union: http://www.kwru.org

Labor Party News: http://www.thelaborparty.org/

Men Can Stop Rape: http://www.mencanstoprape.org

Men Stopping Violence: http://www.menstoppingviolence.org

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse: http://www.mincava.umn.edu

National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth: http://www.outproud.org

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: http://www.thetaskforce.org/index.cfm

The National Organization for Women: http://www.now.org

TrueMajority: A New Contract With The Planet: http://www.truemajority.org

Prison Activist Resource Center: http://www.prisonactivist.org

Progressive Majority: http://www.progressivemajority.org

Prostitutes’ Education Network: http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: http://www.rainbowpush.org

Refuse and Resist: http://www.refuseandresist.org

Resist, Inc.: http://www.resistinc.org

Solidarity: A Revolutionary, Socialist, Democratic, Feminist, Anti-Racist Organization: http://www.solidarity-us.org/index.html

Syracuse Cultural Workers: http://www.syrculturalworkers.org

The United Auto Workers: http://www.uaw.org

U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice: http://www.50years.org

UNITE! Sweatshops Campaign: http://www.unitehere.org/

United Farm Workers of America: http://www.ufw.org

United for a Fair Economy: Inspiring Action to Close the Economic Divide: http://www.faireconomy.org

University of the Poor: http://universityofthepoor.org

War Times: http://www.war-times.org

Welfare Law Center: http://www.welfarelaw.org

 

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