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1. Cole, Patricia R. 2001. “Impoverished Women in Violent Partnerships: Designing Service to Fit Their Reality.” Violence Against Women, February 2001, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p222. Content Select: Sociology, AN_4030392. The author addresses the circumstances which facilitate a woman’s decision to seek out family violence services. She discusses the specific types of program features which will respond to women’s needs and promote their willingness to come in for help. 2. Treas, Judith and Widmer, Eric D. 2000. “Married Women’s Employment Over the Life course: Attitudes in Cross-National Perspective.” Social Forces, June 2000, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p1409, 28p. Content Select: Sociology, AN_3421630. These researchers report their findings from a larger, 23 nation study of attitudes about women’s employment in four stages of the family life course. Numerous findings are reported, including a general agreement between men and women and the evidence to support a normative hypothesis. 3. Mosesdottir, Lilja. 2000. “Pathways Towards The Dual Breadwinner Model: The Role of Swedish. German, and the American States.” International Review of Sociology, July 2000, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p189. Content Select: Sociology, AN_3504761. This cross-cultural study deals with the role of Sweden, Germany, and the United States in the development of the dual breadwinner role. It includes a discussion of social structural factors relating to: gender relations, immigration policies on the behavior of men and women, and the patterns and forms of gender relations. 4. Smock, Pamela J. and Manning, Wendy D. 1999. “The Effect of Marriage and Divorce on Women’s Economic Well-being.” American Sociological Review, December 1999, Vol. 64 Issue 6, p794. Content Select: Sociology, AN_2735330. These authors examine the impact of marriage and divorce on the economic well-being of married and divorced women. They report an economic advantage of marriage to women and an economic disadvantage of divorce to women. 5. Barsetti, I, et al. 1998. “The Differentiation of Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Sexual Abuse.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, April 1998, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p275, 12p. Content Select: Sociology, AN_459622. This article addresses the pedophilic nature of sexual abuse of children both within and beyond family bounds. It includes a discussion of measures of sexual interest in children and how they vary both within and beyond the family. 6. Waldron, I. and Weiss, Cristopher C. 1997. “Marital Status Effects on Health: Are there Differences Between Never married Women and Divorced and Separated Women?” Social Science & Medicine, November 1997, Vol. 45 Issue 9, p1387, 11p. Content Select: Sociology, AN_9710291421. These authors studied morbidity data for US women. Differing marital status roles, transitions in and out of these roles, and the impact of health before and after those transitions are discussed in the findings. 7. Kohn, Ayelet. 2000. “Prime-Time television ‘Fable Families’: Political and Social Satire for Segmented Audiences.” Emergences: Journal for the Study of Media & Composite Cultures, May 2000, Vol. 10 Issue 1. Content Select: Sociology, AN_3860642. Analyzes the impact of television programs ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Harjukim” on the concept of global allegorical family. Use of humor as universal language; depiction of families undergoing changes, and perceptions of the fable families are also discussed.
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