Sociological Images: Seeing Is Believing

Happy Valentine’s Day, Sociology Lovers! Posted: 14 Feb 2015 06:00 AM PST Here’s a bell hooks Valentine card for you: POSTS FROM VALENTINE’S DAYS PAST Cultural and Historical Variation “Vinegar Valentines”: Happy Valentine’s Day, I Hate You Valentine’s Day in Japan Before Love: Puritan Beliefs about Sex and Marriage Valentine’s Day as Youth Rebellion in India Race/Ethnicity Racist Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards: My Cheap Scottish Valentine Racist Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards: American Indians Racist Vintage Valentine’s Say Cards: Asians and Asian Americans Racist Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards: Africans and African Americans Heteronormativity Have a Very Straight Valentine’s Day Compulsory Coupling: Fit in by Finding Someone, says Frito Lay The Social Construction of Solitude Gender The Feminization of Love and Masculinization of Sex Violent Metaphors in Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards Do Men Want Flowers? The Sexes are “Opposite” Steak and a BlowJob Day (for men) Pretty Girls Get Lots of Stuff Marketing: Buy Flowers or You’re a Dipshit, says FTD Florists Measuring Love with $$$ Men are Loved and Women are Property Valentine’s Day as Sex-For-Gift Exchange Consumption: Do You Know that Valentine’s Day is Coming? Do you? DO YOU!? The Sweet Smell of Environmental Degradation Love for Sale with Dogboy and Mr. Dan (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)

Happy Birthday to Frederick Douglass Posted: 14 Feb 2015 05:59 AM PST Art by Brandon Odums. Image borrowed from nola.com. Frederick Douglass’ exact birthday is unknown, but he celebrated on February 14th. (View original at http://thesocietypages.org/socimages)