Social Problems: Sociological Solutions

OTHER TITLES BY JESSICA POTTER 
COURSE OBJECTIVES 
INTRODUCTION
WHAT LED ME TO TEACHING AND WRITING ABOUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS 
YOU NEED TO KNOW 
What Are SOCIAL Problems?
How Can Sociology Help?
Social Movements
WHAT IS CULTURE? 
WHO CAN DO SOCIOLOGY? 
REAL LIFE ARTICLES Articles Introduction 
1. Canaries in a Coal Mine: Crisis Communication and the Coal Industry 
2. The Vicious Valentine 
3. A Wild Ride 
4. Post on Facebook, Lose Your Business 
5. “Junk in the Trunk”: Body Shaming in Women’s Soccer 
6. Gridlock on the Gridiron: Gender Issues in Football 
7. How Can You Love Someone You’ve Never Met? The Case of Angie’s Catfish and the Hyperpersonal Model 
8. Tinder: For Finding Love or Sex? 
9. It Can’t Be Domestic Violence; We’re not Married! The Many Faces of Intimate Partner Violence 
10. The Whole Package: Commodifying the Self 
11. When a Daughter Becomes a Son: Negotiating Gender, Identity, and Ambiguous Loss in Families
12. Traversing Racial and National Boundaries: Adopting Transracially and Internationally 
13. He Says/She Says: Misunderstandings Between Men and Women 
14. No Strings Attached: Friends with Benefits on a College Campus 
15. Muslims, Head Coverings, and Fantasy Football: Moving Beyond the Stereotype 
16. What Happened? Naming and Talking About Acquaintance Rape 
17. Mexican American Men, Machismo, and Mental Health: Cultural Shifts in Perceptions of Depression 
18. When Obesity is a Crime: Family Communication and Individual Member Health 
19. Babies are Not Like Potato Chips, You Can Stop at Just One: Family Size Decisions
20. Let Me Work the Kinks Out of Your Neck: A Man’s Experience With Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 
21. “Why Should I Do All the Protesting for Our Family?” Negotiating Gender/ed Participation in the Movement for Black Lives 
22. Would You Ever Make a Guy Wear Eyeliner?: External Pressures to Do Gender 
CONCLUSION 
ACTIVITIES