Contemporary American society 2/6/13Prison 1. 1968 (intro)a. a lot of kayosb. Johnny Cash live from fulsome prison i. “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die ii. makes u feel more for the prisoners and see their human side1. makes you think of their other relationships iii. “the culture of a thousand years shatters with the clanging of a cell”c. from 1968 to now prisoners have gone up 2. important namesa. David garlandb. loic wacquantc. Bruce western3. Overcrowding of prison is unconstitutional in Cali.a. cruel and unusual 4. Mass imprisonment = implies a rate of imprisonment… that is markedly above the norm for societies of this type… systematic imprisonment of whole groups of people. 5. imprisonment went up in 19706. is imprisonment effecting different groups a. yesb. white only when up a little bit c. black and Hispanic went up 7. why do we have a huge prison population a. does us have more crime… no i. except violent crime ii. murder rate is 5x higher then England and Germany and France b. has crime increased i. violent fell 25% between 1987 and 2007ii. in most major cities violent crime is at a 30 year lowc. better technology i. makes it easier to find criminals d. DA’s and judges are seeking max penalties and longer sentences than other countries e. things are punished by jail now that wouldn’t have been punished by jail back thenf. many mental ill people are in jailg. its big business h. use prisoners can work for very cheap (use them for manual labor)i. war on drugs i. disproportionally effected minorities 11. minority neighborhoods are more heavily policed 2. drug dealing is different in poorer neighborhoods 3. harder drugs that are more in poorer neighborhoods have longer sentencesj. us has longer sentences for drugs then other countries 8. loic wacquant a. huge growth in imprisonment when America changed i. redistribution of wealth 1. richer are getting richer and poorer are getting poorer 2. started in 1970’s3. change in taxes a. taxes went down for businesses and rich people 4. deindustrializationa. there used to be jobs that paid pretty well for uneducated b. college is much more expensive 5. social welfare programs went down b. Penal State i. a state that invests its money in punishing people instead of their welfareii. grows inequality1. invisible a. only effects certain groups 2. takes inequality and magnifies them 3. creates generational inequality 9. jonny cash and easy e mash up 2Catching up 2/11/131. fact a. something that is unquestionably true b. indicators of trends2. theory a. a coherent group of tested propositions commonly regarded as correct used to explain or predict 3Sexual Revolution 1. let’s talk about sexa. things that were shocking i. sex is put in the same category as drugs ii. abstinence only 1. incorrect facts iii. views on condoms1. Europe a. respect for that person n2. Americana. slut b. things that were missingi. America was seen as a whole when it’s really different ii. no disadvantages to the European style c. take away i. US has high teen pregnancy rate1. teens can’t get contraceptives 2. US has highest poverty rate in western worlda. in poor communities it’s a way to show that you’re in adult2. Sexual revolutiona. what didn’t change i. went into 20th century still saying sex before mirage is wrong ii. Puzzle 1. us is all about freedom but can’t have sex 2. sex is glamorized but we can’t do itb. why use the term revolution i. reestablishment of values 1. radical change in behavior and thinking and popular opinion ii. implies the overthrow iii. rapid iv. far reaching v. laws changed 3. many more white woman had sex before marriage at age 19 from 1900 to 2000a. sharp rise in the 60’s-70’s4. late 60’s 2/3 Americans sex before marriage is wrong 5. late 70’s 1/4 Americans said premarital sex is wrong homosexual sex is still viewed as wrong until about 19946. laws a. abortioni. 1960’s abortion was illegal ii. 1973 roe v wade 1. abortion=legal2. by ruling it was unconstitutional to deny itb. pilli. 1972 all adult woman had the right to the pill but not teens c. sexual violence i. in north Carolina rape was only virgins 1. changed ii. hard to say you were raped iii. 1974 American psychiatric association took homosexuality off mental disorder list iv. anal sex was illegal v. became illegal to discriminate against people for their sexual preference 7. politics a. social movements i. any broad social alliance who are brought together because of their shared motive to block change or to ,make change b. women’s rights i. woman = menii. control outcome of sex1. birth control2. cultural change a. sex is an experience done by woman volunteersiii. the right to be a sexual subject not an object iv. own your sexuality c. gay rights i. nondiscrimination 1. Lose your job, home….ii. redefinition of sex1. not just for reproduction 2. for pleasure and loveiii. if you are able to come out you are able to own yourself iv. take something that is a stigma and make it beautfuld. family values 8. sleepover5a. in Netherlands i. Dutch parents have more control because they talk about it 1. control through connection 2. by making sex forbidden parents have less controla. it pushes sex outside the home3. different cultural individualism ii. interviewed white middle class that isn’t very religious iii. Work of normalization of teen sexuality Dutch America - talk about sex and become comfortable with it with their parents- normalize contraception- emphasize contraception- 6/10 Dutch girls are on the pill at 1st sex- more likely abortion - sex in teen years is linked with love- with discomfort and conflict = talk about it o mom tells her to talk to father - most parents would or would consider teenage sleepover is steady boyfriend - 1/5 girls are on the pill before 1st sex- more likely that no abortion- teen sex is linked with raging hormones - sex is dramatized o conflict between sex, feelings, parentso emphasizes sex as an uncontrollable force o Stephaney example  she doesn’t know how to deal with this o boys just want sex not love and girls just want loveo separation of family and sexuality o girls feel that they are bad when they have sex- 2/3 pregnant teenagers give birth - most American parents would not permit a teenage sleepover Gender Roles1. Gleea. Curt: “girly” i. doesn’t know the lingoii. dances b. sue: manly 6i. aggressiveii. sits with her legs wide apartiii. wears