{"title":"Binary and Beyond: What Primates Teach Us About Sex and Gender.","authors":"Irene Delval,Solimary García-Hernández","doi":"10.1007/s10508-025-03332-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03332-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8327,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Sexual Behavior","volume":"314 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145332049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scientific Ritual: The Institutional Review Boards for Human Clinical Trials in Israel.","authors":"Hedva Eyal","doi":"10.1111/maq.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This ethnographic study analyzes Israeli Institutional Review Boards (IRBs') main practices and discourses. I describe IRB operations as bureaucratic rituals derived from idealized scientific values, with physician-scientist members serving as gatekeepers who perform boundary work to preserve professional independence. The findings show how temporal-spatial bureaucratic rituals separate scientists from nonscientists across different phases of the review process and limit ethical and scientific discussions within the IRBs that authorize clinical trials. The scientific discourse is constrained to administrative compliance, and ethical discourse is reduced to procedural form-checking. The work of IRBs thus redefines the relationship between bioscience and society as a hierarchical rather than a shared system, thereby preserving the myth of science as beyond external scrutiny and maintaining scientific autonomy despite IRBs' formal role as boundary organizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47649,"journal":{"name":"Medical Anthropology Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"e70028"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145337548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongjie Sun,Angelo Zappalà,Eleonora Di Maso,Francesco Pompedda,Thomas J Nyman,Pekka Santtila
{"title":"Large language models (LLMs) as jurors: Assessing the potential of LLMs in legal contexts.","authors":"Yongjie Sun,Angelo Zappalà,Eleonora Di Maso,Francesco Pompedda,Thomas J Nyman,Pekka Santtila","doi":"10.1037/lhb0000620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000620","url":null,"abstract":"OBJECTIVEWe explored the potential of large language models (LLMs) in legal decision making by replicating Fraser et al. (2023) mock jury experiment using LLMs (GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and GPT-o1) as decision makers. We investigated LLMs' reactions to factors that influenced human jurors, including defendant race, social status, number of allegations, and reporting delay in sexual assault cases.HYPOTHESESWe hypothesized that LLMs would show higher consistency than humans, with no explicit but potential implicit biases. We also examined potential mediating factors (race-crime congruence, credibility, black sheep effect) and moderating effects (beliefs about traumatic memory, ease of reporting) explaining LLM decision making.METHODUsing a 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 factorial design, we manipulated defendant race (Black/White), social status (low/high), number of allegations (one/five), and reporting delay (5/20/35 years), collecting 2,304 responses across conditions. LLMs were prompted to act as jurors, providing probability of guilt assessments (0-100), dichotomous verdicts, and responses to mediator and moderator variables.RESULTSLLMs showed higher average probability of guilt assessments compared with humans (63.56 vs. 58.82) but were more conservative in rendering guilty verdicts (21% vs. 49%). Similar to humans, LLMs demonstrated bias against White defendants and increased guilt attributions with multiple allegations. Unlike humans, who showed minimal effects of reporting delay, LLMs assigned higher guilt probabilities to cases with shorter reporting delays. Mediation analyses revealed that race-crime stereotype congruency and the black sheep effect partially mediated the racial bias effect, whereas perceived memory strength mediated the reporting delay effect.CONCLUSIONSAlthough LLMs may offer more consistent decision making, they are not immune to biases and may interpret certain case factors differently from human jurors. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).","PeriodicalId":48230,"journal":{"name":"Law and Human Behavior","volume":"99 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145319120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellen R Gutowski,Yuliya Medzhitova,Sharan Sagoo,Aïda Retta,Prameshta Prasath,Emily Hector
{"title":"Psychotherapy and Counseling Providers' Subjective Experiences Serving Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Scoping Review of Qualitative Research.","authors":"Ellen R Gutowski,Yuliya Medzhitova,Sharan Sagoo,Aïda Retta,Prameshta Prasath,Emily Hector","doi":"10.1177/15248380251372158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251372158","url":null,"abstract":"Although many survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) seek psychotherapy or counseling, providers often lack consistent training in serving this population, leading to variable-and at times harmful-experiences for survivor-clients. A review of existing research is necessary to better understand the perspectives of psychotherapy and counseling professionals working with this population. This scoping review examines qualitative studies focused on the experiences of providers working with adult IPV survivors in individual therapy. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for scoping reviews, 21 studies were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria for this review (i.e., qualitative studies with samples of psychotherapy or counseling providers who serve adult IPV survivors). These studies reveal significant personal challenges for providers, alongside limited training, education, and supervision. Providers demonstrated varying conceptualizations of IPV, employed diverse interventions, and described the influence of cultural, identity-related, and structural factors on their work. Many providers felt that systemic and societal barriers impacted their ability to effectively serve survivors. Findings indicate the need for comprehensive training, supervision, and resources to support providers in their work with IPV survivors. Yet, as IPV is rooted in structural inequities, individual-level interventions, while important, are not sufficient to address this social problem.","PeriodicalId":54211,"journal":{"name":"Trauma Violence & Abuse","volume":"41 1","pages":"15248380251372158"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145332050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"It was tidak cocok (incompatible)\": Incompatibility, Decoloniality, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.","authors":"Dimas Iqbal Romadhon","doi":"10.1111/maq.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.70024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2018, vaccine hesitancy marked the nationwide measles-rubella vaccination campaign in the Indonesian province of Aceh. The hesitancy, which was supported by the provincial government, stemmed from concerns over porcine contamination in the vaccine product. \"Tidak cocok\" (incompatible) became a pervasive statement used to rationalize the refusal to participate in the vaccination program, permeated personal narratives, public responses to a vaccine allergy case, and an official meeting to determine the vaccination campaign's future. In this article, I theorize incompatibility as a lexical item of decoloniality. Incompatibility fosters a sense of liberation, paving a pathway to refuse tools and systems considered unfit according to locally situated knowledge and historical experience. It further reclaims what has been marginalized, delegitimized, and ignored by dominant epistemic and political structures. I also suggest that many Islamic expressions arising during the vaccine hesitancy have given a distinct local flavor to the decolonial critique on vaccination. [Aceh, decoloniality, incompatibility, Indonesia, Islam, vaccine hesitancy].</p>","PeriodicalId":47649,"journal":{"name":"Medical Anthropology Quarterly","volume":" ","pages":"e70024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145330546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A concept evolution inspired by Delphi: The quest for a fair and dignified model for ageing in prison","authors":"Helen McLaren , Jenny Richards , Emi Patmisari","doi":"10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101378","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jaging.2025.101378","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As prison populations age, correctional systems face mounting challenges in meeting the complex needs of older people in custody. This study co-produced a conceptual model for prison-based aged care through a Delphi-inspired, multi-stakeholder process. Building on a prior systematic review, we proposed a baseline model comprising three foundational pillars – People (relational care), Purpose (meaning), and Place (safe environment). Through five iterative focus group discussions with a total of 17 participants involving family members, aged care professionals, advocates, and mental health workers, the model was refined to reflect lived realities, systemic gaps, and transformative possibilities. Participants identified widespread ageism and neglect in current practices, such as inadequate health provision and age-appropriate care, isolation, poor staff training, and the absence of meaningful activity or rehabilitative support. However, they also envisioned alternatives, including peer-led care, secure aged care units, and trauma-informed workforce strategies. The resulting model offers a rights-based, relational, and rehabilitative framework to guide policy and practice, centring dignity, wellbeing, and purpose in the experience of ageing in prison.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47935,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging Studies","volume":"75 ","pages":"Article 101378"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145319775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Land Use PolicyPub Date : 2025-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107817
Wenhao Fan , Zehui Sun , Yanyun Luo
{"title":"Blue landscape fragmentation and ecosystem health in river source regions: A case of Sanjiangyuan National Park, China","authors":"Wenhao Fan , Zehui Sun , Yanyun Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sanjiangyuan National Park (SNP) is a significant river source region in Asia, and its coupled relationship between blue landscape fragmentation (BLF) and ecosystem health (EH) has far-reaching impacts on water ecological security in Asia. The study quantified the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of BLF and EH from 1993 to 2023, combining the landscape index with the VORS (Vigor-Organization-Resilience-Service) model, while the spatial correlation mechanism was revealed. The results demonstrated that: (1)BLF exhibited substantial type and spatial differentiation, with wetland and glacier retreat being the most pronounced, and the fragmentation degree of the Yangtze River source region exceeding that of the Yellow River and the Lancang River source region. (2) Prior to 2003, the absence of regulatory measures resulted in the proliferation of \"Sick\" areas, while subsequent to 2013, the implementation of conservation policies fostered the progressive recuperation of EH, culminating in an increase in the proportion of \"Very healthy\" areas to 27.61 % in 2023. (3)The correlation analysis between BLF and EH further indicated the existence of negatively driven core areas in the SNP, with the driving intensity fluctuating over time. The study innovatively provides a spatial targeting basis for ecological restoration in the plateau national parks, meanwhile, suggesting prioritizing the control of vulnerable nodes in the blue landscape system and strengthening land tenure management mechanisms to cope with the overlapping effects of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17933,"journal":{"name":"Land Use Policy","volume":"159 ","pages":"Article 107817"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145321521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mesocosmology of the next pandemic","authors":"Stefan Ecks","doi":"10.1111/amet.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48134,"journal":{"name":"American Ethnologist","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145314515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hiding in plain site","authors":"Christopher Houston, Banu Senay","doi":"10.1111/amet.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.70030","url":null,"abstract":"Ottoman objects, art traditions, and social practices have long stood at the center of Turkish politics, given that the republic instituted itself through selectively destroying Ottoman institutions. By contrast, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) promotes a counterpolitics of service to Islam, positioning itself as the sole political force committed to upholding the legacy of Ottoman civilization. Yet not all Muslims are convinced by the party's neo‐Ottomanism. Drawing on the work of Graham Harman, we examine how many practitioners of “traditional” arts bestow their own alternative meanings on Ottoman objects. Intuiting the objects’ concealed depths, they take an interest in Ottoman‐Islamic arts and places, nourished by their pleasures and existential meanings. Such personal and unofficial orientations toward the post‐Ottoman city and its objects should be interpreted as contemporary practices of alternative citizenship, enabling non‐AKP ways of living a Muslim life.","PeriodicalId":48134,"journal":{"name":"American Ethnologist","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145314517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marine PolicyPub Date : 2025-10-18DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106929
Alisha Rath, Atisha Panda, Lalatendu Kesari Jena
{"title":"Beyond Symbolic Inclusion: Exploring resistance to the inclusion of women in the Indian maritime industry","authors":"Alisha Rath, Atisha Panda, Lalatendu Kesari Jena","doi":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study critically examines the entrenched socio-cultural, institutional, and operational obstacles that impede the substantive inclusion of women within the maritime sector. Utilizing qualitative data derived from comprehensive interviews with thirty-five diverse Indian-origin seafarers, positioned as officers and engineers, this research applies interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to elucidate the manifestations, functions, and negotiations of gendered resistance in this historically male-dominated environment. The lived experiences of seafarers in the industry underscore both the constraints they encounter and the subtle forms of resistance they enact throughout their professional trajectories, prompting a critical re-evaluation of institutional inertia, symbolic inclusion, and the concept of gendered agency. This research is fundamentally guided by gender role theory and institutional theory, which inform both the research questions and the conceptualization of resistance. To examine how deeply entrenched impede reform efforts, this study draws upon organizational change models. Furthermore, the discussion integrates feminist institutionalism and intersectionality to underscore the wider implications of these dynamics and the multifaceted nature of exclusion. The findings advocate for profound, justice-centered reforms that reconceptualize gender inclusion as an ongoing process of systemic realignment rather than superficial tokenism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48427,"journal":{"name":"Marine Policy","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 106929"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145324389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}