Steven P Schacht
Biographic Data
| ID | 202034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven P Schacht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven P |
| FAMILY NAME | Schacht |
| SIGNATURE | SCHACHT S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY Plattsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
A very personal professional experience with the social power of the breastplate of righteousness
Gives the author’s own variations of his work on a similar vein but quite different in its own way to Laud Humphreys. Revisits Humphrey’s ideas on the “breastplate of righteousness”, finding them insightful in explaining a particular bad experience of being fired from an American University, which was run by Jesuit priests, although he has now forgiven them for what transgressed there
Moving beyond the controversy: Remembering the many contributions of Laud Humphreys to sociology and the study of sexuality
Introduces the reader to Laud Humphreys and his contribution to sociology and the study of sexuality, in the view of Steven Schact, Professor of Sociology at Plattsburgh State University, USA and editor of this special issue of IJSSP. Goes on to show Laud Humphrey’s works and their effect on the psyche of the “breastplate of righteousness”, with regard to criticism of homosexual casual sex in public places
Beyond the Boundaries of the Classroom: Teaching About Gender and Sexuality at a Drag Show
Like much of the general public, the vast majority of my students strongly hold dichotomous, essentialist outlooks about what the categories female and male/gay and straight are supposed to represent and be. One way that I have found to challenge these oppressive worldviews, and also to queer my classes in the process, is to take my course participants to drag shows and/or to use videotapes of drag queens and drag kings in my classes. As part of …
The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators
Our editorial introduction to this volume on drag queens highlights what we believe are some of the most prominent and important themes of female impersonation in the past and today. Building on contributors' articles, a substantial body of literature on female impersonators/drag queens and the social construction of gender, and our own extensive ethnographic experiences in a multitude of drag settings, we first suggest that such individuals can …
Forging Radical Alliances across Difference: Coalition Politics for the New Millennium
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Foreword Part 3 1: Introduction Part 4 I: Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 5 2: Multiple Identity and Coalition Building: How Identity Differences Within Us Enable Radical Alliances Among Us Chapter 6 3: The Dream of Common Differences: Coalitions, Progressive Politics and Black Feminist Thought Chapter 7 4: From Mere Solidarity to Mirror Solidarity: Building Alliances on Perceptual Ground Part 8 II: Barriers to Coalition Fo…
Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times
Winner of the Charles H. Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Richard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label separatist suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and mea…
Lesbian Drag Kings and the Feminine Embodiment of the Masculine
Part of an ongoing ethnography of an imperial sovereign court I am undertaking, this chapter explores the world of the lesbian drag king and the gendered performance she undertakes in this realm. Taking a relational, situational approach to understanding gender, the lesbian drag queen of the court is also examined in terms of how "her" image and actions give gendered meaning and confer import to the lesbian drag king. Note is also made of lesbian…
Teaching about Being an Oppressor: Some Personal and Political Considerations
In the US womens studies programs have seriously challenged every academic disciplines conceptualizations of gender ethnicity class and sexuality. It has been one of the fastest growing academic fields and has forever changed the face of academia. In this article Steven P. Schacht explores his own attempts as a White male professor to meaningfully contribute to the womens studies programs on the various campuses he has taught and to the larger fe…
Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations
Too often feminism has been defined as a woman only arena, or in competitive terms of male versus female privilege, rather than as a cooperative effort to improve the quality of life for everyone. Indeed, a good deal of feminist scholarship has failed to take into account the relational nature of gender, preferring instead to focus on the ways in which men and women are irreconcilably opposed. With a view to beginning a more constructive dialogue…
Feminsim and Men: Toward a Relational Understanding of Patriarchy and Cooperative Social Change
Many academic men are sympathetic to issues of gender equity and supportive of feminist goals, but see feminism as basically irrelevant to their interests. Yet they may be engaged in research, teaching, and/or community activities which advance feminist objectives, never examining their efforts in a feminist framework. Too often feminism has been defined as a “woman only” arena, or in competitive terms of male versus female privilege, rather than…
The many paths of feminism: Can men travel any of them?[1]
While the ‘theory and practice’ of the present feminist movement has transcended untold borders, it has also largely failed to traverse one significant boundary (that constitutes nearly 50% of the equation): men. This essay is a preliminary delineation of how a man might go about gaining a feminist worldview, why such a perspective is desirable, and what sort of role he might play in the present feminist movement. Concluding that men must travel …
Feminist Fieldwork in the Misogynist Setting of the Rugby Pitch: Temporarily Becoming a Sylph to Survive and Personally Grow
Male sport settings and the actors involved in them often are quite misogynist in orientation. For feminist researchers who hope to undertake fieldwork, problems in entering and staying in such contexts may appear so exorbitant that they may preclude their participation in these types of settings. Drawing upon his experiences of undertaking feminist fieldwork in the overtly misogynist setting of the rugby pitch (playing field), the author explore…
Misogyny on and Off the 'Pitch: The Gendered World of Male Rugby Players
From a feminist perspective and using an ethnographic methodology, this article explores the gendered world of male rugby players in terms of how they socially and relationally propagate gender roles. Rugby players' social reproduction of gender, ultimately grounded in misogyny, allows these men at the individual level to psychologically and sometimes physically dominate women. At the societal level, rugby, like many sporting practices, both refl…
Heterosexual Instrumentalism: Past and Future Directions
Two distinct strands of feminist thought have emerged in the past 20 years in explaining the behaviors of rape, sexual harassment, incest, prostitution and the presentation of these found in pomography. One group of theorists construes these behaviors and pornography as violent and terroristic outcomes of male dominance, while a second group views them simply as forms of heterosexuality. Utilizing, primarily, the theoretical insights of the latte…
Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics
Steven P. Schacht, Brad J. Stewart, Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 4, Gifts: 20 Great Ideas for Teaching Sociology (Oct., 1992), pp. 329-332
Statistics Textbooks: A Response to Moore
Mall walking and urban sociability
In this article we examine a relatively new social activity: mall walking: This is a low‐impact, aerobic workout in which participants walk for exercise in the climate‐controlled, safe environment of the shopping mall before it is officially open to the public. Participants mall walk for various reasons and display differing levels of commitment. However, through their sociability and interaction, a shared environment of mall walking has been con…
Beyond Rape: Seeking an End to Sexual Assault
Statistics Textbooks: Pedagogical Tools or Impediments to Learning
Over the past four years of teaching introductory social statistics I have formulated two explicit course goals: 1) reducing anxieties that surround statistics, and 2) demonstrating that a working knowledgean introductory level understanding of basic statistics benefits all students regardless of major or career aspirations. These goals are similar to Blalock's five goals for teaching statistics (Blalock 1987). However, as he and others have note…
What's Funny about Statistics? A Technique for Reducing Student Anxiety
Sociology: An Introduction
Misogyny on and Off the 'Pitch: The Gendered World of Male Rugby Players
From a feminist perspective and using an ethnographic methodology, this article explores the gendered world of male rugby players in terms of how they socially and relationally propagate gender roles. Rugby players' social reproduction of gender, ultimately grounded in misogyny, allows these men at the individual level to psychologically and sometimes physically dominate women. At the societal level, rugby, like many sporting practices, both refl…
The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators
Our editorial introduction to this volume on drag queens highlights what we believe are some of the most prominent and important themes of female impersonation in the past and today. Building on contributors' articles, a substantial body of literature on female impersonators/drag queens and the social construction of gender, and our own extensive ethnographic experiences in a multitude of drag settings, we first suggest that such individuals can …
What's Funny about Statistics? A Technique for Reducing Student Anxiety
Lesbian Drag Kings and the Feminine Embodiment of the Masculine
Part of an ongoing ethnography of an imperial sovereign court I am undertaking, this chapter explores the world of the lesbian drag king and the gendered performance she undertakes in this realm. Taking a relational, situational approach to understanding gender, the lesbian drag queen of the court is also examined in terms of how "her" image and actions give gendered meaning and confer import to the lesbian drag king. Note is also made of lesbian…
Feminist Fieldwork in the Misogynist Setting of the Rugby Pitch: Temporarily Becoming a Sylph to Survive and Personally Grow
Male sport settings and the actors involved in them often are quite misogynist in orientation. For feminist researchers who hope to undertake fieldwork, problems in entering and staying in such contexts may appear so exorbitant that they may preclude their participation in these types of settings. Drawing upon his experiences of undertaking feminist fieldwork in the overtly misogynist setting of the rugby pitch (playing field), the author explore…
Teaching about Being an Oppressor: Some Personal and Political Considerations
In the US womens studies programs have seriously challenged every academic disciplines conceptualizations of gender ethnicity class and sexuality. It has been one of the fastest growing academic fields and has forever changed the face of academia. In this article Steven P. Schacht explores his own attempts as a White male professor to meaningfully contribute to the womens studies programs on the various campuses he has taught and to the larger fe…
Beyond the Boundaries of the Classroom: Teaching About Gender and Sexuality at a Drag Show
Like much of the general public, the vast majority of my students strongly hold dichotomous, essentialist outlooks about what the categories female and male/gay and straight are supposed to represent and be. One way that I have found to challenge these oppressive worldviews, and also to queer my classes in the process, is to take my course participants to drag shows and/or to use videotapes of drag queens and drag kings in my classes. As part of …
Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics
Steven P. Schacht, Brad J. Stewart, Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 4, Gifts: 20 Great Ideas for Teaching Sociology (Oct., 1992), pp. 329-332
Statistics Textbooks: Pedagogical Tools or Impediments to Learning
Over the past four years of teaching introductory social statistics I have formulated two explicit course goals: 1) reducing anxieties that surround statistics, and 2) demonstrating that a working knowledgean introductory level understanding of basic statistics benefits all students regardless of major or career aspirations. These goals are similar to Blalock's five goals for teaching statistics (Blalock 1987). However, as he and others have note…
The many paths of feminism: Can men travel any of them?[1]
While the ‘theory and practice’ of the present feminist movement has transcended untold borders, it has also largely failed to traverse one significant boundary (that constitutes nearly 50% of the equation): men. This essay is a preliminary delineation of how a man might go about gaining a feminist worldview, why such a perspective is desirable, and what sort of role he might play in the present feminist movement. Concluding that men must travel …
Mall walking and urban sociability
In this article we examine a relatively new social activity: mall walking: This is a low‐impact, aerobic workout in which participants walk for exercise in the climate‐controlled, safe environment of the shopping mall before it is officially open to the public. Participants mall walk for various reasons and display differing levels of commitment. However, through their sociability and interaction, a shared environment of mall walking has been con…
Feminsim and Men: Toward a Relational Understanding of Patriarchy and Cooperative Social Change
Many academic men are sympathetic to issues of gender equity and supportive of feminist goals, but see feminism as basically irrelevant to their interests. Yet they may be engaged in research, teaching, and/or community activities which advance feminist objectives, never examining their efforts in a feminist framework. Too often feminism has been defined as a “woman only” arena, or in competitive terms of male versus female privilege, rather than…
Heterosexual Instrumentalism: Past and Future Directions
Two distinct strands of feminist thought have emerged in the past 20 years in explaining the behaviors of rape, sexual harassment, incest, prostitution and the presentation of these found in pomography. One group of theorists construes these behaviors and pornography as violent and terroristic outcomes of male dominance, while a second group views them simply as forms of heterosexuality. Utilizing, primarily, the theoretical insights of the latte…
Sociology: An Introduction
Beyond Rape: Seeking an End to Sexual Assault
Statistics Textbooks: Pedagogical Tools or Impediments to Learning
Over the past four years of teaching introductory social statistics I have formulated two explicit course goals: 1) reducing anxieties that surround statistics, and 2) demonstrating that a working knowledgean introductory level understanding of basic statistics benefits all students regardless of major or career aspirations. These goals are similar to Blalock's five goals for teaching statistics (Blalock 1987). However, as he and others have note…
What's Funny about Statistics? A Technique for Reducing Student Anxiety
Statistics Textbooks: A Response to Moore
Mall walking and urban sociability
In this article we examine a relatively new social activity: mall walking: This is a low‐impact, aerobic workout in which participants walk for exercise in the climate‐controlled, safe environment of the shopping mall before it is officially open to the public. Participants mall walk for various reasons and display differing levels of commitment. However, through their sociability and interaction, a shared environment of mall walking has been con…
Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics
Steven P. Schacht, Brad J. Stewart, Interactive/User-Friendly Gimmicks for Teaching Statistics, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 20, No. 4, Gifts: 20 Great Ideas for Teaching Sociology (Oct., 1992), pp. 329-332
Heterosexual Instrumentalism: Past and Future Directions
Two distinct strands of feminist thought have emerged in the past 20 years in explaining the behaviors of rape, sexual harassment, incest, prostitution and the presentation of these found in pomography. One group of theorists construes these behaviors and pornography as violent and terroristic outcomes of male dominance, while a second group views them simply as forms of heterosexuality. Utilizing, primarily, the theoretical insights of the latte…
Misogyny on and Off the 'Pitch: The Gendered World of Male Rugby Players
From a feminist perspective and using an ethnographic methodology, this article explores the gendered world of male rugby players in terms of how they socially and relationally propagate gender roles. Rugby players' social reproduction of gender, ultimately grounded in misogyny, allows these men at the individual level to psychologically and sometimes physically dominate women. At the societal level, rugby, like many sporting practices, both refl…
Feminsim and Men: Toward a Relational Understanding of Patriarchy and Cooperative Social Change
Many academic men are sympathetic to issues of gender equity and supportive of feminist goals, but see feminism as basically irrelevant to their interests. Yet they may be engaged in research, teaching, and/or community activities which advance feminist objectives, never examining their efforts in a feminist framework. Too often feminism has been defined as a “woman only” arena, or in competitive terms of male versus female privilege, rather than…
The many paths of feminism: Can men travel any of them?[1]
While the ‘theory and practice’ of the present feminist movement has transcended untold borders, it has also largely failed to traverse one significant boundary (that constitutes nearly 50% of the equation): men. This essay is a preliminary delineation of how a man might go about gaining a feminist worldview, why such a perspective is desirable, and what sort of role he might play in the present feminist movement. Concluding that men must travel …
Feminist Fieldwork in the Misogynist Setting of the Rugby Pitch: Temporarily Becoming a Sylph to Survive and Personally Grow
Male sport settings and the actors involved in them often are quite misogynist in orientation. For feminist researchers who hope to undertake fieldwork, problems in entering and staying in such contexts may appear so exorbitant that they may preclude their participation in these types of settings. Drawing upon his experiences of undertaking feminist fieldwork in the overtly misogynist setting of the rugby pitch (playing field), the author explore…
Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations
Too often feminism has been defined as a woman only arena, or in competitive terms of male versus female privilege, rather than as a cooperative effort to improve the quality of life for everyone. Indeed, a good deal of feminist scholarship has failed to take into account the relational nature of gender, preferring instead to focus on the ways in which men and women are irreconcilably opposed. With a view to beginning a more constructive dialogue…
Teaching about Being an Oppressor: Some Personal and Political Considerations
In the US womens studies programs have seriously challenged every academic disciplines conceptualizations of gender ethnicity class and sexuality. It has been one of the fastest growing academic fields and has forever changed the face of academia. In this article Steven P. Schacht explores his own attempts as a White male professor to meaningfully contribute to the womens studies programs on the various campuses he has taught and to the larger fe…
Forging Radical Alliances across Difference: Coalition Politics for the New Millennium
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Foreword Part 3 1: Introduction Part 4 I: Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 5 2: Multiple Identity and Coalition Building: How Identity Differences Within Us Enable Radical Alliances Among Us Chapter 6 3: The Dream of Common Differences: Coalitions, Progressive Politics and Black Feminist Thought Chapter 7 4: From Mere Solidarity to Mirror Solidarity: Building Alliances on Perceptual Ground Part 8 II: Barriers to Coalition Fo…
Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times
Winner of the Charles H. Cooley Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Richard G. Mitchell Jr. spent more than a dozen years among survivalists at public conferences, private meetings, and clandestine training camps across America. He takes us inside a compelling, hidden world more connected to the chaos of modern life many of us experience than the label separatist suggests. In survivalism Mitchell found a profound and mea…
Lesbian Drag Kings and the Feminine Embodiment of the Masculine
Part of an ongoing ethnography of an imperial sovereign court I am undertaking, this chapter explores the world of the lesbian drag king and the gendered performance she undertakes in this realm. Taking a relational, situational approach to understanding gender, the lesbian drag queen of the court is also examined in terms of how "her" image and actions give gendered meaning and confer import to the lesbian drag king. Note is also made of lesbian…
A very personal professional experience with the social power of the breastplate of righteousness
Gives the author’s own variations of his work on a similar vein but quite different in its own way to Laud Humphreys. Revisits Humphrey’s ideas on the “breastplate of righteousness”, finding them insightful in explaining a particular bad experience of being fired from an American University, which was run by Jesuit priests, although he has now forgiven them for what transgressed there
Moving beyond the controversy: Remembering the many contributions of Laud Humphreys to sociology and the study of sexuality
Introduces the reader to Laud Humphreys and his contribution to sociology and the study of sexuality, in the view of Steven Schact, Professor of Sociology at Plattsburgh State University, USA and editor of this special issue of IJSSP. Goes on to show Laud Humphrey’s works and their effect on the psyche of the “breastplate of righteousness”, with regard to criticism of homosexual casual sex in public places
Beyond the Boundaries of the Classroom: Teaching About Gender and Sexuality at a Drag Show
Like much of the general public, the vast majority of my students strongly hold dichotomous, essentialist outlooks about what the categories female and male/gay and straight are supposed to represent and be. One way that I have found to challenge these oppressive worldviews, and also to queer my classes in the process, is to take my course participants to drag shows and/or to use videotapes of drag queens and drag kings in my classes. As part of …
The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Customary World of Female Impersonators
Our editorial introduction to this volume on drag queens highlights what we believe are some of the most prominent and important themes of female impersonation in the past and today. Building on contributors' articles, a substantial body of literature on female impersonators/drag queens and the social construction of gender, and our own extensive ethnographic experiences in a multitude of drag settings, we first suggest that such individuals can …
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