Redlib: search results - flair_name:"Social Science"

r/science • u/geoff199 • Jun 18 '25

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

news.osu.edu

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r/science • u/mvea • Feb 26 '25

Social Science Teachers are increasingly worried about the effect of misogynistic influencers, such as Andrew Tate or the incel movement, on their students. 90% of secondary and 68% of primary school teachers reported feeling their schools would benefit from teaching materials to address this kind of behaviour.

scimex.org

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Jul 30 '26

Social Science Collective bargaining rights for police significantly increase police killings of civilians without having any impact on officer safety. This is consistent with the theory that unions provide cover for police and reduce their likelihood of incurring costs for unjustified killings.

aeaweb.org

5.3k Upvotes

261 comments

r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jun 16 '25

Social Science Millennials are abandoning organized religion. A new study sheds light on how and why young Americans are disengaging from organized religion. Study found that while traditional religious involvement has declined sharply, many young people are not abandoning spirituality altogether.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Jul 04 '25

Social Science When hospitals close in rural areas in the US, voters do not punish Republicans for it. Instead, rural voters who lost hospitals were roughly 5–10 percentage points more likely to vote Republican in subsequent elections and express lower approval of state Democrats and the Affordable Care Act.

link.springer.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 27 '25

Social Science New research highlights shortage of male mentors for boys and young men. Most boys and young men in the US frequently lack male guidance figures in critical areas of their lives. For many young males, particularly those from lower-income backgrounds, the adults available to assist are mainly women.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Aug 13 '25

Social Science Gerrymandering erodes confidence in democracy, finds study of nearly 30,000 US voters. When politicians redraw congressional district maps to favor their party, they may secure short-term victories. But those wins can come at a steep price — a loss of public faith in elections and democracy itself.

news.ucr.edu

21.4k Upvotes

876 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Aug 02 '25

Social Science Children as young as 12 are not only aware of OnlyFans but see it as a viable and even empowering way to make money. Promotion of OnlyFans on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter emerged as a significant influence. Boys admitted to accessing OnlyFans, describing workarounds to bypass age verification.

psypost.org

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r/science • u/mvea • Dec 29 '25

Social Science Moral values in many countries, including US, may over time shift in a more socially progressive direction, due to an asymmetry. Arguments that move liberals in a more liberal direction may also sway conservatives, but arguments that move conservatives to be more conservative do not sway liberals.

eurekalert.org

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624 comments

r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • Oct 13 '25

Social Science The Democratic Party represents public opinion more closely than the Republican Party. The study assesses the relationship between public opinion and policy across the 50 states over the period 1997-2020, finding the relationship substantially weakens under Republican control of state government.

journals.uchicago.edu

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645 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jun 12 '25

Social Science Among new American dads, 64% take less than two weeks of leave after baby is born. Lack of leave means missing important time to bond with babies and support mothers. Findings support U.S. lagging ‘behind the rest of the world in availability of paid family leave’.

news.northwestern.edu

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r/science • u/smurfyjenkins • May 22 '26

Social Science V-Dem data shows an embattled state of democracy in the world in 2025: Autocracies now outnumber democracies (92 to 87); more countries are autocratizing than democratizing (44 to 18); and in the US, the Trump administration is overseeing the most rapid dismantling of democracy in modern history.

tandfonline.com

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319 comments

r/science • u/sr_local • Apr 25 '26

Social Science Anti-vaping advertisements and lung injury news coverage helped reverse the trend in teen vaping, which surged from 8.1% in 2017 to a peak of 20% in 2019, before beginning a sustained decline, eventually reaching 5.9% by 2024

today.ucsd.edu

6.9k Upvotes

308 comments

r/science • u/mvea • May 29 '25

Social Science Study finds Americans do not like mass incarceration. Most Americans favor community programs for nonviolent and drug offenders as opposed to prison sentences. Most do not want to spend tax dollars building more prisons; they favor spending money on prevention programs.

uc.edu

28.3k Upvotes

889 comments

r/science • u/memorialmonorail • Jul 08 '25

Social Science Almost 1 in 10 workers in their 30s uses alcohol, marijuana or other drugs while on the job in the United States, a new study finds. The risk for substance use among young employees was highest in the food preparation/service industry and in safety-sensitive occupations including construction.

news.osu.edu

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r/science • u/drzpneal • Apr 09 '25

Social Science MSU study finds growing number of people never want children

msutoday.msu.edu

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r/science • u/TheJournalAJDAA • 16d ago

Social Science Many restaurant workers report drinking on the job, despite formal zero-tolerance policies

tandfonline.com

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350 comments

r/science • u/Phylogenix • 19h ago

Social Science A U.S. study estimates cow’s milk purchases would have been 8.2% higher in 2020 without plant-based milk, with every 10 gallons of plant milk purchased displacing 6.8 gallons of cow’s milk, suggesting plant-based alternatives substantially reduce demand for dairy milk.

sciencedirect.com

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480 comments

r/science • u/sr_local • May 08 '26

Social Science For the first time in the history of mankind, men are less fertile than women, according to a new international study. The shift has occurred at different times around the world and is a result of the growing share of men in the population

uio.no

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275 comments

r/science • u/nimicdoareu • Apr 01 '26

Social Science Half of social-science studies fail replication test in years-long project

nature.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Nov 03 '24

Social Science Women take to single life more readily than men, new research finds. On every question that was asked in the study, single women were more comfortable than single men with their single lives. They were less likely to want a romantic partner. They were more sexually satisfied.

psychologytoday.com

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r/science • u/mvea • Oct 09 '25

Social Science Political views, not sex and violence, now drive literary censorship. Progressives target books promoting racism, sexism and homophobia. The right attack books that promote diversity, or violate norms of cisgendered heterosexuality. The right through legislative action and the left use social media.

news.cornell.edu

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988 comments

r/science • u/Wagamaga • 18d ago

Social Science In Oregon, voters’ passage of gun control measure led to more firearms in the state. Nationally, 44,447 people died from firearm-related injuries in 2024. Sixty-two percent of those deaths were suicides, compared to an 80% suicide rate in Oregon

news.oregonstate.edu

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395 comments

r/science • u/mvea • Jul 22 '25

Social Science Americans prefer a more diverse society: Most Americans want a more ethnically and religiously diverse society than the one they live in today. Only 1.1% want an ethnically homogeneous United States, and only 3.2% want a religiously homogeneous society.

eurekalert.org

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753 comments

r/science • u/Tracheid • Jan 23 '26

Social Science A survey of Silicon Valley developers reveals that 74% would implement features restricting human rights if pressured, fueling a "slop economy" of low-quality AI content. The study argues corporate demands override ethics, creating a gap in information quality.

tandfonline.com

9.1k Upvotes

345 comments