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Showing papers by "Wout Ultee published in 2009"


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TL;DR: The authors found that parents' attitudes toward homosexuality during one's youth strongly affect one's attitude toward same-sex marriage, and a lower educational level enhances one's probability of being neutral on abolishing gay marriage.
Abstract: Two years after the legalization of same-sex marriages in the Netherlands, 65% of the Dutch population largely or completely disagrees with the statement “gay marriage should be abolished.” This article shows, by way of multinomial logistic regression analysis of survey data, which socializing agents influence one’s attitude toward same-sex marriage after its legalization (FNB2003; N = 2,124). Parents’ attitudes toward homosexuality during one’s youth strongly affect one’s attitude toward same-sex marriage. The strongest determinant is socialization within religious institutions. Religious practice provides an explanation of the differences between members of denominations opposing same-sex marriage. A lower educational level enhances one’s probability of being neutral on abolishing gay marriage. Finally, men and people from non-Western origin are especially likely to oppose same-sex marriage.

49 citations


01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In the Netherlands during World War II, suicide rates for Jews were higher in 1942 than in 1940 and even higher in 1943 than in 1942 as mentioned in this paper, and Jewish women were more likely to die of suicide than Dutch men.
Abstract: World War II in the Netherlands lasted from May 1940 to May 1945. Suicide numbers peaked in these months, in the first case because of suicide by Jews, and in the second case because of suicide by collaborators with the German occupier. Suicide rates for Jews were higher in 1942 than in 1940 and even higher in 1943 than in 1942. Foreign Jews were more likely to die of suicide than Dutch Jews, and Jewish women more than Jewish men. Suicide of non-Jews was lower in the intermittent war years than in the years before and after World War II.

3 citations


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TL;DR: For pre-industrial societies, a long-standing question in sociology concerns preindustrial societies and the relationship between their subsistence technology and ideas about god as discussed by the authors, and the answer combines Hume's general hypothesis that people reason by analogy with Topitsch's specification.
Abstract: A long-standing question in sociology concerns preindustrial societies and the relationship between their subsistence technology and ideas about god. This article proposes a shift from questions regarding gods who now and then create to questions about creations that sometimes involve a god. For preindustrial societies, it addresses the relation between their subsistence technology and the content of their creation stories. This article’s answer combines Hume’s general hypothesis that people reason by analogy with Topitsch’s specification that invokes vital, technical, and social analogies. This conjunction yields concrete hypotheses about the substance of creation stories in societies with varying levels of subsistence technology according to Lenski’s typology. To test these hypotheses, the authors used Murdock’s Standard Cross-Cultural Sample and the Human Relations Area Files. Field reports were coded for 116 preindustrial societies. The findings show that people use different thought models to explain the unknown, depending on the society’s level of subsistence technology.

3 citations




01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: Mens & Maatschappij vroeg om een weerwoord op Van der Slik stuk in this article to reageren op onze bijdrage "Aap, Noot, Mustafa …".
Abstract: Mens & Maatschappij vroeg om een weerwoord op Van der Sliks stuk. Met aarzeling gaan we op dit verzoek in. In het begin zegt Van der Slik vanuit de taalkunde te reageren op onze bijdrage ‘Aap, Noot, Mustafa …’. Hij eindigt met de verzuchting dat we te rade hadden moeten gaan bij de taalwetenschap. Aan grensgevechten doen we niet mee. Ook willen we de indruk vermijden dat de uit te vegen lijn sociologen in de gammafaculteit scheidt van de alfafaculteit, waar Van der Slik werkt. Omhoog moet de slagboom tussen enerzijds beta, en anderzijds alfa en gamma. We herhalen twee argumenten en verwoorden zes tegenargumenten.

1 citations