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1. Actresses Must Be Picky About With Whom They Work to Survive in Movie Industry

   Actresses need to be pickier than men about with whom they work if they want to survive in the movie industry, suggests a new study.

   "My research indicates that women in the film industry suffer a lack of access to future career opportunities when they tend to work with people who have collaborated frequently in the past," said Mark Lutter, lead author of the study and head of the "Transnational Diffusion of Innovation" Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Germany.

2. Childhood Poverty, Parental Abuse Cost Adults Their Health for Years to Come

   Growing up in poverty or being abused by parents can lead to accumulated health problems later in life, according to research from Purdue University.

   "Childhood disadvantage has long-term health consequences—much longer than most of us realize," said Kenneth F. Ferraro, distinguished professor of sociology. "A novel aspect of this study is that childhood disadvantage was linked to the onset of new health problems decades later."

3. Study Suggests Earning a College Degree Before, But Not After, Getting Married Protects Against Obesity

   People who earn a college degree before getting married are much less likely to become obese than those who graduate from college after getting married, according to a new study.

4. Consumers Increasingly Face Companies’ Creative Smoke and Mirrors, Study Finds

   Heavily marketed as a safer, healthful alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes are under fire from California health officials who have declared "vaping" a public health threat, hoping to head off the type of deceptive manipulation that tobacco companies succeeded with for decades, according to researchers. 

5. Couples That Split Childcare Duties Have Higher Quality Relationships and Sex Lives

   Heterosexual couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives than those who don't, according to new research that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). 

6. Keep Your Enemies Close? Study Finds Greater Proximity to Opponents Leads to More Polarization

   Encouraging adversaries to have more interpersonal contact to find common ground may work on occasion, but not necessarily in the U.S. Senate, according to new research.

7. Unlike Boys, Girls Lose Friends for Having Sex, Gain Friends for Making Out

   Early adolescent girls lose friends for having sex and gain friends for "making out," while their male peers lose friends for "making out" and gain friends for having sex, finds a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).

8. Accepting a Job Below One's Skill Level Can Adversely Affect Future Employment Prospects

   Accepting a job below one's skill level can be severely penalizing when applying for future employment because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent, according to new research from a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin.

9. Romantic Opportunities Appear to Influence Women's Sexual Identities, But Not Men's

   Romantic opportunities appear to influence women's sexual identities — but not men's, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).

   "This indicates that women's sexuality may be more flexible and adaptive than men's," said study author Elizabeth Aura McClintock, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame.  

10. Study Suggests Same-Sex Couples Face More Obstacles to Infertility Treatment Than Opposite-Sex Couples

    Same-sex couples encounter more obstacles to treatment for infertility than opposite-sex couples, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).