Married bisexual women shake up existing socially recognizable family, gender, and sexuality orders prescribed by Western society simply by being out, bisexual, and married. Empirical research on and theoretical arguments about bisexuality in the family have been rare. A recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family (2010) notes that ". . . a number of core questions [about bisexuality in the family] remain unanswered" (Biblarz & Savci, 2010, p. 490) . It is my intention to argue in favor of a new paradigm that sees relationships through a bisexual lens (rather than a hetero-/homosexual lens), allowing for simultaneous partners of different genders (polyamory) as a legitimate and lawful practice andthe creation of families through such practices to be viewed as no less necessary than the families of their monosexual peers. (In)visibility of this high-stakes way of doing bisexuality informs the ways my respondents do family.

Twenty years ago, Pescosolido and Milkie (1995) reported that 50 percent of U.S. and Canadian sociology graduate programs offered formal teacher training. Despite pronouncements that offerings have increased substantially, no similarly thorough and direct investigation has been published since. In this time of dramatic change and increasing scrutiny of higher education, graduate teacher training is arguably more important than ever before. Thus, we seek to provide a new baseline of teacher training in the discipline. Using a 2013 survey of U.S. and Canadian sociology graduate programs (N = 173), we find that 94 percent involve graduate students in teaching, almost 68 percent provide formal training for graduate student instructors, and 54 percent provide formal training for teaching assistants. We discuss the kinds and frequency of teacher training, as well as the type of graduate programs most likely to offer teacher training, and we provide suggestions for future research.

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Writing research on the importance of men's mentorship can be a tricky task. As a feminist sociologist, how does one manage to balance discussion of the need for male mentorship without reifying the rhetoric of blaming societal problems such as poverty and gangs on single mothers and absentee fathers? William Marsiglio's Men on a Mission fearlessly attempts to do just that with much success. In the beginning of his book he claims that "far too many kids are at-risk and deserve more and better social support" (p. 3) and men can do their part in supplying such support. His research combines extensive interviews and observations of 45 men who mentor youth either through their jobs (including teachers, child care workers, coaches, corrections officers, and religious leaders) or as volunteers with organizations like the Boy Scouts and Big Brothers.The most interesting portion of the book was Marsiglio's examination of the way male respondents try to combat observers' distrust as the men work with youth in a manner that runs counter to masculine norms that leave little space for emotional or physical contact and treat nurturing behavior by men with suspicion. With these fears in mind, Marsiglio's respondents mentor youth while facing the "stranger danger" discourse surrounding men's involvement with "others'" children. For his gay male respondents, this is a far more precarious position as they attempt to mentor youth in a way that does not provoke homophobic fears among youth and adults. Many of his respondents use strategies to avoid physical contact or being alone with youth to avoid accusations and the appearance of inappropriateness while trying to create nurturing and intimate relationships.In chapter three Marsiglio raises interesting points concerning how physical space shapes personal relationships, but some of the chapter seems forced. At one point he uses the example of young men on a camping trip sitting in a circle around a campfire opening up to one another by sharing information about their lives. He states that the transformative power of the great outdoors allows men to drop their masculine guard. Later in the chapter, he shares how another respondent, working with a support group in

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