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This study analyzes the methodological and political issues associated with homeless enumerations. While enumerations represent just one aspect of homeless politics in the United States, they incorporate many debates that are central to understanding homelessness. How to define homelessness and how to find and account for a transitory, stigmatized population are chief among the quandaries faced by counties undertaking enumerations; the extent of these difficulties calls into question the reliability of enumeration results. In studying one U.S. county's efforts to count the homeless in 2005 and 2009, this paper illuminates the obstacles faced by counties undertaking enumerations, and connects those challenges to broader debates about homelessness and homeless policy making in the United States.

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Using U.S. third wave feminism as the cultural backdrop, this study examines emerging adults' participation in heterosexual ''friends with benefts'' (FWB) relationships. We investigate both the role of gender and feminism in FWB relationships at a United States college, and ask whether identifcation with feminist ideology impacts students' motivations and assessments of their relationships. Through the use of an anonymous survey, our research explores whether and how young women and men engage in FWB relationships, the degree to which they fnd such relationships fulflling, and the presence of social stigma or acceptance related to this sexual behavior. While we fnd some gender differences in motives for and satisfaction with FWB relationships, we also suggest that the association between sexual agency and participation in a friends with benefts relationship is complicated and requires further research and exploration.