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Paige L. Sweet (born 1987) is a sociologist at the University of Michigan, working in the areas of gender and sexuality, knowledge, gender-based violence. Sweet has received attention for her work on gaslighting in relationships and the workplace. She is the author of The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath (University of California Press, 2021).

Career

In 2018, Sweet received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois Chicago.

Sweet is the author of the article “The Sociology of Gaslighting” published in the American Sociological Review (2019), for which she received an award from the American Sociological Association. She has written the book The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and its Aftermath (2021).

As of 2020, she teaches at the University of Michigan, where she studies gaslighting in relationships and in the workplace. She argues that gaslighting is mostly a sociological phenomenon made possible by social inequalities, including gender. She has related gaslighting to sexual situations, medicine, the legal system, and to the work place.

Selected publications

Articles

• Sweet, Paige L. (1 October 2019). "The Sociology of Gaslighting". American Sociological Review. 84 (5): 851–875. doi:10.1177/0003122419874843. ISSN 0003-1224. S2CID 204375723.
• Sweet, Paige L. (1 September 2015). "Chronic Victims, Risky Women: Domestic Violence Advocacy and the Medicalization of Abuse". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 41 (1): 81–106. doi:10.1086/681772. ISSN 0097-9740. S2CID 147137732.
• Sweet, Paige L. (1 December 2014). "'Every bone of my body:' Domestic violence and the diagnostic body". Social Science & Medicine. 122: 44–52. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.014. ISSN 0277-9536. PMID 25441316.

Books

• The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath. University of California Press. 2021. ISBN 978-0-520-37770-7.

References

1. "Sweet, Paige L., 1987-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
2. "Paige L. Sweet | U-M LSA Sociology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
3. Sweet, Paige L. (2019-09-20). "The Sociology of Gaslighting". American Sociological Review. 84 (5): 851–875. doi:10.1177/0003122419874843. ISSN 0003-1224.
4. "What Is Gaslighting? Definition, Examples And Support". Forbes Health. 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
5. "Examples of Gaslighting in a Relationship". Discover Magazine. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
6. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/caleb-love-bombing-gaslighting-trauma.html(subscription required)
7. Sweet, Paige (November 2021). The Politics of Surviving: How Women Navigate Domestic Violence and Its Aftermath. ISBN 978-0-520-37771-4.
8. "Paige L. Sweet | U-M LSA Sociology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
9. "Race, Gender and Class Award Recipient History". American Sociological Association. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
10. Fraser, Sarah (12 May 2021). "CFP Podcast: Third Rail: Gaslighting in medicine". cfppodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
11. "Paige L. Sweet". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
12. Carter, Elisabeth (7 November 2020). "Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud". The British Journal of Criminology. 61 (2): 283–302. doi:10.1093/bjc/azaa072.
13. ^ Conrad, Marissa (22 June 2021). "What Is Gaslighting And How Do You Deal With It?". Forbes Health. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
14. Cares, Alison C.; Reckdenwald, Amy; Fernandez, Ketty (2021). "4. Domestic violence and abuse through a sociological lens". In Devaney, John; Bradbury-Jones, Caroline; Macy, Rebecca J.; Øverlien, Carolina; Holt, Stephanie (eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Domestic Violence and Abuse. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-367-33485-7.
15. Murray, Douglas (2021). "10. "Fearful of being pursued, yet determined to persevere": Northanger Abbey and the #MeToo movement". In Holland, Mary K.; Hewett, Heather (eds.). #MeToo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Violence and Rape Culture. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-5013-7274-2.
16. "The Dangers of Sexual Gaslighting | Psychology Today United Kingdom". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
17. Sebring, Jennifer C. H. (25 August 2021). "Towards a sociological understanding of medical gaslighting in western health care". Sociology of Health & Illness. 43 (9): 1951–1964. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13367. ISSN 1467-9566. PMID 34432297. S2CID 237290853.
18. "Covid-19 knowledge and the 'bad expert'". the polyphony. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

Further reading

• Sweet, Paige L. (2021). Curriculum Vitae. LSA Sociology. University of Michigan

External links

• Paige L. Sweet publications indexed by Google Scholar

• 1987 births
• Living people
• 21st-century American non-fiction writers
• University of Michigan
• American sociologists
• American women sociologists