WGST 490G - Topics in Womens&Gender St

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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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TOPIC: Traditional Constraints and Routine Controls: Violence against Women. Course examines social violence against women outside family and other intimate relationships. Emphasis will be on violations against women's human rights through the life cycle, which are often sanctioned under the guise of cultural practices and misinterpretations of religious tenets. Topics willl include, but not limited to: Sex-selective abortion and female infanticide; female genital mutilation and cosmetic surgeries; prostitution and pornography; trafficking in women; sexual harassment; and women as "verbs" between men in war. We will examine both institutionalized sexism and racism, as part of political, economic, and social systems, and sexism and racism realities affecting individual women's lives. 3.000 Credit hours 3.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture CASL - Administration Department Course Attributes: Upper Division

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umich.edu

Phone Number:

(734) 764-1817

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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