GPSY 6368 -

Institution:

The New School

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Psychology of Women and Gender Spring 2009. Three credits. Lisa Rubin Over the past 25 years, feminists have transformed the field of psychology. Feminist psychologists have challenged how we study, what we study, and what we know about women and gender, and have explored how gender polarization shapes our everyday experience. This course provides an overview of the now burgeoning study of the psychology of women and gender, from the enormous contributions of early feminist psychologists who challenged longstanding notions of women's intellectual and emotional inferiority, to contemporary postmodern feminist psychologists, some of whom contend that the scientific enterprise is itself laden with androcentric bias. Topics include biological and psychological perspectives on sex and gender development; sexuality, reproduction, and the regulation and management of the female body across the lifespan and across cultures; gender influences on mental and physical health; gender and the workplace; and violence in women's lives.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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