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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to social construction and cultural representation of femininity and masculinity. Conceptions of masculinity and femininity influenced by race, class, ethnicity, sexuality and age. Explores connection between biological sex, notions of masculinity and femininity, and subversive gender performance.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to theories, empirical scholarship, public policies, and current controversies on the topic of sexuality. Focus on sexual development, lifestyles, and communities with additional emphasis on ethnicity, race, gender, class, and nationality.
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4.00 Credits
Pre-twentieth century texts and historical events providing foundations for the development of contemporary feminist theories and practices. Analysis of writings that legitimated patriarchal/misogynist ideologies in Western worlds, such as Plato, Aristotle, and founders of world religions, from a feminist perspective.
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4.00 Credits
(See E S 3030 for course description.)
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4.00 Credits
Feminist theories of American women's liberation movement from mid-sixties to present. Gender identity; "nature vs. nurture" theories of female subservience and male domination; pornography; rape; class, race, and gender.
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4.00 Credits
Overview of feminist theories, including issues of representation, agency and subjectivity, capitalism and patriarchy. Covers "first wave" statements to "second wave" feminism, including liberal, radical, separatist, and socialist/materialist forms of feminism. Exposure to self-assumptions, application of analytical skills to one's own life and work.
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4.00 Credits
Continuation of WOST 3110, Theories of Feminism I. Offers perspectives on intersectional feminist theory and contemporary issues in feminist thought from "second wave" feminism to present, including post-structuralism and postmodernism, postcolonialism and third-world feminism, ecofeminism and current feminist theoretical debates. Prerequisite: WOST 3110.
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4.00 Credits
Feminist perspective on how U.S. law confers rights, creates obligations, and defines identities which impact social actors differently. Topics may include educational and workplace equity, privacy, family law, domestic violence, LGBT rights, reproductive rights, affirmative action and equal protection laws.
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4.00 Credits
Women's experience in the workforce from a political, sociological and historical perspective. Comparison of structure and practices in the corporate structure to those in sports and the military. Obstacles women face, coping mechanisms and strategies for success.
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4.00 Credits
Persistence and change in the minority female experience in America. Focus on prominent stereotypes of minority women, patterns of courtship and marriage, employment and career trends, birth control and sexual freedom, and feminism and racial solidarity. Cross-listed with E S 3420.
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