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3.00 Credits
This course examines a variety of ways in which sexuality becomes a focus of social conflict. We explore the questions of why and how some aspects of sexuality are brought into the public sphere. We analyze the social construction of sexuality as a personal and private matter but also as a subject for public concern and social regulation, thereby exploring the connections of gender, race, and class to the conflicts surrounding sexuality. Prerequisites: GS 100 and SOC 110, or permission of instructor.
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An analysis of the range and complexity of women's literary output, including topics like the historical development of women's writing, the literary achievements of a single author or a group of authors, theoretical issues pertinent to women's literary creation, and issues of female creativity. Topics vary from semester to semester. Prerequisites: Any 200-level literature course and GS 100, or permission of instructor.
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The portrayal of gender and sexuality in popular culture is analyzed. Media, including television, film, magazines, and the Internet, represent and help construct ideas about what it means to be male and female in this society, as well as convey assumptions about sexual orientation. These portrayals take on a particular form for racial and ethnic minorities that often reinforces prevalent stereotypes. Popular culture also depicts sexuality in a manner that presents certain sexual behavior as natural and acceptable, and other kinds as deviant and unusual. The representation of sexuality in a range of media is explored, including mainstream media, advertising, and pornography. The portrayal of gender and sexuality in the culture is examined through a survey of theoretical perspectives on these topics as well as a direct examination of content that represents these aspects of humanity. Prerequisites: GS 100 or CMM 110, and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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Focusing on issues such as reproductive rights, health care, and domestic violence, students examine the ways in which activist organizations that are focused on issues of gender and sexuality write about controversial issues for a range of audiences and in response to a variety of situations: guest speakers and working documents from actual reports, press releases, website content, and other written texts. Prerequisites: RPW 110, or GS 100, and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course) Laboratory fee.
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An examination of how gender is relevant to the production, reception, and content of art. Gender theory and feminist theory are used to assess the role of gender in society and in artistic practices as they engage with visual images. This course concentrates on one of the following topics: Women in Art, Gender in American art, Masculinity and Modernism, or Gender and Ritual in Africa. The specific topic is announced in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisite: Any 200-level art history course, or ART 100 with junior or senior standing. Visual resources fee.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of the presuppositions we bring to thinking about ethics and morality, and of the ways in which culturally constructed gender differences affect ethical theory and moral practice. We examine a series of important themes and issues in contemporary discussions of feminist ethics, e.g., sexuality, motherhood, community, cultural difference, human rights, and moral responsibility as it exceeds the framework of rights. Prerequisite: GS 100 or PHI 110, or permission of instructor.
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This course explores gender discrimination in American law. It examines how law has defined and continues to define appropriate behavior for women and men. Although the course emphasizes recent legal developments, it also considers major historical developments and the role of law as an agent of social change. Prerequisites: POL 100; and POL 105, GS 100, LAH 201, or SOC 170; or permission of instructor. (Writing-intensive course)
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Images of women in films both popular and alternative, history of melodrama or "women's pictures,?ilms made by women, feminist film theory. Prerequisites: ENG 140, or CIN/CMM 150, or GS 100; and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
There is little consensus as to what exactly counts as gay and lesbian literature, whether it is literature by gays and lesbians, literature about gay and lesbian characters and themes, or literature that gay and lesbian people read. This course examines literature that might be considered part of a gay and lesbian "canon"and contemporary works that reveal current directions of gay and lesbian writing. Prerequisites: Any 200-level literature course and GS 100, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the social construction of female criminality, historic and contemporary trends in female crime, the place of women in the social organization of crime control, and a sociological analysis of the changing nature and consequences of female criminality in contemporary societies. The course serves as an introduction to a feminist reading of criminological theory. Prerequisites: SOC 170 or SOC 110, and junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
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