Girl, Boy, Or What? How Gender Shapes Us And Our Society

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Did you know that as recent as last year studies showed that women in science will be less likely to be hired and will receive a lower salary offer should they land a job? Did you know that men are now less likely to enter and finish college than women? Assumptions about gender influence our world deeply and shape our future. This course will give you the tools to think critically about the role that gender has played in history and culture and continues to play in the experience of women and men. We will read texts from the fields of sociology, psychology, business, and women's studies to examine the impact of gender in our world, together with the categories of race, ethnicity, class and sexuality.