Introduction to Gender and Sexualities Studies

Catalog description

Provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary study of gender and sexualities. Uses an intersectional framework to examine gender, gender roles, expectations and privileges. Students learn and utilize key terms and concepts in the field such as gender, sexuality, embodiment, feminism, womanism, patriarchy and more. Examines how people across differing races/ethnicities, classes, sexual identities and nationalities in various historical periods have made sense of, assumed, articulated and struggled against gendered identities.