Gendered Society

Catalog description

Gender is a central framework in constructing meaning in society and this course will examine the various articulations of gender from a sociological lens. The goal of this course is to provide students with an overview of sociological perspectives on gender and introduce students to the role of gender in informing our identities, interactions, social institutions, and other systems of power. Gender is often socially constructed as a binary of difference between men and women, masculinity and femininity. This course will take a non-binary perspective on gender, questioning its structures, boundaries, limits, and consequences. Various topics this course will cover include: queer and feminist history, gender socialization, intersectionality, gender inequality across various social institutions, and cultural representations of gender.