ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEN AND WOMEN

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International/multicultural course (I).This course will explore the differing roles of men and women in a cross-cultural perspective. It will include an overview of cognitive, linguistic, and behavioral differences between men and women, the various theoretical perspectives which social scientists have chosen to study gender over the last 50 years. Topics will include gender and language, sexuality, gender role variation, biological foundations of sex and gender, and gender and religion, among others.Faculty: L. GREENE, J. RUBENSTEIN