SOC 110:E - Gender and Power: Introduction to Gender Studies

• Social Sciences Distribution Requirement

• Fulfills Equity Foundation Requirement

1. Define gender (as distinct from both sex and sexuality) as a social and cultural construction
2. Identify ways in which gender identity and presentation have changed over time and across cultures  
3. Analyze intersections between gender and other social categories of difference and how those intersections influence relationships to systems of power in a society
4. Articulate critically their own identity with regard to gender and intersectional social categories of difference
5. Formulate informed and cogent oral and written responses to college-level communications about gender identity and presentation and their connections to power and privilege
6. Identify various forms of gender-based discrimination and oppression on individual, social, and institutional levels

1. Vocabulary that is central to discussions of gender in a sociocultural context: sex vs. gender vs. sexuality; social systems; micro, meso, macro, and global levels of identity; feminisms (theories and histories of); intersectionality; power, privilege, and oppression.
2. Individual Identity.
3. (Intersectional) Relationships.
4. Systems of Power, Privilege, and Oppression.
5. Contemporary Systemic Social Problems (topics vary): mass incarceration; health/wellness and medical bias/discrimination; immigration; bias, discrimination, and oppression in/by the militar; environmental issues; home and family; education.
6. Forms of Resistance to Social Inequities.