SOC 3400
Gender and Sexuality
Course Description
Prerequisites
At least 3 credits in Sociology or permission of instructor
Disciplines
Social & Economic Systems
Focuses on the construction of gender and sexuality, and of the many ways human groups regulate and attach meanings to these categories. Some general themes addressed will be: contemporary and historical definitions of gender, sex, and sexuality; gender socialization; the varieties of sexual identities and relationships; embodiment, childbearing, and families in the contemporary United States. Prerequisite: At least 3 credits in Sociology or permission of instructor.