SOC 308.002 SYLLABUS PART 2

V: FAMILY & SEXUALITY
W 2/20    Family & Intimate Relationships
                R & C Chapter 6
 
M 2/25    Parenting & Housework - Panel
                Disch 272-275: "Families"
                Rubin, "The Transformation of Family Life" (Disch 276-285)
                Gerson, "Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood" (Disch 285-294)
                Lorde, "Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist's Response" (Disch 295-300)

W 2/27    Feminine & Masculine Sexualities - Guest Speaker Nick Jehlen
                Kimmel, "Masculinity as Homophobia" (Disch 132-138)
                Disch 225-228: "Sexuality"
                Sabo, "The Myth of the Sexual Athlete" (Disch 240-243)
                Finger, "Forbidden Fruit" (Disch 244-247)
                Collins, "The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood" (Disch 255-269)

M 3/4      Gender in the Context of Globalization - Guest Speaker Helena Hofbauer, Fundar Centro de
                Análisis e Investigación, México
                Enloe, "The Globetrotting Sneaker" (Disch 414-421)
                Petchesky, "Phantom Towers" (Reader)
                Steinem, "If Women Had a Foreign Policy" (Reader)
                hooks, "Global Feminism" (Reader)
                Connell, "Masculinities and Globalization" (Reader)

W 3/6      Straightness, Queerness & Homophobia - In-class exercise
                Rust, "The Impact of Multiple Marginalization" (Disch 248-254)
                Powers, "Queer in the Streets, Straight in the Sheets" (Reader)
                Allison, "Conceptual Lesbianism" (Reader)
                Som, "The Queer Kitchen" (Reader)
 

SPRING BREAK       March 10-17
 

VI: EMPLOYMENT & ECONOMY
M 3/18    Gendered workplaces, wage & promotion gaps
                R & C Chapter 7

W 3/20    Economy & Jobs - Panel
                Disch 359-361: "Paid Work and Unemployment"
                Albelda & Tilly, "It's a Family Affair" (Disch 363-368)
                Praeger, "A World Worth Living In" (Disch 548-555)
                Gray, "Sharing the Shop Floor" (Disch 388-401)
                Reskin, "The Effects of Affirmative Action..." (Disch 402-410)

VII: CRIME & VIOLENCE
M 3/25    The Gender of Criminal Justice
                R & C Chapter 8
                PAPER #2 DUE, 2 COPIES

M 3/27    Cultural & Structural Violence
                Disch 477-480: "Violence"
                Kaye/Kantrowitz, "Women, Violence, and Resistance" (Disch 490-510)
                Jensen, "Using Pornography" (Disch 518-535)
                Zia, "Where Race and Gender Meet" (Disch 541-544)
                Marable, "Toward Black American Empowerment" (Disch 24-33)
                Review: Sidel, "Conflict within the Ivory Tower" (Disch 334-343)

VIII. POLITICS, GOVERNMENT & THE MILITARY
M 4/1      Gender, Government & Militarism
                R & C Chapter 9
                Enloe, "Sneak Attack" (handout)
                Gibson, "Warrior Dreams" (Disch 481-489)

W 4/3      EXAM 2
 

IX. SPIRITUALITY
M 4/8      Gender & Chicana Artists - Guest Speaker Adriana Nieto, Women Studies
                Cisneros, "Guadalupe the Sex Goddess" (Reader)
                Lopez website: http://www.almalopez.net/
                Gutierrez, "Honor and Virtue" (Reader)

W 4/10    Religion and Spirituality as Social Forces - Panel
                R & C Chapter 10
                Butler, "Between Two Worlds" (Reader)
                Review: Avicolli, "He Defies You Still" (Disch 121-126)

X. HEALTH
M 4/15    Gender, Health & the Medical Establishment
                R & C Chapter 11
                Scholinski, "The Last Time I Wore a Dress" (Reader)

W 4/17    Gendered Complexities of Health - Guest Speaker Rae Lewis, UNM Dept. of Psychiatry
                Disch 422-425: "Health and Illness"
                Sabo, "Masculinities and Men's Health" (Disch 426-440)
                Barbee & Little, "Health, Social Class & African American Women" (Disch 444-457)
                Chan, "Reproductive Issues are Essential..." (Disch 460-462)
                Arditti & Schreiber, "Breast Cancer: The Environmental Connection" (463-472)
                Deitcher, "Law and Desire" (474-476)

XI. MOVEMENTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
M 4/22    Multiple Feminisms
                R & C Chapter 1, pp. 13-30
                Seneca Falls Convention, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (Reader)
                Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?" (Reader)
                Zinn & Dill, "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism" (Disch 59-66)
                Jaimes & Halsey, "American Indian Women..." (Disch 217-223)
                Avery, "Breathing Life into Ourselves" (Disch 586-591)

W 4/24    Exploding Gender Categories - Guest Speaker Clark Vivio
                Pratt, "Gender Quiz," "Frostbite," "Blade," "Palace" (Reader)

M 4/29    Challenges for Feminism
                Disch 545-547: "A World That is Truly Human"
                Hershey, "Choosing Disability" (Disch 556-563)
                Moraga, "La Güera" (Disch 564-570)
                Atkin & Rich, "J.A.P.-Slapping" (Disch 56-59)
                Allison, "A Question of Class" (Reader)
                PAPER #3 DUE, 2 COPIES

W 5/1      Men's Movements; Conclusions
                Allen, "Stopping Sexual Harassment" (Disch 571-579)
                NOMAS, "Statement of Principles" (Disch 580)
                Brod, "Scholarly Studies of Men" (Disch 355-358)
                Alexie, "White Men Can't Drum" (Reader)
                Allen, "Racism, Sexism and a Million Men" (Reader)
 

EXAM #3: Wednesday, May 8, 12:30-2:30pm