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SOC 237 - Sociology of Gender

3 Credits
Offered Fall
Course will distinguish between sex and gender and critically examine how social historical meanings about femininity and masculinity are socially constructed, reinforced, and challenged. Considers how gender differences and gender inequality play out in a variety of institutions including education, the economy, the family, politics, religion, the media and medicine. Critical perspectives, including feminist and multi-cultural approaches, will be employed.

Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Diversity, Power, and Resistance Global Perspectives History and Social Science   
Course Applies to: Anthropology, Gender & Sexuality Studies