COR 117 1 - Gender and Liberation

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 3
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 3

This course examines the relationship of gender, and our assumptions about gender, to both individual freedom and broad notions of civil and human rights. We will use popular culture, research based in Sociology, and autobiographical writing to explore gender socialization in the context of social movements of the past 150 years: women’s suffrage, second wave feminism, gay liberation, and marriage equality. This course also addresses the intersection of discrimination based on gender with other forms of discrimination, and considers ways in which people have resisted the resulting oppression.

Prerequisite(s): First year students only.