SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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I. Introduction and Background | ||
1 | Introductory Class | |
2 | Prejudice, Discrimination, and Oppression | |
3 | Privilege and Speaking for Others | Response paper due |
4 | Film: Diagnosing Difference. Directed by Annalise Ophelian. Color, 64 min. 2009. | |
5 | Social Construction: Class, Gender, Race Disability… | Response paper due |
6 | Constructions of Gender | |
II. Universalizing Approaches to Sex Oppression | ||
A. Humanist Feminism ("The Sameness Approach") | ||
7 | Mill's The Subjection of Women | Response paper due |
8 | Student Discussion | |
9 | Beauvoir and Butler | Response paper due |
10 | Justice and Human Capabilities | |
11 |
Domestic Violence Note: During this session, there were student presentations on various readings | Response paper due |
B. Gynocentric Feminism ("The Difference Approach") | ||
12 | From Humanism to Gynocentrism | Response paper due |
13 | Maternal Peace Politics | |
14 | Midterm Reflection | Final project paper due |
C. The Dominance Approach | ||
15 | Difference and Dominance | |
16 | Materialist Feminism | Response paper due |
17 | Pornography | |
18 | Women, Lesbians, Virgins | Response paper due |
III. Localizing Approaches to Sex Oppression | ||
19 | Identity Politics | Response paper due |
20 | Childbearing from the Perspective of Poor Black Women | |
21 | Recognition and Redistribution | Response paper due |
22 | Queer Theory | Response paper draft due (undergraduates) |
23 |
Film: Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Laptop. Directed by Barbara Miller. Color, 95 min. 2012. Note: This session was optional | |
24 | Veiling and the Construction of Gender | |
25 |
Masculinities Note: This session was led by student Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa | |
26 |
Epistemic Injustice Note: This session was led by student Abby Jaques | |
27 | Final Presentations | Response paper due |