Sociology 327: Course Outline.
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| August 25 |
Introduction |
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| August 27 |
What is the sociology of gender? |
Text: Chapter 1 |
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Explanations of Gender |
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| September 1 |
Biological |
Text: Chapter 2 |
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Reader: Buss Psychological Sex Differences: Origins Through Sexual Selection |
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Reader: Lorber Believing is Seeing |
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Reader: Sapolsky Testosterone Rules |
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| September 3 |
Cross-Cultural |
Text: Chapter 3 |
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Reader: Mead Sex Temperament in Three Primitive Societies |
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Reader: West and Fenstermaker Doing Difference |
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| September 8 |
Psychological |
Text: Chapter 4, pages 77-92 |
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RA: Bem Gender Schema Theory: A Cognitive Account of Sex-Typing |
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| September 10 |
Psychological |
Text: Chapter 4, pages 92-97 |
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RA: Cross and Markus Gender in Thought, Belief, and Action: A Cognitive Approach |
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RA: Eagly, Wood, and Diekman The Social Role Theory of Sex Differences |
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| September 15 |
Psychological Gender Differences |
Reader: Hyde The Gender Similarities Hypothesis |
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RA: Eagly The Science and Politics of Comparing Women and Men. |
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| September 17 |
Sociological |
Text: Chapter 5, pp 98-116 |
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RA: Barnett and Rivers Men are from Earth and so are Women: Its Faulty Research that Sets Them Apart |
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Reader: Gerson and Peiss Boundaries, negotiation, Consciousness: Reconceputalizing Gender Relations |
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| September 22 |
Sociological Doing Gender |
Text: Chapter 5, pp 116123 |
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Reader: West and Zimmerman, Doing Gender |
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Reader: Dozier Beards, Breasts, and Bodies: Doing Sex in a Gendered World |
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| September 24 |
Masculinity |
RA: Connell and Messerschmidt Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept |
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RA: Bird Welcome to the men's club: Homosociality and the maintenance of hegemonic masculinity |
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| September 29 |
Exam 1 |
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Gendered Institutions |
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| October 1 |
Classroom/Education |
Text: Chapter 7, pp 175--194 |
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RA: Evans and Davies No Sissy Boys Here: A Context Analysis of the Representation of Masculinity in Elementary School Reading Textbooks |
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Reader: Zittleman Being a Girl and Being a Boy: The Voices of Middleschoolers |
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| October 6 |
Gender and Science |
Text: Chapter 7, pp 194-201 |
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RA: Lee Which kids can "become" scientists? Effects of gender, self-concepts, and perceptions of scientists |
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TBA |
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| October 8 |
Post-secondary Education |
Reader: England et al. Hooking Up and Forming Romantic Relationships on Todays College Campuses |
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TBA |
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| October 13 |
Family --Socialization |
Text: Chapter 6, pp 127-144 |
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RA: Kane No Way My Boys are Going to Be Like That! |
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RA: Bem Gender Schema Theory and its Implications for Child development: Raising Gender-Aschematic Children in a Gender-Schematic Society. |
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| October 15 |
Marriage |
Text: Chapter 6, pp 138-139; 151-174; 270-276; 286-302 |
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Reader: Sprecher and Toro-Morn A study of Men and Women from Different Sides of Earth to Determine if Men Are from Mars and Women are From Venus in Their Beliefs about Love and Romantic Relationships |
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RA: Hackstaff The Rise of Divorce Culture and Its Gendered Foundation |
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| October 20 |
Division of household labor |
Text: Chapter 6, pp 144-151 |
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RA: Hartmann The Familiy as the Locus of Class, Gender, and Political Struggle |
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Reader: Coltrane Household Labor and the Routine Production of Gender |
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| October 22 |
Work and Family |
Text: Chapter 8, pp. 232-233 |
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RA: Budig and England The Wage Penalty for Motherhood |
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RA: Gerson Moral Dilemmas, moral Strategies, and the Transformation of Gender |
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| October 27 |
Workplace |
Text: Chapter 8, pp 202-234 |
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| October 29 |
Explanations for Workplace Inequality |
Reader: Reskin Bringing the Men Back In: Sex Differentiation and the Devaluation of Womens Work |
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Reader: Williams The Glass Elevator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the Female Professions |
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| November 3 |
Status expectations |
RA: Ridgeway The Persistence of Gender Inequality in Employment Settings |
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RA: Ridgeway and Diekema Are Gender Differences Status Differences? |
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| November 5 |
Exam 2 |
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Gendered Interactions |
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| November 10 |
Communication |
RA: Steinem Men and Women Talking |
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RA: Howard et al. Sex, Power, and Influence Tactics in Intimate Relationships. |
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| November 12 |
Media |
Text: Chapter 9, pp. 237-257 |
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RA: Firminger Is He Boyfriend Material? Representation of Males in Teenage Girls Magazines |
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RA: Baker-Sperry and Grauerholz The Pervasiveness and Persistence of the Feminine Beauty Ideal in Childrens Fairy Tales |
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| November 17 |
Language |
RA: Adams and Ware Sexism and the English Language: The Linguistic Implications of Being a Woman |
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RA: Nilsen Sexism in English: A 1990s Update |
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| November 19 |
Friendship/Intimacy |
Text: Chapter 10, pp 258-270; 302-309 |
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Reader: Cancian The Feminization of Love |
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RA: Swain Covert Intimacy: Closeness in Mens Friendships |
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RA: Savin-Williams Dating Those You Can't Love and Loving Those You Can't Date |
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No Classes Thanksgiving Break November 23- November 27 |
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| December 1 |
Gendered Body |
Text: Chapter 11, pp 277-284 |
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Reader: Bordo The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity |
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RA: Evans et al. Do Racial Minorities Respond in the Same Way to Mainstream eauty Standards? Social Comparison Processes in Asian, Black, and White Women. |
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| December 3 |
Transgendered |
Text: Chapter 11, pp 284-292 |
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RA: Kessler, Suzanne J. The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants |
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RA: Wright To Be Poor and Transgender |
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| December 8 |
Violence and Culture |
Text: Chapter 12, pp 314-327 |
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Reader: Gilligan Culture, Gender, and Violence: We are Not Women |
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RA: Hollander Vulnerability and Dangerousness: The Construction of Gender Through Conversations about Violence |
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| December 10 |
Marital/Intimate Violence |
Chapter 11, pp 327-337 |
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Reader: Dobash et al. The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence. |
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RA: Miller et al. Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships |
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FINAL EXAM |
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