Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Course
2 "First Wave" Feminism
3 Seneca Falls and Beyond
4 Suffrage
5 Women and Madness
6 Hysteria, Neurasthenia, and Other Female Maladies
7 Oppression First paper due
8 Socialization and Gender Roles
9 Socialization of Children
10 Theoretical Debates: Social Construction vs. Biological Essentialism Revision of first paper due
11 Challenging the Binary: Intersex
12 Transgenderism
13 Film: Sir
14 Embodiment
15 Embodiment (cont.)
16 Body Image and Representation of Women Second paper due
17 Body Image and Representation of Women (cont.)
18 Sexualities
19 Sexualities (cont.)
20 Women and Work
21 Women, Work, and Families
22 Families
23 Families (cont.)
24 Violence Against Women Third paper due
25 Global Politics
26 Contemporary Feminism