| January 9-11-13 | Introduction / Defining Sex and Gender
Wood, intro & ch. 1
Rachel McCarthy James, Why I use that word that I use: Kyriarchy, kyriarchal, and why not patriarchy. Deeply Problematic, August 23, 2010
Marina Adshade, Are women paying the price for taking their husband’s name?, Big Think, September 27, 2011 | |
January 18-20
No class, Monday, January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
January 23-25 | Development of Sex/Gender
Wood, ch. 2
Family Embraces Princess Boy, King5.com
Peggy Orenstein, What's Wrong with Cinderella?, New York Times, December 24, 2006
Janet Shibley Hyde, The Gender Similarities Hypothesis (pdf), American Psychologist, September 2005
In-class film: Sexy, Inc. | |
| January 27-30 February 1 | Gender, Language, and Voices
Wood, ch. 5
Deborah Cameron, What language barrier? Excerpt from The Myth of Mars and Venus. Oxford University Press, 2007
Rebecca Solnit, Men Who Explain Things, L.A. Times, April 13, 2008
Joanna Widner, Douchebag, Bitch (blog), November 10, 2008 | |
| February 3-6 | REVISED | |
| February 8-10 | REVISED | Midterm Exam, Monday, February 13 |
| February 15-17 | Gender and Nonverbal Communication
Wood, ch. 6
Shankar Vendantam, How the Sex Bias Prevails, The Age, May 15, 2010
Picture 251 (Citi Advocates That Female Employees Do Not Sit With Their Legs Crossed But Rather Spread Eagle, With Their Balls Hanging Out), Dealbreaker, September 9, 2010.
In-class film: Codes of Gender | |
February 22-24-
No class, Monday, February 20
Presidents' Day | Gender & Education
Wood, ch. 8
Halpern, et al., The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling [pdf], 23 September 2011
Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett, The Myth of Girl Brain, Ms. Blog, December 15, 2011
Nicholas Syrett, Bros Before Hos: College Fraternities and Sexual Exploitation, National Sexuality Resource Center, June 1, 2009 | |
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| February 27-29 | Gender, Organizations, and Work
Wood, ch. 10
Ann Friedman, When Opting Out Isn't an Option, The Progressive, May 22, 2009 (Choose one of four listed articles)
Gender Bias Learning Project, A Project of the Center for WorkLife Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
James Chartrand, Why James Chartrand Wears Women’s Underpants | |
| March 3 | REVISED | |
| March 5-7-9-12-14 | Gender & Media
Wood, ch. 11
Where We Are On TV Report: 2010-2011 Season [pdf], GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).
Gloria Steinem, Sex, Lies, and Advertising, Ms., July 1990.
James Poniewozik, Up All NIght, Modern Family, and TV's Feminism for Men, TIME, Nov 17, 2011
Kim Masters, Why the Odds Are Still Stacked Against Women in Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter, Dec 9, 2011
in-class film: Miss Representation
in-class film: Barack & Curtis | Video Dialogue Due, March 10
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| March 14-16 | Review for Exam | Video Dialogue Due, March 10
Weds, March 14 -- in-class screening of XtraNormal Videos
March 16 -- Review
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March 19
FINALS
March 20-March 23 | Review | Final Exam
Thursday, March 22
9:00 am - 11:00 am |
