WGSS 1100 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Hours: 4
This course is an introduction to key concepts, questions, and analytical tools developed by scholars working in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies across diverse disciplinary fields. Students will explore the links between sex, gender, and identity, the social construction of femininities and masculinities, the way that sexed and gendered identities intersect with racial, class, and national identities, and the gendered dynamics of power and oppression. As an introduction to the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major and minor, this course encourages the process of questioning—and, often, unlearning— conventional and normative thinking about sex and gender.

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WGSS 1100 - Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies