Welcome to Soc/WS 327A!

Introduction

• Course syllabus
• About the professor
• Professor's homepage
• On-line sociology resources for Iowa State students

Sample Assignments

• Barbie: Queen of the Prom
• "10 Sneaky Ways to Get a Guy by Tonight!"
• King of Queens analysis

Aug. 23

• Differences Between Men and Women

Aug. 25

• Ordained by Nature, Kimmel, chapter 2)

Aug. 28

• Spanning the World (Kimmel, chapter 3)

Aug. 30

• Psychological Perspectives on Gender Development (Kimmel, chapter 4)

Sept. 1

• Introduction to Social Constructionism

Sept. 6

• Stewart and Roy on the Social Construction of Gender

Sept. 8

• Roy and Johnson on Masculinity and Patriarchy

Sept. 11

• The Social Construction of Feminine Beauty

Sept. 13

• The Social Construction of Sex

Sept. 18

• Davis on “Gaining a Daughter"
• Lucal on “What It Means to Be Gendered Me”
• Roy and Staples on gender intersections

Sept. 20

• White Privilege and Male Privilege

Sept. 22

• Exam review sheet

Sept. 27

• The Gender of Violence (Kimmel, chapter 11)

Sept. 29

• Two Articles about Rape

Oct. 2

• Language and Gender

Oct. 6

• Framing the Victim (Chapters 1-3)

Oct. 9

• Framing the Victim (Chapters 4-6)

Oct. 11

• Framing the Victim (Chapters 7-9)

Oct. 18

• The Gendered Classroom (Kimmel, chapter 7)

Oct. 23

• The Gendered Workplace (Kimmmel, chapter 8)

Oct. 25

• Featherstone and Crittenden on Discrimination in the Workplace

Oct. 27

• Christine Williams on "The Glass Escalator"

Oct. 30

• Ehrenreich & Hochschild, Zarembka, and Enloe on globalization and women
• The Biblical "pay gap"

Nov. 1

• Exam #2 review sheet

Nov. 6

• The Gendered Family (Kimmel, chapter 6)

Nov. 8

• Family Problems (Kimmel, chapter 6)

Nov. 13

• E.J. Graf on What is Marriage For?

Nov. 15

• Gendered Intimacies (Kimmel, chapter 9)

Nov. 27

• The Gendered Body (Kimmel, chapter 7)

Nov. 29

• Michael et al. on "Homosexual Partners"

Dec. 1

• Risman & Schwartz on teen sex

Dec. 6

• Men & Sex

Dec. 8

• Review sheet for final exam

The final exam will be held Thursday, Dec. 14, at 12 noon in 211 East Hall.