Welcome to Soc/WS 327A!

Introduction

• Course syllabus
• Reading guide (version 1)
• 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

Wednesday, Jan. 16

• Differences between Men & Women (Kimmel, ch. 1; Barnett & Rivers)

Friday, Jan. 18

• Ordained by Nature (Kimmel, ch. 2)

Wednesday, Jan. 23

• Spanning the World (Kimmel, ch. 3)

Friday, Jan. 25

• Psychological Perspectives on Gender Development (Kimmel, ch. 4)
• Introduction to Social Constructionism

Monday, Jan. 28

• The Social Construction of Gender Relations (Kimmel, ch. 5)

Wednesday, Jan 30

• Stewart on Differences between Men and Women
• Roy on the Social Construction of Gender

Monday, Feb. 4

• Roy on Masculinity
• Johnson on Patriarchy

Wednesday, Feb. 6

• The Social Construction of Beauty

Friday, Feb. 8

• The Social Construction of Sex
• Slate story by John Colapinto on the death of David Reimer (subject of "John/Joan")

Monday, Feb. 11

• Lucal on "What It Meangs to Be a Gendered Me"
• Davis on "Gaining a Daughter"

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Intersections between Gender, Class and Race (Roy and Staples)
• Peggy McIntosh on "White Privilege and Male Privilege"

Friday, Feb. 15

• Review sheet for exam #1

Wednesday, Feb. 20

• The Gender of Violence (Kimmel, chapter 12)

Friday, Feb. 22

• Lefkowitz's on "The Boys Next Door"

Monday, Feb. 25

• Armstrong et al. and Gilmore on Rape & Sexual Aggression on Campus

Wednesday, Feb. 27

• Adams and Ware on "Sexism and the English Language"

Monday, March 10

• The Gendered Classroom (Kimmel, chapter 7)

Friday, March 14

• C.J. Pascoe on "Fag Discourse"

Monday, March 24

• The Gendered Family (Kimmel, chapter 6)

Monday, March 31

• Graff on "What is Marriage For?"
• Review sheet for exam #2

Friday, April 4

• The Gendered Workplace (Kimmel, chapter 8)

Wednesday, April 9

• Christine Williams on “The Glass Escalator”

Wednesday, April 16

• Globalization and Women (Ehrenreich & Hochschild, Zarembka, Enloe)

Friday, April 18

• Gendered Intimacies (Kimmel, chapter 10)

Monday, April 21

• The Gendered Body (Kimmel, chapter 11)

Wednesday, April 23

• Michael et al. on "Homosexual Partners"

Friday, April 25

• Stoltenberg and Carpenter on Constructing Sex Acts

Monday, April 28

• Sabo and Grazian on Sex and Masculinity

Wednesday, April 30

• Final exam review sheet