Welcome to Sex & Gender in Society (Soc/WS 327)!

Introduction

• Course syllabus (corrected)
• Reading guide (v. 4)
• 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

Course overheards

• Differences Between Men and Women (Kimmel, chapter 1; Barnett & Rivers)

Aug. 29

• Ordained by Nature (Kimmel, chapter 2)

Sept. 3

• Spanning the World (Kimmel, chapter 3)

Sept. 5

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

Sept. 8

• Intro to Social Constructionism

Sept. 10-12

• Roy on the Social Construction of Gender
• Roy on Masculinity
• Johnson on Patriarchy
• Stewart on men and women

Sept. 15

• The Social Construction of Beauty

Sept. 19

• The Social Construction of Sex
• Davis on "Gaining a Daughter"
• Lucal on "What It Means to Be a Gendered Me"

Sept. 22

• Intersections between Gender, Class and Race

Sept. 24

• McIntosh on White Privilege and Male Privilege
• Breaching paper rubric
• First exam review sheet

Oct. 1

• The Gender of Violence (Kimmel, chapter 12)

Oct. 3

• Lefkowitz on "The Boys Next Door"

Oct. 6

• Armstrong et al. on "Party Rape"

Oct. 8

• Gilmore on "Sport Sex"
• Introduction to language and gender

Oct. 10

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

Oct. 13

• Media effects

Oct. 15

• Magazine article analysis rubric
• Sit-com analysis rubric

Oct. 20

• The Gendered Classroom (Kimmel, chapter 7)

Oct. 24

• C.J. Pascoe on "Fag Discourse"

Oct. 27

• The Gendered Family (Kimmel, chapter 6)

Oct. 29

• Gerson and Belkin on shared parenting

Oct. 30

• Child interview rubric
• Children's game analysis rubric

Nov. 3

• Graff on "What is Marriage For?"
• Second exam review sheet