In this course we will consider gender as a powerful idea that shapes the way we see others, and others see us. Social and cultural conceptions of gender at home and around the world have led to significant disparities in economic status, education, health, legal rights and other cultural indices of success. It has been used to justify such violence as sexual and physical abuse, rape, mutilation, imprisonment and killing. We will consider many implications of the social construction of gender including ways language and stories (narratives) shape and reflect gendered attitudes, behaviors, expectations, and norms. We will examine relationships to gender at the micro, meso and macro levels including individual, interactional and structural analyses. Themes of power, performance and privilege and their implications will be woven throughout the course.
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