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The
political nature of personal life is a central critical concept of Women’s and
Gender Studies. Politics of Sexuality introduces students to implications of
this concept through the study of contested topics concerning sexuality, such as
gendered sexual socialization, sexual violence, family structures, poverty and
welfare, sexual identities, transgenderism, commodification, risky sexual
behaviors, AIDS, sexual exploitation, pornography, prostitution, and the traffic
in women. Students learn how social norms, political currents, economic
practices, and state policies construct their lived realities, governing choices
they may have considered natural, private, and individual. They learn to
articulate what is at stake in these issues from a variety of standpoints as
preparation for making their own informed judgments.
Previously
listed as WGST 250 |