Sex Lives of Women
Examines women's sexuality through feminist social science lenses, covering hookup culture, medicalization, and neoliberal choice narratives.
Summary
Lectures are mid-sized, with a median of 33 enrolled students in the recorded sections.
What you’ll be able to do
Describe multiple perspectives for key debates about the forces that shape women's sexuality.
Evaluate scholarly theories and essays about women's sexuality and make connections to contemporary social conversations in the news and other media.
Develop evidence-based arguments and summaries about women’s sexuality topics.
Discuss controversial topics and perspectives using constructive language and evidence-based reasoning.
Locate original scientific articles and integrate them into written and oral assignments.
Communicate complex arguments in writing about women's sexuality topics.
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the class
Examine women's sexuality through feminist social science perspectives. Critically engage with influential feminist theories, empirical research, and contemporary debates surrounding topics such as hookup culture, sexual pleasure and desire, the medicalization of women's sexuality, and neoliberal "choice" narratives. Connect scholarly work to real-world contexts - from social media trends and current events to broader policy issues affecting women's sexual lives.
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Topics
- Hookup culture, sexual pleasure and desire, medicalization of women's sexuality, and neoliberal choice narratives.
- Real-world contexts including social media trends, current events, and policy issues.
Skills
- Evaluating scholarly theories and connecting them to contemporary social conversations.
- Developing evidence-based arguments and summaries.
- Discussing controversial topics with constructive language and evidence-based reasoning.
- Locating original scientific articles for integration into assignments.
- Communicating complex arguments in writing.
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