BIOLOGY AND GENDER

GEN&WS 528

Explores scientific approaches to studying sexuality. Examines current biological and neuroscientific research about sexuality, as well as feminist scholarship on these topics and critical responses to this research. Topics cover the intersections between biology (e.g., hormones, anatomy, neural activity, psychophysiology, evolution, etc.), sexuality (e.g., desire, dysfunction, arousal, bisexuality, orgasm, same-sex sexuality, pleasure, etc.), and feminist/critical scholarship about this research (e.g., feminist science studies, queer theory, feminist psychology, medicalization, etc.).

GEN&WS/SOC 611

Examination of issues and theories in gender and science. Topics include historical and contemporary studies of technoscientific and medical constructions of sex/gender differences; feminist studies of science, technology, and medicine; proposals of new epistemologies.

GEN&WS/PSYCH 932

Examines research and theory in psychology of women and gender. Topics include feminist approaches to research methods, psychological gender differences and similarities, women of color, mental health and feminist therapy, rape, sexual harassment, transgender issues and research, and public policy issues.

GEN&WS/PSYCH 522

Examination of theories and research on the psychology of women and gender. Explores topics such as sex bias in psychological research; psychological aspects of female sexuality and reproduction; gender-based violence; female achievement and power; lifestyle choices of women; women and mental health; and psychological research with transgender individuals.

GEN&WS 533

Examination in depth of specific topics in the area of gender and biology. Critical feminist reading of scientific literature and exploration of relevant biomedical issues in social and cultural contexts.