WGS.101 | Spring 2023 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

Class 14: Introduction to Socialization and Gender Roles; Culture Interprets Biological Differences

Read

[FIOT] = Schneir, Miriam. Feminism in Our Time: The Essential Writings, World War II to the Present. Vintage, 1994. ISBN: 9780679745082.

Read for Background:

Read/View for Discussion:

  • Judith Lorber, “‘Night to His Day’: The Social Construction of Gender.” Paradoxes of Gender 1994. 13–36.
  • Laurel Richardson, “Gender Stereotyping in the English Language.”
  • NPR, “Talking While Female.”
  • Michael Kimmel, “What Are Little Boys Made Of?”
  • Jackson Katz, TED Talk, “Violence against Women: It’s a Men’s Issue.”

Course Info

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Spring 2023
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