Feminist Thought

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
I. Introduction and Background
1	Introductory Class
2	Prejudice, Discrimination, and Oppression
3	Privilege and Speaking for Others	Response paper due
4	Film: Diagnosing Difference. Directed by Annalise Ophelian. Color, 64 min. 2009.
5	Social Construction: Class, Gender, Race Disability…	Response paper due
6	Constructions of Gender
II. Universalizing Approaches to Sex Oppression
A. Humanist Feminism (“The Sameness Approach”)
7	Mill’s The Subjection of Women	Response paper due
8	Student Discussion
9	Beauvoir and Butler	Response paper due
10	Justice and Human Capabilities
11	Domestic Violence Note: During this session, there were student presentations on various readings	Response paper due
B. Gynocentric Feminism (“The Difference Approach”)
12	From Humanism to Gynocentrism	Response paper due
13	Maternal Peace Politics
14	Midterm Reflection	Final project paper due
C. The Dominance Approach
15	Difference and Dominance
16	Materialist Feminism	Response paper due
17	Pornography
18	Women, Lesbians, Virgins	Response paper due
III. Localizing Approaches to Sex Oppression
19	Identity Politics	Response paper due
20	Childbearing from the Perspective of Poor Black Women
21	Recognition and Redistribution	Response paper due
22	Queer Theory	Response paper draft due (undergraduates)
23	Film: Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Laptop. Directed by Barbara Miller. Color, 95 min. 2012. Note: This session was optional
24	Veiling and the Construction of Gender
25	Masculinities Note: This session was led by student Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa
26	Epistemic Injustice Note: This session was led by student Abby Jaques
27	Final Presentations	Response paper due