WGS.301J | Fall 2023 | Undergraduate

Feminist Thought

Course Description

This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction; definitions of public and private spheres; and gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality.
Learning Resource Types
Readings
Written Assignments with Examples
A small, plastic figure of a grey-haired woman stands upon the cover of a book.
A LEGO figurine of author Anne Fausto-Sterling stands upon her book Myths of Gender. Fausto-Sterling’s writings on sex and gender are amongst the readings for this course. (Image courtesy of Maia Weinstock on Flickr. License: CC BY-NC-SA.)