Soc 120 Course Schedule

Page numbers refer to Women's Voices, Feminist Visions, 3nd Ed. edited by Shaw and Lee

Date

Topic

Sep 24

Introduction

Sep 26

Women's Studies: Perspectives and Practices

Pg. 1-21 Chapter 1 Introduction
Pgs. 22-24 Reading 1 - Claiming an Education
Pgs. 25-28 Reading 2 - A Day Without Feminism
Pgs. 55-56 Reading 7 - Denials of Inequality
Pgs. 57-58 Reading 8 - Still Needing the F Word
Online Video Are YOU a Feminist? Run time: 1:50 minutes
Online Video Feminism Survey: Men on the Street Run time: 2:04 minutes

Oct 1

Feminism, Femininity and Gender Equity in Sports

Pgs. 718-721 Reading 103 - Fear of Feminism: Why Young Women Get the Willies
Pgs. 721-726 Reading 104 - Real Men Join the Movement
Pgs. 144-149 Reading 21 - Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not
Website I Won. I'm Sorry
Website The Importance of Language
Online Video High School Girls' Weightlifting Run time: 3:29 minutes
Online Video Girls and High School Wrestling Run time: 5:56 minutes

Oct 3

Learning Gender

Pgs. 124-138 Chapter 3 Introduction
Pgs. 139-141 Reading 19 - Two Sexes Are Not Enough
Pgs. 141-143 Reading 20 - The Social Construction of Gender
Pgs. 154-157 Reading 24 - Trans on Campus
   
Due Writing Assignment #1

Oct 8

Systems of Privilege and Inequality in Women's Lives

Pgs. 60-75 Chapter 2 Introduction
Pgs. 76-84 Reading 9 - Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categores of Analysis and Connection
Pgs. 149-150 Reading 22 - When I Was Growing Up
Online Video Vision Test Run time: 6:00 minutes.
Online Video A Girl Like Me Run time: 7:08 minutes

Oct 10

Systems of Privilege and Inequality in Women's Lives

Pgs. 91-98 Reading 13 - White Privilege and Male Privilege
Pgs. 99-101 Reading 14 - Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name
Website How to Recognize an Ism When We See It
Website Over the Hill and Out of Sight
Website Male Privilege
Online Video Panhandling for Reparations Run time: 4:26 minutes
Online Video How Do You Wash Your Hair? Run time: 0:30 minutes

Oct 15

Understanding White Privilege and Hidden Bias

Website White Privilege Shapes the U.S.
Website More Thoughts on White Privilege
Website Honky Wanna Cracker?
Website Hidden Bias: A Primer (Follow the Next Page link and read all 4 pages)
Website Tolerance.org: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias
Online Activity Project Implicit (Click "Demonstration." Take the Race test and at least one other. Check your scores. You are not expected to share your scores with anyone.)
   
Due Biography Project Part 1

Oct 17

Systems of Privilege and Inequality in Women's Lives

Pgs. 101-106 Reading 15 - Tired of Playing Monopoly, Langston
Pgs. 110-118 Reading 17 - The Social Construction of Disability, Wendell
Pgs. 203-205 Reading 31 - Prue Shows Her Knickers
Pgs. 641-646 Reading 90 - Flat Broke with Children
Website Working Definitions of Class (2 pages)
Website People First Language
Online Activity Global Rich List. Find out how rich you are in comparison to the rest of the world: in the 1st box, choose $ US; in the 2nd box, type your yearly income
   
Due Writing Assignment #2

Oct 22

Sex, Power, and Intimacy

Pgs. 165-179 Chapter 4 Introduction
Pgs. 87-91 Reading 12 - Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism
Website Heterosexual Privilege
Website Transgenderism: Transgressing Gender Norms
Website Talk to Kids...About Transgender
Online Video Permission Run time: 1:00 minute
Online Video I'm Not a Boy Run time: 6:10 minutes.

Oct 24

The Female Body

Pgs. 229-247 Chapter 5 Introduction
Pgs. 270-280 Reading 39 - What We Do for Love
Pgs. 289-290 Reading 42 - Phenomenal Woman
Website About Face, (View "Gallery of Offenders" and "Gallery of Winners")
Online Video Evolution Run time: 1 minute
Online Video A Fat Rant Run time: 7:45 minutes
Online Video Slip of the Tongue Run time: 4:06

Oct 29

Biography Presentations with Summary Transparencies

Due Biography Project Part II

Oct 31

Health and Reproductive Rights

Pgs. 301-333 Chapter 6 Introduction (skim all gray boxes)
Pgs. 363-370 Reading 52 - The Way It Was
Website Body Politic: Are You Pro-Choice?

Nov 5

Women's Work

Pgs. 429-450 Chapter 8 Introduction
Pgs. 465-468 Reading 63 - A Black Woman Took My Job
Pgs. 481-483 Reading 66 - What Wal-Mart Women Want

Nov 7

Women and Family Lives

Pgs. 372-388 Chapter 7 Introduction
Pgs. 395-3998 Reading 55 - The Myth of the Perfect Mother

Nov 14

Resisting Violence Against Women

Pgs. 554-557 Chapter 10 Introduction
Pgs. 440-441 Reading 82 - Betrayed By the Angel: What Happens When Violence Knocks and Politeness Answers?
   
Due Writing Assignment #3

Nov 19

Women Confronting and Creating Culture

Pgs. 503-517 Chapter 9 Introduction
Women and Music Please bring to class CD's of women's music that you would like to share with the class.
   
Due Internet Assignment

Nov 26

State, Law, and Social Policy

Pgs. 615-635 Chapter 11 Introduction
Website The Untold Story
Website Name Choice Freedom: Why Is It Important?

Nov 28

Religion and Spirituality in Women's Lives

Pgs. 666-679 Chapter 12 Introduction
Website How Menstruation Created Mathematics,
Website Traditional and Feminist Tarot
Website Origins of the Motherpeace Tarot

Dec 3

Female Sexuality

Pgs. 291-298 Reading 44 - Designer Vaginas
Website What is a woman's sexual nature?
Website What do women do together sexually?
Website Why is female masturbation important to understand?
Website The Opposite of Sex
Website The Clitoral Truth
Online Video Sex Education for Girls Part 1 Run time: 6:56 minutes
Online Video Sex Education for Girls: Part 2 Run time: 7:23 minutes
Online Video Sex-Positivity Run time: 6:29 minutes

Dec 5

Creative Project Presentations

Due Creative Project Paper

Dec 10

Final Exam

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