Wk1: Why Study Women
About this week
About this week
We begin by asking the question why study women? Why look specifically at women as a group?
Assigned Reading(s)
Assigned Reading(s)
Objectives:
Be able to cite some of the current data on the status of women.
Connect personal troubles and public issues from a sociological perspective.
Analyze how gender shapes everyone's experiences.
Discuss why gender matters as well as how it intersects with race, class, and sexuality.
Discuss how social norms and strictures structure and define "woman" and women's experiences.
Develop a framework for thinking about women.