Week 1 (Sept. 7-9)

Reading: Why Study Gender?

Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression, hooks, pgs. 17-24

Week 2 (Sept. 12-16)

Reading: Feminism

Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression, hooks, pgs. 24-31

The Significance of Feminist Movement, hooks, pgs. 33-41

Week 3 (Sept. 19-23)

Reading: Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman

Woman's Sexism , Chesler, pgs. 124-166

Extra Credit

Read Chapter 4 in from margin to center and write a one page response. Due at the end of next week.

Week 4 (Sept. 26-30)

Reading: Solidarity

Men: Comrades in Struggle, hooks, pgs. 67-81

Ending Female Sexual Oppression, hooks, pgs. 147-157

Video: Tough Guise, Jackson Katz

Week 5 (Oct. 3-7)

Reading

The Disappearance of Virginity: Sexual Expression and Sexual Danger, Brumberg, pgs. 139-191

Week 6 (Oct. 10-14)

Reading

Prologue: My Father’s Body, Bordo, pgs. 3-11

In Hiding and on Display, Bordo, pgs. 15-35

Quiz: Feminist Theory: from margin to center

Week 7 (Oct. 17-21)

Reading: Private Parts

Hard and Soft, Bordo, pgs. 36-68

Does Size Matter, pgs. 69-83

Week 8 (Oct. 24-28)

Reading: Private Parts cont…

Fifties Hollywood: The Rebel Male Crashes the Wedding, Bordo, pgs. 107-152

Week 9 (Oct. 31-Nov. 4)

Reading: Public Images

Gay Men’s Revenge, Bordo, pgs. 153-167

Week 10 (Nov. 7-11)

Reading: Public Images cont…

Beauty (Re) Discovers the Male Body, pgs. 168-225

Week 11 (Nov. 14-18)

Reading: the male animal reconsidered

Gentleman or Beast? The Double Bind of Masculinity, Bordo, pgs. 229-264

Week 12 (Nov. 21-23  Thanksgiving Holiday)

Reading

Beautiful Girls, From Both Sides Now, Bordo, pgs. 281-298

Week 13 (Nov. 28-Dec. 2)

Reading

The Body’s New Timetable: How the Life Course of American Girls Has Changed, Brumberg, pgs. 1-26

Week 14 (Dec. 5-9)

Reading

Sanitizing Puberty: The American Way to Menstruate, Brumberg, pgs. 29-57

Week 15 (Dec. 12-16)

Reading

Perfect Skin, Brumberg, pgs. 59-94

(Winter Break Dec. 17-Jan. 2)

Week 16 (Jan. 3-6)

Reading

The Girl Advocacy Again, Brumberg, pgs. 195-214

Week 17 (Jan. 9-13)

Reading: What Now?

Feminist Revolution, Development Through Struggle, hooks, pgs. 157-163

Final Exam