WOMST 10
Course Schedule
Jan 26 Introduction to course and overview, syllabus, requirements
Week 1: Reconstructing Gender
Jan 31 Disch, Reconstructing Gender, Intro.pp 1-29, & Ch. 9.
Feb 2 Handout, “All boy, All Girl,” Gender Shock Disch, Ch. 6, 24.
Week 2: Sexuality and Beauty myth for girls and guys
Feb 7 Web CT course at IS-134
Feb 9 Disch, Intro. 91-103, Intro. 246-252, Ch. 32, 34
Week 3: Socialization & Multiracial Feminism
Feb 14 Gould, “Women’s Brains” handout & Lorber, “Socialization”
Feb 16 Hooks, FIFE, chs. 1, 2, 3, (1-18)
Disch 7. “White Privilege & Male Privilege” (70-80)
Week 4: Multiracial Feminisms II
Feb 21 Hooks, FIFE, ch 7, “Feminist Class Struggle” (37-43) & ch 10, “Race & Gender” (55-60)
Disch: 8. “Theorizing Difference & Multiracial Feminism” (81-90)
26. “For the White Person Who Wants…” (218)
31. “American Indian Women: …Indigenous Resistance” (238-45)
Feb 23 **Web Class meets in Indus.Studies 134**
Week 5: Women & Work
Feb 28 Hooks, FIFE, ch 9, “Women at Work” (48-54)
Disch: 50. “It’s A Family Affair” (420-25)
51. “Sixty Cents to a Man’s Dollar” (426-433)
53. “Sharing the Shop Floor” (439-52)
Mar 2 Hooks, FIFE, ch 8, “Global Feminism” (44-47)
Disch: 54. “Effects of Affirmative Action” (453-64)
55. “The Globetrotting Sneaker” (465-72)
Film in class: Rosie the Riveter (at the IRC if you missed it)
Week 6: Families & Relationships
Mar 7 **Library class meets in King 213**
Mainardi, “On Housework” WEB or download here
Mar 9 Hooks, FIFE, ch 13, “Feminist Parenting” (72-77) & ch 14, “Liberating Marriage & Partnership” (78-84)
Disch: 38. “Transformation of Family Life (308-316)
39. “Bloodmothers, othermothers, and…” (317-23)
40. “Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood” (324-333)
Week 7: More Families
Mar 14 “Feeding the Family” (35-57, WebCT)
Mar 16 Exam I
Week 8: Sexuality
Mar 21 Hooks, FIFE, ch 15, “A Feminist Sexual Politic” (85-92)
& ch 16, “Total Bliss” (93-99)
Disch: 43. “Sexual Dissent and the Family” (344-48)
71. “La Güera” (593-99)
Mar 23 Video: “Girls Like Us” (60 min)
* SPRING BREAK *
Week 9: The Body & Beauty
Apr 4 Hooks, FIFE, ch 6, “Beauty Within & Without” (31-36)
Disch: 12. “Color, Hair Texture and Beauty Standards (127-31)
18. “Beauty is the Beast (167-77)
23. “I'm Not Fat” (202-03)
Apr 6 Video: “Killing Us Softly 3 ” (34 min)
Week 10: The Body & Sports
Bring in magazine ad exemplifying one of the issues discussed last week
Apr 11 Disch 11. “Boyhood, Organized Sports and Masculinities” (110-126)
Video: “Playing Unfair” (30 min)
Apr 13 **Web Class meets in Industrial Studies 134**
Working session. Groups here. Debate assignment here.
Week 11: Title IX
Apr 18 In-class Debate
Apr 20 Finish Debates? Midterm review
Week 12: Women’s Health & Reproductive Rights
Apr 25 Exam II
Apr 25 Hooks, FIFE, ch 5, “Our Bodies, Ourselves” (25-30)
Disch: 36. “Reproductive Rights” (289-94)
67. “Reproductive Issues Are Essential” (569-71)
Apr 27 Disch: 19. "A Way Outa No Way" (178-92)
68. “Why the Precautionary Principle? ” (572-74)
69. “Does Silencio = Muerte? ” (575-81)
Week 13: Violence
May 2 Hooks, FIFE, ch 11, “Ending Violence” (61-66)
Disch: 47. “Conflict Within the Ivory Tower” (394-404)
56. “Women, Violence and Resistance” (481-93)
58. “The Ultimate Growth Industry” (498-502)
74. “Disappearing Acts: The State and Violence” (611-17)
May 4 VIDEO: Domestic Violence
Week 14: Construction of Masculinities
May 9 Hooks, FIFE, ch 12, “Feminist Masculinity” (67-71)
Disch, 10. “Masculinity as Homophobia” (103-09)
20. “Just Walk on By” (193-95)
29. “Real Men Don't Cry... ” (227-31)
46. “Dreams” (386-93)
VIDEO: Tough Guise (30 min)
May 11 Hooks, FIFE, ch 17, “To Love Again” (100-104) & ch 19, “Visionary Feminism” (110-118)
‘Zines due
Week 15:
May 16 Final Exam
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