Gender Studies 101 - FYS: Globalized Perspective

This course introduces students to global perspectives on gender and its construction. Specifically in this FYS we will consider gender and sexuality from international vantage points by drawing concretely on students' own experiences with gendered power dynamics. Through discussion and writing, we will explore diverse and at times clashing paradigms around the intersections among gender, race, class, embodiment, and sexuality. We will take an interdisciplinary approach to the distinctions between sex and gender, women's economic status, the making of masculinity, sexual violence, queer movements, racism, and the challenges of feminist activism across nations, and possibilities for change.

This course is limited to first-year students.