Sociology 253 - SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITY

This course examines sexuality from a sociological perspective, focusing on how sexuality is constructed by and structures major social institutions. We will examine the social construction of individual and collective identities, norms and behaviors, discourses, institutional regulation, and the place of sexuality in the state, education, science, and other institutions, and social movements. Consideration of gender, race, class, time, and place will be integrated throughout. Topics include the social construction of sexual desire and practice, sexuality and labor, reproduction, science, technology, sexuality and the state, sexuality education, globalization, commodification, and social movements for sexual purity, sexual freedom, and against sexual violence. Enrollment limited to 35.