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SOCIOLOGY OF
SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES
Sociology of
Sexuality Syllabus - SYG 4060:
Human Sexuality
SYLLABUS: MEN, WOMEN, AND
SOCIETIES
SOCIOLOGY
OF SEXUALITIES - Syllabus - Terry Arendell Dept. of Sociology, Colby College
Sociology 365 - Sexualities
Tina Fetner - Cornell College
people.cornellcollege.edu/tfetner/sexualities/syllabus.html
Social Constructions
Questions: just what is so social about sexuality? How can we visualize the sociology of
sexualities?
Theorizing Sexualities
Jeffrey Weeks. 1986. Sexuality. NY: Routledge. Chapter 3. Available on reserve.
Mary McIntosh. 1968. "The Homosexual Role." Social Problems 16:182-92. Available
on reserve.
Questions: How can we use historical and cross-cultural comparisons to highlight sexual
norms and roles?
Gayle Rubin. 1993. "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of
Sexuality." In Abelove, Borale and Halperin, eds. The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader.
NY: Routledge. Available on reserve.
Issues: sexual hierarchies, moral panics, sexual identity
Social Institutions and Sexualities
Religion
John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman. 1997. Intimate Matters. 2nd edition.
Chapters 1-2.
St. Thomas Aquinas. 13th century. "The Purpose of Sex." Reprinted in Anne Minas,
ed. Gender Basics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Available on reserve.
Film: "One Nation Under God"
Questions: Why does religion have such a large role in shaping sexual mores? What are the
mechanisms through which religions enforce these norms? How much has the role of religion
changed over time?
Family
John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman. 1997. Intimate Matters. 2nd edition.
Chapters 4-5.
Questions: How does the family, as an institution, shape sexuality? What are the social
hierarchies of family forms? How are these hierarchies enforced?
Analysis Paper due today.
Class and Race
John D'Emilio and Estelle B. Freedman. 1997. Intimate Matters. 2nd edition.
Chapters 9-10.
Questions: In what ways have class and race shaped our understanding of sexuality? In what
ways have class warfare resulted in sexual policy?
Politics and Law
Hilary M. Lips. 1997. Sex and Gender: an Introduction. Mountain View, CA:
Mayfield Publishing Company. Selection entitled, "Marriage: the Intimate Economic
Partnership." Available on reserve.
Susan L. Thomas. 1997. "Women, Welfare, Reform and the Preservation of a Myth."
The Social Science Journal 34:351-68. Available on reserve.
Questions: How do politics constrain sexuality? What are the various mechanisms though
which sexuality is enforced, and how do these intersect with race, class, and gender?
Part 3 - Sexual Communities and Identities
Building (and tearing down) Sexual Communities
Barry Adam. 1995. The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement. NY: Twayne Publishers. Leslie
Feinberg. 1998. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Boston: Beacon Press.
Film: "Before Stonewall"
Questions: What led to the development of sexual communities in Germany in the pre-WWII
era? How does this parallel the transgender communities developing in the US today? What
are the necessary features of a community? How does sexuality lead to community building?
Communities and Movements
Barry Adam. 1995. The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement. NY: Twayne Publishers.
Leslie Feinberg. 1998. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Boston: Beacon Press.
Chapter 6.
Arlene Stein. 1992. "Sisters and Queers: The Decentering of Lesbian Feminism."
Socialist Review 22:33-55. Available on reserve.
Questions: Under what conditions do sexual social movements succeed? How much do they
depend upon community? identity?
Research paper outline and bibliography due today.
Part 4 - Social Control of Sexuality
Silence
Leslie Feinberg. 1998. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Boston: Beacon
Press.
Janice M. Irvine. 2002. Talk About Sex: The Battles over Sex Education in the United
States. Berkeley: University of California Press. Chapter 4, available on reserve.
Wendy Chavkin. 2001. "Sex, Lies, and Silence: Reproductive Health in a Hostile
Environment." American Journal of Public Health 91:1739-41. Available as pdf through
EBSCOhost. Also located here.
Questions: How does silence operate as a mechanism of social control of sexuality? Who
enforces silence? How is this mechanism resisted?
Violence
Leslie Feinberg. 1998. Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue. Boston: Beacon
Press.
National Coaltion of Anti-Violence Programs. 2003. "Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Violence in 2002." Available as pdf download at www.avp.org or here.
Film: "The Times of Harvey Milk"
Part 5 - Sexual Commodities, Commodified Sexualites
Commodify this! Pornography and Sexuality
Wendy Chapkis. 1997. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor. NY: Routledge.
Introduction, Chapters 1-2.
bell hooks. 1992. Black Looks: Race and Representation. Boston: South End Press. Selection
entitled, "Selling Hot Pussy." Available on reserve.
Issues: the tangled web of commercialized sexuality and feminist ideology, a Marxist
interpretation of commodified sexuality, sex work and sex workers.
Sex Industries
Wendy Chapkis. 1997. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor. NY: Routledge.
Valerie Jenness. 1990. "From Sex as Sin to Sex as Work: COYOTE and the Reorganization
of Prostitution as a Social Problem." Social Problems 37:403-20. Available on
reserve.
Questions: What does the law have to say about sex work? How is the industry organized, in
terms of class and gender?
Regulating Sexual Commerce
Wendy Chapkis. 1997. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor. NY: Routledge.
Chapters 5-7.
Questions: What can we do to revise policies to improve working conditions in the sex
industry? What is the difference between decriminalization and regulation?
Sociology
278: Course Syllabus - SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES
Spring 2003 - Terry Arendell Department of Sociology, Colby College
In this course we investigate and consider the historical and contemporary constructions
of human sexualities from within the discipline of sociology. We explore the social
aspects of human sexuality and various sexual identities and orientations or preferences.
The social constructionist perspective and feminist approaches frame the course; we also
look at queer theory and its relationship to sociology. Topics include: issues of human
sexual desire, attraction, and gender; the interrelationship between gender and sexuality;
sexual behaviors and practices; heterosexuality; lesbianism; gay male sexuality;
bisexuality; transsexuality and transgenderism; and intersexuality. We consider historical
shifts and developments and political movements for the expansion of the rights of people
of all sexualities.
Required books available for purchase at the Colby Bookstore
Queer Theory/Sociology, Steven Seidman, editor, Blackwell
Passion and Power: Sexuality in History (Critical Perspectives on the Past), Kathy Peiss,
Christina Simmons, with Robert A. Padgug , editors, Temple University
The Gender of Sexuality, Pepper Schwartz and Virginia Rutter. Pine Forge Press
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us, Kate Bornstein, Vintage Books
'And Then I Became Gay': Young Men's Stories, Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Routledge
Bisexuality: a Critical Reader, Merl Storr, Routledge
Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation, Arlene Stein, University of
California Press
Recommended: Queer by Choice, Vera Whisman, Routledge
Some additional assigned readings are on reserve at the Library, as noted on syllabus.
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
Introduction to the Course; Introductions; Gender and Gender Bending Film: Adventures in
the Sex Trade
Intersections of Gender and Sexualities: Identities, Practices
Read for 2/13 Schwartz and Rutter, The Gender of Sexuality
Chodorow excerpt: "Heterosexuality As a Compromise Formation," Femininities,
Masculinities, Sexualities
Historical Developments and Historical Meanings of Sexualities
Read for 2/20
Peiss & Simmons, 1, Passion and Power, An Introduction
Peiss & Simmons, 2, Padgug, Sexual Matters: On Conceptualizing Sexuality in History
Peiss & Simmons, 5, Weeks, Movements of Affirmation: Sexual Meanings and Homosexual
Identities
Peiss & Simmons, 6, Chauncey, From Sexual Inversion to Homosexuality: The Changing
Medical Conceptualization of Female "Deviance"
Film: Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community
Historical Developments and Historical Meanings of Sexualities
Read for 2/27
Peiss & Simmons, 9, Simmons, Modern Sexuality and the Myth of Victorian Repression
Peiss & Simmons, 10, Fee, Venereal Disease: The Wages of Sin?
Peiss & Simmons, 11, Freedman, "Uncontrolled Desires": The Response to the
Sexual Psychopath, 1920-1960
Peiss & Simmons, 12, D'Emilio, The Homosexual Menace: The Politics of Sexuality in
Cold War America
Film: After Stonewall
Historical Developments and Historical Meanings of Sexualities
Read for 3/6
Peiss & Simmons, 7, Schwartz,
Peiss, & Simmons, "We Were a Little Band of Willful Women": The Heterodoxy
Club of Greenwich Village
Peiss & Simmons, 4, Peiss, "Charity Girls" and City Pleasure: Historical
Notes on Working Class Sexuality, 1880-1920
Peiss & Simmons, 13, Kennedy & Davis, The Reproduction of Butch-Fem Roles: A
Social Constructionist Approach
Seidman, 13, Cole, Containing AIDS: Magic Johnson and Post[Reagan] America
Sociology, Sexualities, and Contemporary Theories
Read for 3/13
Seidman, Introduction Seidman, 1, Macintosh, The Homosexual Role
Seidman, 2, Weeks, The Construction of Homosexuality
Seidman, 3, Plummer, Symbolic Interactionism and the Forms of Homosexuality Seidman, 6,
Stein & Plummer, I Can't Even Think Straight: Queer Theory and the Missing Sexual
Revolution in Sociology
Seidman, 7, Epstein, A Queer Encounter: Sociology and Study of Sexuality
Sociology, Sexualities, and Contemporary Theories (continued)
Read for 3/20
Seidman 8, Ingraham, The Heterosexual Imaginary: Feminist Sociology and Theories of Gender
Seidman 9, Namaste, The Politics of Inside/Out: Queer Theory, Poststructuralism, and a
Sociological Approach to Sexuality
Seidman 10, Irvine, A Place in the Rainbow: Theorizing Lesbian and Gay Culture
Seidman 4, Greensburg & Bystryn, Capitalism, Bureaucracy, and Male Homosexuality
Recommended: Seidman 5, Adam, Structural Foundations of the Gay World
Gay Men and Masculinities
Read for 4/3
Savin-Williams, And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories
Lehne, Homophobia among Men: Supporting and Defining the Male Role, Library Reserve
Gomes, Homophobic? Re-Read Your Bible, Library Reserve
Film: Growing Up Gay
Lesbian Women and Femininities
Read for 4/10
Stein, Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation
Seidman, 12, Esterberg, 'A Certain Swagger When I Walk': Performing Lesbian Identity
Bisexualities: Theoretical Developments and Approaches
Read for 4/17
Storr: Editor's Introduction, Parts I and II 1,
Ellis, Extracts from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume I: Sexual Inversion (1897)
and from Studies in the Psychology of Sex Volume II: Sexual Inversion (1915)
2, Freud. Extract from Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality: 1. The Sexual Aberrations
(1905)
3, Stekel, Extracts from Bi-Sexual Love (1920)
4, Kinsey, Pomeroy & Martin, Extracts from Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male (1948)
5, Klein, Extracts from The Bisexual Option: a Concept of One Hundred Percent Intimacy
(1978)
6, Udis-Kessler, Notes on the Kinsey Scale and Other Measures of Sexuality (1992)
7, Blumstein & Schwartz, Bisexuality: Some Social Psychological Issues (1977)
8, Carrier, Mexican Male Bisexuality (1985)
9, Sittitrai, Tim Brown and Sirapone Virulrak Extracts from Patterns of Bisexuality in
Thailand (1991)
10, George, Extracts from Women and Bisexuality (1993)
11, Clausen, Extract from My Interesting Condition (1990)
12, Valverde, Extract from Sex, Power and Pleasure (1985)
Bisexualities: Lived Experiences
Read for 4/24
Storr, Part III:
13, Eadie, Extracts from Activating Bisexuality: Towards a Bisexual Politics (1993)
14, Garber, Extracts from Vice Versa: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life
(1995)
15, Pramaggiore, Extracts from Epistemologies of the Fence (1996)
16, Prabhudas, Bisexuals and People of Mixed-Race: Arbiters of Change (1996)
17, Daumer, Extract from Queer Ethics: or the Challenge of Bisexuality to Lesbian Ethics
(1992)
18. Herdt, Extract from A Comment on Cultural Attributes and Fluidity of Bisexuality
(1984)
19, Ault Ambiguous Identity in an Unambiguous Sex/Gender Structure: the Case of Bisexual
Women (1996)
Seidman, 14, Ault, The Dilemma of Identity: Bi Women's Negotiations
Transsexuality/Transgenderism
Read for 5/1
Bornstein, Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us
Film: A Transsexual Journey
Intersexuality and the Intersex Movement
Read for 5/8
All are in Library Reserve under SO278:
Intersexuality Dreger, A History of Intersexuality: From the Age of Gonads to the Age of
Consent
Wilson & Reiner, Management of Intersex: A Shifting Paradigm
Crouch, Betwixt and Between: The Past and Future of Intersexuality
Chase, Surgical Progress Is Not the Answer to Intersexuality
Kipnis and Diamond, Pediatric Ethics and the Surgical Assignment of Sex
Preves, For the Sake of the Children: Destigmatizing Intersexuality
Kessler, Meanings of Gender Variability: Constructs of Sex and Gender
Walcutt, Time for a Change
Coventry, Finding the Words
Cameron, Caught Between: An Essay on Intersexuality
Films: Hermaphrodites Speak! Is It a boy or a Girl?
Sociology
of Sexuality (Spring 2006) Syllabus - SYG 4060:
Instructor: Dr. Steven Mizrach, adjunct professor, sociology/anthropology
OVERVIEW: This course deals with sexuality and society; how society controls the sexuality
of its members, how sexuality is socially constructed and conceived, and the intersections
of race, gender, and sexuality are just some of the topics we will examine. Although
sexuality is biological in nature, it is social in its expression, and it is that
relationship we will examine here.
REQUIRED TEXTS: Stambler, Mindy, et al., Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader,
Allyn & Bacon, Atlanta, 2004.
Chapter 1
Fausto-Sterling Categorizing Sex
Christina
Defining Sex
Yeoman
Homosexuality
Chapter 2
Bullough
Researching Sexuality
Brandt
Tuskegee Sypillis Experiment
Chapter 3
Gamson
Representing Sex
Lee
The Third Sex
Chapter 4
Levine
Learning About Sex
Stacey & Biblarz Sexual Orientation &
Parenting
Chapter 5
Bordo
The Sexual Body
(Pills & Power Tools)
Braun & Wilkinson Representing the Vagina
Chapter 6
Gallagher
Sexual Practices
Elmer-Dewitt
What
Americans Really Do
MIDTERM EXAM Full Exam Period
Chapter 7
Young
Procreation
Kaplan
Abortion
Chapter 8
Fee
Sexual Diseases
Chapter 9
Belkin
Social Control
Jenness
Prostitution
Chapter 10
Gavey
Sexual Violence
Pelka
Male Rape
Chapter 11
Frank
Commercial Sex
Goodwin
Sex Traffick
Chapter “12”
Cybersex
Last Day of Classes Course Evaluations
SOCIOLOGY
OF SEXUALITY AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES - Winter 2006
SOCIOLOGY B/119
Prof. Steven Epstein, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Home page: http://sociology.ucsd.edu/~sepstein
Summary:
This course investigates the social sources of sexual meanings, values, institutions, and
identities, and seeks to understand how sexuality has influenced other domains of
society. The premise of the course is that sexuality is an important arena for
sociological inquiry that has received less attention from sociologists than it deserves.
On the one hand, it is impossible to understand the fierce moral and political
controversies that surround sexuality, the loaded meanings attributed to sexual
experiences, or the varied social identities and social movements constructed around
sexual behavior, without considering sexuality in broadly sociological terms—as a
system of meaning and practice shaped by many other social institutions. On the other
hand, we cannot fully understand other institutions studied by sociologists—including
the economy; the family; the state; and systems of inequality such as gender, class, race,
and nation—without investigating the ways in which sexual meanings intersect with and
help shape these institutions.
The course is divided into two parts. First, we consider a range of theoretical and
methodological approaches that have contributed to the sociological study of sexuality,
including psychoanalytic theory, survey research, social constructionism, the work of
Michel Foucault, and feminist theory. In addition to examining the theories as such, we
will also look at some examples of scholarship that use these theories to study a wide
range of topics, from sex-segregated schools to immigration policy to pornographic film
production. Then, in the second part of the course, we explore contemporary arenas of
controversy surrounding sexuality. These arenas include: the political economy of sex as
manifested in sex work and sexual tourism; sexual colonialism; the construction of sexual
identities of various kinds; intersections between sexual and racial identities; social
movements based on sexual identities; and “moral panics” related to sexuality,
the family, and children. We will try to understand what is at stake in the controversies
surrounding these topics, and we will consider how a sociological analysis of context and
meaning can help us to navigate those controversies.
Because lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender and queer studies have been fundamental to the
study of sexuality in general, this course will also serve as an introduction to
sociological perspectives within LGBT studies and queer studies. However, the range of the
course is broader than any particular set of sexual identities, and the course is open to
anyone who has an interest in the general topic. The bulk of the course readings emphasize
sexuality in the United States, but a number of them focus on other countries as well as
on broad processes of globalization.
The course has no formal prerequisites. However, as we will be considering a series of
theoretical and empirical approaches to the study of sexuality, students will benefit from
prior courses in sociology and, particularly, sociological theory.
PART ONE: How Do We Study Sexuality?
Thu, Jan 12: Freud and Psychoanalysis
Freud, Sigmund. 1963. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund
Freud, Vol. XVI: Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis. London: Hogarth, 303-38
(“The Sexual Life of Human Beings” and “The Development of the
Libido”).
Tue, Jan 17: Psychoanalytic Theory in Everyday Life
Faludi, Susan. 1994. “The Naked Citadel.” The New Yorker, 5 September, 62-81.
Thu, Jan 19: Surveying Sexual Behaviors: From Kinsey to Modern Sex Research
Kinsey, Alfred C., Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin. 1948. Sexual Behavior in the
Human Male. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 3-9; 335-63 (skim); 636-41.
Kinsey, Alfred C., et al. 1953. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. Philadelphia: W.B.
Saunders, 4-11.
Lauman, Edward O., John H. Gagnon, Robert T. Michael, and Stuart Michaels. 1994. The
Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United States. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 35-52, 80-95, 509-40.
Tue, Jan 24: Social Constructionism and the Creation of Sexual Meaning
Plummer, Ken. 1982. “Symbolic Interactionism and Sexual Conduct: An Emergent
Perspective.” In Human Sexual Relations, ed. Mike Brake, 223-41. New York: Pantheon.
Herdt, Gilbert. 1987. The Sambia: Ritual and Gender in New Guinea. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 101-10, 145-55.
Schalet, Amy T. 2000. “Raging Hormones, Regulated Love: Adolescent Sexuality and the
Constitution of the Modern Individual in the United States and the Netherlands.” Body
& Society 6, no. 1: 75-105.
Thu, Jan 26: Social Constructionism: Sexual Scripts and Their Implications
Carrillo, Héctor. 2002. The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 255-87 (Ch. 11: “Trust, Love, Passion: The
Relational Context of HIV Risk”).
Escoffier, Jeffrey. 2003. “Gay-for-Pay: Straight Men and the Making of Gay
Pornography.” Qualitative Sociology 26, no. 4 (Winter 2003): 531-55.
Tue, Jan 31: Foucault: Power, Knowledge, Pleasure
Foucault, Michel. 1980. History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction. New York:
Vintage, 3-35, 103-105.
Thu, Feb 2: Foucaultian Analyses of Modern Sexuality
Irvine, Janice. 1995. “Regulated Passions: The Invention of Inhibited Sexual Desire
and Sexual Addiction.” In Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in
Science and Popular Culture, ed. Jennifer Terry and Jacqueline Urla, 314-37. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press.
Luibheid, Eithne. 1998. “‘Looking Like a Lesbian’: The Organization of
Sexual Monitoring at the United States-Mexican Border.” Journal of the History of
Sexuality 8, no 3, 477-506.
Tue, Feb 7: The Contested Place of Sexuality in Feminist Theory
MacKinnon, Catherine A. 1994. “Sexuality.” In Theorizing Feminism, ed. Anne C.
Hermann and Abigail J. Stewart, 257-87. Boulder: Westview Press.
Vance, Carole S. 1993. “Negotiating Sex and Gender in the Attorney General’s
Commission on Pornography.” In Sex Exposed: Sexuality and the Pornography Debate, ed.
Lynne Segal and Mary McIntosh, 29-49. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
PART TWO: Sexuality and Society: Arenas of Controversy
Thu, Feb 9: The Political Economy of Sex: Sex for Pay
Video excerpts: “Live Nude Girls Unite” (Julia Query, 2000) and “Male
Escorts of San Francisco” (Matthew Link, ca. 1995)
Chapkis, Wendy. 1997. Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor. New York: Routledge,
69-96 (Chapter 3: “The Emotional Labor of Sex”).
Frank, Katherine. 2002. G-Strings and Sympathy: Strip Club Regulars and Male Desire.
Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002, 203-28 (Ch. 6: “Hustlers, Pros, and the Girl
Next Door: Social Class, Race, and the Consumption of the Authentic Female Body”).
Wonders, Nancy A., and Raymond Michalowski. 2001. “Bodies, Borders, and Sex Tourism
in a Globalized World: A Tale of Two Cities—Amsterdam and Havana.” Social
Problems 48, no. 4 (November): 545-71.
Tue, Feb 14: The Political Economy of Sex: Sexualizing Commerce
Coopersmith, Jonathan. 2000. “Pornography, Videotape, and the Internet.” IEEE
Technology and Society 19, no. 1 (Spring): 27-34.
Walters, Susanna Danuta. 2001. All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 235-72 (Chapter 11: “Consuming Queers:
Advertising and the Gay Market”).
Thu, Feb 16: Sexual Colonialism and the Sexualization of Race
Nagel, Joane. 2000. “Ethnicity and Sexuality.” Annual Review of Sociology 26:
107-133.
Fung, Richard. 1996. “Looking for My Penis: The Eroticized Asian in Gay Video
Porn.” In Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian Experience,
ed. Russell Leong, 180-91. New York: Routledge.
Tue, Feb 21: Conceptualizing Identity, Constructing Identities
Weeks, Jeffrey. 1987. “Questions of Identity.” In The Cultural Construction of
Sexuality, ed. Pat Caplan, 31-51. London: Tavistock.
Ponse, Barbara. 1978. Identities in the Lesbian World: The Social Construction of Self.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 169-96 (Ch. 7: “Theories and Experiences of Identity
in the Lesbian World”).
Thu, Feb 23: Intersections: Racial Identities and Sexual Identities
Video excerpt: “Tongues Untied” (Marlon Riggs, 1989)
Takagi, Dana. 1994. “Maiden Voyage: Excursions into Sexuality and Identity Politics
in Asian America.” In Asian American Sexualities: Dimensions of the Gay and Lesbian
Experience, ed. Russell Leong, 21-35. New York: Routledge.
Cohen, Cathy J. 1996. “Contested Membership: Black Gay Identities and the Politics of
AIDS.” In Queer Theory/Sociology, ed. Steven Seidman, 362-94. Cambridge, MA:
Blackwell.
Tue, Feb 28: Identities: Hybridity and Globalization
Carrillo, Héctor. 2002. The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 31-96.
Thu, Mar 2: Identities: Proliferation and Border Wars
Video excerpts: “Transgeneration” (Jeremy Simmons, 2005)
Stone, Sandy. 1991. “The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto.” In
Body Guards: The Cultural Politics of Gender Ambiguity, ed. Julia Epstein and Kristina
Straub, 280-304. New York: Routledge.
Esterberg, Kristin G. 2002. “The Bisexual Menace: Or, Will the Real Bisexual Please
Stand Up?” In Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies, ed. Diane Richardson and Steven
Seidman, 215-27. London: Sage.
Tue, Mar 7: Collective Identities, Social Movements, and Sexual Citizenship
Adam, Barry. 1987. The Rise of a Gay and Lesbian Movement. Boston: Twayne, 75-101 (Ch. 5:
“Gay Liberation and Lesbian Feminism”).
Manalansan, Martin. 1995. “In the Shadows of Stonewall.” GLQ 2, no. 4: 425-38.
Bell, David, and Jon Binnie. 2002. “Sexual Citizenship: Marriage, the Market and the
Military.” In Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies, ed. Diane Richardson and Steven
Seidman, 443-57. London: Sage.
Thu, Mar 9: “Moral Panics” and the Boundaries of “Appropriate”
Sexuality
Rubin, Gayle S. 1993. “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of
Sexuality.” In The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader, ed. Henry Abelove, Michèle Aina
Barale and David M. Halperin, 3-44. New York: Routledge.
Tue, Mar 14: Moral Panics: Sexual Threats, Children, and the Family
Video excerpt: “Capturing the Friedmans” (Andrew Jarecki, 2002; 107 min.)
Freedman, Estelle B. 1989. “‘Uncontrolled Desires’: The Response to the
Sexual Psychopath, 1920-1960.” In Passion and Power: Sexuality in History, ed. Kathy
Peiss and Christina Simmons, 199-225. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Nathan, Debbie, and Michael Snedeker. 1995. Satan’s Silence: Ritual Abuse and the
Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt. New York: Basic Books, 67-92 (Ch. 4: “Judy
Johnson and the McMartin Preschool”).
Thu, Mar 16: Moral Panics: Sexual Threats, Children, and the Family (Cont.)
Levine, Judith. 2002. Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. New
York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 68-89 (Ch. 4: “Crimes of Passion: Statutory Rape
and the Denial of Female Desire”).
Human Sexuality - Spring 2006
HDFS 276
Instructor: Erin Chapman
E-mail: chapman@iastate.edu
Teaching Assistants: Natalie Lonsdale & Masa Sato
E-mail: lonsdale@iastate.edu masasato@iastate.edu
Required Textbook
Carroll, J.L. (2005). Sexuality now: Embracing diversity. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson
Learning.
Course Description:
Behavioral, biological, and psychological aspects of human sexuality within the social
context of
family, culture, and society. Role of sexuality in human development. Critical analysis of
media and research.
Communication and decision-making skills relating to sexuality and relationships.- Iowa
State Bulletin
Course Objectives:
1. To appreciate the complexity of human sexuality as a confluence of biological,
psychological,
and social factors.
2. To develop the personal security needed to discuss sexuality-related subjects maturely
in
appropriate situations.
3. To maintain an academic distance/tolerance toward sexual behaviors different from your
own.
4. To develop the critical acumen necessary to distinguish science from ideology in the
field of
sexuality.
5. To learn the skills for accessing sexuality-related information from reputable sources.
6. To develop the habit of accessing the Internet for legitimate information regarding
sexuality and
relationships.
7. To recognize and appreciate the importance of sexuality across the lifespan.
8. To develop the skills and attitudes necessary for building respectful, intimate, loving
relationships.
9. To develop a Personal Sexual Policy—an ethical/moral foundation for making
decisions
regarding your sexual rights and expectations.
Course Plan
Introductions, WebCT Tour, A Sex Quiz.Why Study Sexuality?
Jan. 12 Thurs. Power & Sexual Coercion, Chap. 17 (pp. 528-555)
Jan. 17 Tues. Power & Sexual Coercion, Chap. 17 (pp. 528-555)
Jan. 19 Thurs. Intro to Theory & Research: A Sex Survey, Chap. 2 (pp. 28-57)
Jan. 24 Tues. Theory & Research in Human Sexuality, Chap. 2 (pp. 28-57)
Jan. 26 Thurs. A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective of Female Sexuality: Anatomy &
Physiology, Chap. 5 (pp. 122-149)
Jan. 31 Tues. A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective of Male Sexuality: Anatomy & Physiology,
Chap. 4 (pp. 102-118)
Feb. 2 Thurs. Challenges to Sexual Functioning: Sexual Dysfunctions & Therapies, Chap.
14 (pp. 428-456)
Feb. 7 Tues. Sexually Transmitted Infections, Chap. 15 (pp. 461-494)
Feb. 9 Thurs. EXAM 1, Chapters 2,4,5,14,15,17
Feb. 14 Tues. Conception, Pregnancy, & Childbirth, Chap. 12 (pp. 350-380)
Feb. 16 Thurs. Contraception & Abortion, Chap. 13 (pp. 385-423)
Feb. 21 Tues. Childhood & Adolescent Sexuality and Sexuality Education, Chap. 8 (pp.
205-238)
Feb. 23 Thurs. Childhood & Adolescent Sexuality and Sexuality Education, Chap. 8 (pp.
205-238)
Feb. 28 Tues. Sexual Development & Relationships in Adulthood & Later Life, Chap.
9 (pp. 242-272)
March 2 Thurs. Sexual Development & Relationship In Adulthood & Later Life, Chap.
9 (pp. 242-272)
March 7 Tues Sex & Gender: Gender Development, Gender Roles, Gender Identity, Gender
Stereotypes, Chap. 3 (pp. 63-97)
March 9 Thurs. Sex & Gender: Gender Development, Gender Roles, Gender Identity, Gender
Stereotypes, Chap. 3 (pp. 63-97)
March 21 Tues. Sexual Orientation Chap. 11 (pp. 314-346)
March 23 Thurs. Sexual Orientation Chap. 11 (pp. 314-346)
March 28 Tues. EXAM 2 Chap. 3,8,9,11,12,13
March 30 Thurs. Social Control of Sex TBA
April 4 Tues. Sexual Images & Selling Sex Chap. 18 (pp. 560-593)
April 6 Thurs. Love & Intimacy Chap. 7 (pp. 177-200)
April 11 Tues. Communication: Enriching Your Sexuality and Conflict in Relationships,
Chap. 6 (pp. 154-172)
April 13 Thurs. Communication: Enriching Your Sexuality and Conflict in Relationships,
Chap. 6 (pp. 154-172)
April 18 Tues. Sexual Expression Chap. 10 (pp. 277-310)
April 20 Thurs. Varieties of Sexual Expression: Atypical Sexual Behaviors, Chap. 16 (pp.
499-524)
April 25 Tues. Varieties of Sexual Expression Chap. 16 (pp. 499-524)
SYLLABUS: MEN,
WOMEN, AND SOCIETIES - Spring 2006
Dr. Patti A. Giuffre - pg07@txstate.edu SOCI 3350 (Section 1)
Course description/objectives: We are born male or female. We become masculine or
feminine. This course will explore the social and cultural construction of gender
differences, focusing on contemporary issues. Some of the course material will examine sex
and gender internationally. The course begins with a description of the sociological
approach to the study of men and women and how it differs from other perspectives. We will
examine the ways that boys/men and girls/women are socialized differently. Next we will
explore gender differences in social institutions, including education, the family, and
the workplace. We then discuss gender differences in intimacy and friendships. The course
will conclude by examining different types of feminisms as well as questions about social
change.
By the end of this course you should be able to understand and apply
(1) a sociological approach to the study of men and women;
(2) the social construction of gender in social institutions;
(3) the social construction of gender in relationships;
(4) sociological methods and theories; and
(5) sociological concepts and theories to your personal experiences and to your
observations of others.
By the end of this course you should also be able to engage in critical thinking. Critical
thinkers are able to
• understand many sides to an issue, even if they disagree with the arguments
presented;
• analyze course material actively; and
• set aside their personal beliefs and values in order to understand issues from a
scientific perspective.
Required textbook:
Joan Z. Spade and Catherine G. Valentine. 2004. The Kaleidoscope of Gender: Prisms,
Patterns, and
Possibilities. Thompson-Wadsworth: Australia.
CLASS SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS: I reserve the right to alter the reading
assignments and to change exam dates if needed.
Introduction to the Sociology of Sex and Gender: Basic Concepts
W 1/18 First day of class--welcome!
M 1/23, W 1/25 The sociological approach to the study of sex and gender. Sociological
theories.
Reading: “Introduction” pp. 1-11
M 1/30, W 2/1 Biological approaches to the study of men and women and the sociological
critique. Is there a
biological link between sex (being male and female) and gender (being masculine or
feminine)? Is “anatomy
destiny?”
Reading: pp. 14-21 and “The Trouble with Testosterone” by Sapolsky, pp. 46-51
M 2/6, W 2/8 Transgendered and intersexed people or when sex and gender don't
"match": The sociological
and scientific implications
Reading: “Sexing the Intersexed,” by Preves, pp. 31-45
“What It Means to Be Gendered Me,” by Lucal, pp. 52-63
M 2/13, W 2/15 Cultural differences in gender: How do beliefs about gender vary among
different cultures?
How do definitions of masculinity and femininity vary globally? Why are these differences
important to sociologists?
Reading: pp. 114-120
“Multiple Genders among North American Indians” by Nanda, pp. 64-70
“Gender and Power” by Lepowsky, pp.150-159
M 2/20 Gender and Other Social Locations (Race, Social Class, and others)
Reading: pp. 71-77
“Race, Gender and Class in the Lives of Asian Americans” by Espiritu, pp. 90-94
“ Macho”: Contemporary Conceptions” by Mirande` pp. 95-103
W 2/22, M 2/27 Socialization in the U.S.: How do boys and girls learn to become masculine
and feminine?
Reading: pp.164-167; 169-170
“Playing in the Gender Transgression Zone: Race, Class, and Hegemonic Masculinity in
Middle
Childhood” by McGuffey and Rich, pp. 172-182
W 3/1 EXAM 1
Students will be permitted to see their exams with correct/incorrect answers during the
last 15
minutes of class on M 3/6. Students are not allowed to keep their exams.
Gender in Social Institutions
M 3/6, W 3/8 Gender and Education
Reading: pp. 167-168
“The Chilly Climate: Subtle Ways in Which Women Are Often Treated Differently at Work
and in
Classrooms” by Sandler, pp. 187-190
“Slut! Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation” by Tanenbaum, pp. 213-219
SPRING BREAK: MARCH 13-17
M 3/20, W 3/22 Gender, Consumerism, Culture, and Capitalism
Reading: pp. 220-225
“The More You Subtract, The More You Add: Cutting Girls Down to Size” by
Kilbourne, pp. 234-
243
“The Anthropometry of Barbie: Unsettling Ideas of the Feminine Body in Popular
Culture” by Urla
and Swedlund, pp. 245-256
M 3/27, W 3/29, M 4/3 Gender and the Workplace
Reading: pp. 332-345
“Gendering the Market: Temporality, Work, and Gender on a National Futures
Exchange” by Levin,
pp. 356-363
“Gender, Social Inequalities, and Retirement Income” by Calasanti and Selvin,
pp. 370-376
"Sexual Harassment and Masculinity: The Power and Meaning of 'Girl Watching,'"
by Quinn, pp.
472-480
APRIL 3, PAPER DUE
W 4/5, M 4/10 Gender and Intimacy, Gender and Families
Reading: pp. 395-402
Friendship: “Men, Women, and Friendship: What They Say, What They Do” by Walker,
pp. 403-
412
Families: “Moral Dilemmas, Moral Strategies, and the Transformation of Gender:
Lessons from Two
Generations of Work and Family Change” by Gerson, pp. 413-424
Parenting: “Mothering, Work, and Gender in Urban Asante Ideology and Practice”
by Clark, pp. 425-
W 4/12 EXAM 2--Students will be able to see their exams at the end of class on M 4/17 or W
4/19
M 4/17, W 4/19 Gender and Bodies
Reading: pp. 279-285
“Men Are Real, Women Are ‘Made Up’: Beauty Therapy and the Construction
Femininity” by
Black and Sharma, pp. 286-295
“Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem” by Mernissi, pp. 297-301
M 4/24 Gender, Social Control, and Violence
pp. 448-453
“Escape from Animal House: Frat Boy Tells All” by Straus, pp. 462-465
“Sexual Trafficking in Women” by Bertone, pp. 466-471
W 4/26 and M 5/1 Social Change; Feminisms (5/1--Last class day)
pp. 489-495; pp. 552-556
“Unraveling the Gender Knot” by Johnson, pp. 511-520
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