Soc265

TEST 2 PICK-UP: On Tues., Dec. 18, from 2:30-4:30, in Prof. Fox's office, rm 382 in the Sociology Department,

Also note that the grading scheme for this course is as follows: 1st essay - 20%, 1st test - 30%, 2nd essay - 25%, 2nd test - 25%

ANNOUNCEMENT: All grades on test 1 were raised 2 points (so add 2 points to the grade on your test, if you picked up the test in class). Also, look here for feedback on the grading of the essays on the test.

Copies of my slides are available for each lecture in the form of Portable-Document-Format (pdf) files. Free PDF-file viewers are available from Adobe and can be configured to operate as plug-ins for most web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox.

Items of Interest

Lecture Topics With SLIDES and On-Line Readings

Date	Topic	On-Line Readings
Sept.11	Introduction	Lois Gould, Boy or Girl? X
Sept. 18	On Biology and Gender: the Evidence	Emily Martin, The Egg and the Sperm
Sept. 25	The Social Construction of Sexed and Gendered People and their Bodies	Karin Martin, Becoming a Gendered Body Emily Kane, 'No Way My Boys are Going to Be Like That!' Evelyn Blackwood, Sexuality & Gender in Certain Native American Tribes
Oct. 2	The Social Construction of Gendered Individuals: Doing Gender	Marianne Cooper, Being the Go-To Guy Sarah Miller, 'How You Bully a Girl'
Oct. 9	Sexuality and Inequality	Laura Hamilton and Elizabeth Armstrong, Gendered Sexuality in Young Adulthood
Oct. 16	TEST 1
Oct. 23	A Look at Social History	Sonya Rose, Gender at Work
Oct. 30	Gender in the Making of Families: A Look at Parenthood and Childcare
Nov. 13	Paid Work Today: Gendered Workplaces	Marianne Cooper, Being the Go-To Guy
Nov. 20	Body Images in Popular Culture
Nov. 27	Violence in Everyday Life
Dec. 4	TEST 2

Sociology 265H1F (Fall 2018)

Gender and Society

Professor Bonnie J. Fox

Items of Interest

Lecture Topics With SLIDES and On-Line Readings