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Please come to class prepared to discuss the readings indicated |
Students are required to attend the First Thursdays Women's Studies Film Series Pelletier Library, A-V Room, 7:30 pm |
| 8/30 M | Introduction |
| 9/1 W | Women's Studies
Sapiro c. 1 |
| 9/2 R | Required: First Thursday WS film series: "Step by Step" 7:00 pm, A-V Room |
| 9/6 M | Cynthia Allan, "The History of Laundry" |
| W | Theories About Society & Gender Sapiro, c. 2 Mary Wollstonecraft: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", Reader 1-8. |
| WEEKEND: | The History of Laundry" Playshop Theatre |
| 9/13 M | Theories About Individual Behavior Sapiro c. 3 Alice Munro: "Boys and Girls," Reader 9-16 |
| W | Commonalities & Differences Among Women Sapiro, c. 4 |
| 9/20 M | Activism Project: Online - session one. Murray Smart Classroom, Rm 117 |
| W | Education of Women / Title IX at Allegheny Sapiro, c. 5 Our Bodies, Ourselves, Chap 4 "Women in Motion" |
| 9/27 M | Work, Employment & Economics of Gender Sapiro, c. 13, pp. 414-40 Emma Goldman, "The Traffic in Women" Reader Activism Project - list of groups due in class Guest: Barbara Schaefer-Hegel |
| W | Making a Living vs. Making a Home Sapiro c. 13, esp. pp. 395-414 Kessler-Harris & Sacks: "The Demise of Domesticity," Reader EXAM ONE ASSIGNED |
| 10/4 M | Activism Online - session two. Murray Smart Classroom, Rm 117 EXAM ONE DUE IN CLASS |
| W | Anatomy, Reproduction, Family Sapiro, c. 6, p. 176-194 Our Bodies, Ourselves, Part Three |
| 10/7 R | Required: First Thursday WS film series: "Las Madres" A film by Lourdes Portillo. 7 pm A-V Room |
| 10/11 M | FALL BREAK |
| W | Work, Beauty & Fitness Sapiro, c. 6, pp. 194-202 Naomi Wolf, "Hunger," Reader Susan Bordo, "Reading the Slender Body," Reader Our Bodies, Ourselves, Chap. 1 Deadline for choosing the organization on which to report in Activism Project |
| 10/18 M | Women and the Practice of Health Care Sapiro, c. 6, pp. 202-215. Ehrenreich & English, "Women & Medicine," Reader, pp. 85-117. Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 5 |
| W | Women & Religion Sapiro, c. 7 Trible, "Eve and Adam," Reader |
| 10/25 M | Gender & Media Sapiro, c. 8, pp. 243-267. |
| W | CLASS CANCELLED |
| 11/1 M | Cultural & Artistic Media Sapiro, c. 8, pp. 267-280 Naomi Wolf, "The Beauty Myth", Reader EXAM TWO PASSED OUT |
| W | Law, Politics, Justice Sapiro, c. 9 |
| 11/4 R | Required: First Thursday WS film series: "The Famine Within" 7 pm A-V Room N.B. This is a full-length film, nearly two hours long. |
| 11/8 M | CLASS CANCELLED |
| W | Sexuality & Sexual Relationships Sapiro, c. 11, pp. 356-378 Smith-Rosenberg, "The Female World of Love & Ritual," Reader, p. Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 10 "Relationships with Women" |
| 11/15 M | Sex, Coercion, and Violence Against Women Sapiro, c. 11, pp. 378-390 Martin & Hummer, "Fraternities & Rape on Campus", Reader Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 8 EXAM TWO DUE IN CLASS |
| W | Sexual Practice and the Family Sapiro, c. 11, p.390-401 Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 9. |
| 11/22 M | Reproduction Sapiro, c. 12 Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 16-17. |
| W | THANKSGIVING |
| 11/29 M | Population Control
Angela Davis, "Racism, Birth Control & Reproductive Rights," Reader Activism Project: Final papers due. Web annotation due electronically. |
| 12/1 W | Feminism & the Global context Sapiro, c. 14, pp. 521-524. Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?" Our Bodies, Ourselves, c. 26. "Global Politics of Women & Health" |
| 12/2 R | Required: First Thursday WS film series: TBA 7 pm A-V Room |
| 12/6 M | Oppositions & Feminist Theories Sapiro, c. 14, pp. 518-521. Susan Faludi, "Blame it on Feminism," Reader |
| W | Feminists & the Future Sapiro, c. 14 Hook, "Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression" Reader FINAL EXAM DISTRIBUTED |
| 12/15 W | December 15, 7 pm. FINAL EXAM DUE (L) |
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