|
Date |
Wk |
Topics |
Due |
| 08 Jan |
1 |
Introduction
and Review |
|
| Oppression – Frye: In class reading |
|
| Natural
selection exercise |
|
| 15 Jan |
2 |
Kinship
and Biology |
|
| Sexual
Dimorphism in Life History
– Delph (sex differences in plants) |
|
| Is there
a family? – Collier et al. |
|
| Kinship… - Lassiter |
|
| 22 Jan |
3 |
Origins
of Gender Hierarchy |
|
| Sociobiology – Wilson (Ch. 27 on human sociobiology) (Ch.
26 on nonhuman primates is optional) |
|
| Evolution’s
Rainbow Ch. 1-5 |
|
| The Search
for Origins: Unraveling the Threads of Gender Hierarchy - Rayna Rapp Reiter |
|
| {optional:
Men, feminism, and men’s contradictory experiences
of power – Kaufman} |
|
| --->
Pot Luck |
|
| 29 Jan |
4 |
Brains
and Families |
|
|
|
|
Evolution’s
Rainbow Ch. 6 – 9, 12 |
Mid term
quiz |
|
|
|
Mother
Nature - Hrdy |
|
|
|
|
Baboons
with briefcases vs langurs with lipstick
- Sperling |
|
|
|
|
Gender,
genetics, and generation: reformulating biology in Lesbian kinship
– Hayden |
|
|
|
|
Film
“Ladies of the Lake” (the search for Matrilineal
societies) |
|
| 05 Feb |
5 |
Concepts
of race and sexuality |
|
|
|
|
Liberal
Arts Forum |
Kinship
and sociobiology across cultures (paper due) |
|
|
|
Film on
history of concept of race. |
|
|
|
The First
R: How Children Learn Race and Racism
(excerpt) – van Ausdale and Feagin |
|
|
|
Origins
of Human Races and Racism
- Vandermeer |
|
|
|
|
Scientific
racism and the homosexual body
- Somerville |
|
| 12 Feb |
6 |
Sexuality
and Diversity |
|
|
|
|
Possible
film TBA or workshop |
Present
and discuss papers on kinship and sociobiology across cultures
|
|
|
|
Evolution’s
Rainbow Ch. 19-20
(and Ch. 18, for new students) |
|
|
|
|
History
of Sexuality (sections 1-3, pp. 3-73) |
|
| 19 Feb |
7 |
Sexuality
and Power |
|
| History
of Sexuality - (sections 4-5, pp. 77-159) |
|
| Additional
readings TBA |
|
| Film:
Boys Don’t Cry |
|
| 26 Feb |
8 |
Gender
Identity |
|
| She’s
Not There |
|
| Evolution’s
Rainbow Ch. 13 |
|
| Guests:
Marsha Botzer,
the founder of the Ingersoll
Gender Center, and two colleagues will discuss trans issues. |
|
| 05 Mar |
9 |
Gender,
Sex, Sexuality, and Politics |
|
|
|
|
Kiss
of the Spider Woman
(excerpts) |
Final
papers due |
|
|
|
Evolution’s
Rainbow Ch. 22 |
End-of-program
quiz |
|
|
|
Film: Kiss
of the Spider Woman |
|
| 12 Mar |
10 |
Potluck
and final festivities!!! |
|
| |
Poster
session on individual research project |
