P5 Gender & Culture

This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of gender as a culturally variable creation and to broaden students' understanding of genders and sexualities by focusing on specific cultures within the LGBTQIA+ communities. The course explores the ways in which cultures, Western as well as non-Western, construct and provide meanings to gender roles as they intersect with sexual orientation, race, class, ability, and other aspects of identity. Since gender is so often considered a stable and "natural" biological rather than cultural category, this course seeks to destabilize this perception and broaden students' understanding of gender as a socially and culturally constructed category. A central goal of the course is to provide a greater level of respect and understanding for the specific cultural groups that are addressed.

Attributes:
P5 - Perspectives Area 5
W - Online Summer UG Courses
WGST - WGST Elective
YLIB - Liberal Arts Elective