Student Learning Outcomes 1. Describe how gendered social relationships influence experiences, life chances, and perceptions.
2. Explain how gendered inequalities intersect with other forms of social stratification including race/ethnicity, social class, sexuality, etc.
3. Communicate how the institutional structures of gendered social relations have changed over time both in the United States and globally.
4. Describe sociological theories and perspectives of gender and how they pertain to experiences of gendered social relationships.Course Description This course is an introduction to the sociology of gender and gendered inequalities. While analyzing how masculinity, femininity and other gender forms are socially constructed, we will also analyze how gender intersects with other forms of social stratification such as race, socio-economic status, disability and sexual orientation. Our analysis of gender will focus on gender socialization, gender identities, and how gender forms are deeply rooted and reproduced in social institutions, interactions and relationships.