Sex, Gender, and Society
Dr. Alison Hatch
General Education: Social Science & Human Diversity – U.S. Perspective
Course Description:
In this course, we will be using a sociological framework to better understand the dynamic, multifaceted realities of gender at various levels of society: individual interactions, social institutions, and broad-based ideologies. Because sex and gender are socially-constructed categories that form part of our common knowledge, many of us enter adulthood with a sense of certainty regarding the way that these identities and processes affect our lives and the lives of others. However, as we will uncover in our class, much of this common knowledge is received by us uncritically beginning from the time we are born. Using your “sociological imagination,” this course will challenge you to completely rethink most everything you know about sex and gender.
