SOC 40 Introduction to Sex and Gender Roles
3 Units (Degree Applicable, CSU, UC, C-ID #: SOCI 140)
Lecture: 54
Advisory: SOC 1 or SOC 1H and eligibility for (ENGL C1000 or ENGL 1A) or (ENGL C1000H or ENGL 1AH) or AMLA 1A
Sociological analysis of the social construction of gender, masculinity, and femininity historically and cross-culturally. Examines the debates on sex and gender. It analyzes the impact of economic and political change on gender expectations and practices. This course focuses on macro-analyses of how institutions shape gender and microanalyses of how individuals are socialized and how they practice gender.