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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0158-348-001 |
| Instructor: | Traci Levy |
| Days: | Monday Wednesday 2:25 pm - 3:40 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - NEX 157 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Notes: |
*This Course Not Designed For First Year Students. |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
What assumptions do political theorists make about the family and sexuality? How and for whom are their ideas about motherhood, fatherhood, and sexuality empowering and/or oppressive? We explore questions like these by analyzing how theorists (and activists) portray and critique the institution of the family and the politics of sexuality. (Distribution Reqs:Social Sciences) |
| Learning Goals: |
Class Learning Goals From the material in section 1, students will identify the concept of the “traditional” American family, and compare and contrast liberal, conservative, and feminist arguments about whether/why the family is in “decline.” Students should also be able to articulate, differentiate, and apply the lenses of class, race, ability status, and sexual orientation to understanding the state of American families. In section 2, students will explain and differentiate different conceptions of motherhood and femininity, analyze various perspectives on how primary parenting by women affects childhood socialization and the distribution of power contemporary American society, identify American culture’s dominant conception of motherhood and assess how is it exploited or undermined by “maternal” political movements. Students will also recognize and analyze how race and ability status interact with dominant ideas about mothering and parenting. In section 3, students will be able to describe and analyze debates about the role of the father in contemporary American society and how it has changed. They will be able to compare and contrast different conceptions of masculinity and recognize whom each burdens and privileges. In section 4, students will be able to describe and analyze debates about structural inequalities and heteronormative practices articulated out by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) and non-conforming gender theorists and activists. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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