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Psych of Gender Outline
Outline Winter 2011
• please note that the readings ought to be done before you come to class. This way I won't be talking about things you have no idea of, and we can enter the discussion on the same page. You should begin reading Speak and Johnson as soon as possible.
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1/03 Intro to me and the class
1/05 Research methods in Psychology and the Social Sciences and how they are gendered.
Reading: Fraser Ch1: Hegelsen ch 2: Also I'm not a feminist, but
1/10 Feminism 101 _ why understanding gender race and class is so essential to our daily lives.
Reading Hegelsen Ch 1, Fraser Ch 2., 3
1/12 More on Race Class and Gender: Privilege exercise
Reading: Johnson All
1/15 last day to add a class
1/17 No class = Martin Luther King Holiday – Campus closed
1/19 Biology is Destiny? Really? How biology does and does not contribute to gender differences. How being *on the rag* is NOT an excuse for either gender.
Reading Blum Ch 2, 7
1/22 last day to drop with no grade
1/24 How did this happen? A developmental overview of sex and gender.
Reading Hegelsen Ch 5
Privilege paper due
1/26 Gender Roles and How we perform them. Androgyny as a way of being.
Reading: Hegelsen Ch 3: "Bem Sex Role Inventory" is to be taken. See Psychology of Women front page for this quiz. Have it done before you come to class. Scoring is on a separate page.
1/31 Sexuality as a construct. Guest Speaker Aejaie Sellers Fransicus.
Reading Blum Ch 5; Also things a woman should never do for free
2/02 Mickey Mouse Monopoly Gender taught through media.
2/07 The BIG question: Our Bodies/Our lives? A matter of Choice?
Midterm posted within 24 hours (e.g. by noon 2/05)
2/09 Adolescence A dangerous time.
Reading: Adolescent Women and For Girls, its be yourself and be perfect too Hegelsen Ch 6
Midterm Due
2/14 Guest Speaker Paul Marcille
Reading: boys in crisis
2/16 How men are taught to be violent: Tough Guise
Reading: Blum Ch 6, History of masculinity and Masculinity and violence
2/21 no class – President’s Day – campus closed
2/23 Communication Styles and non verbals: How what we say makes us either a Bitch or a Doormat.
Reading: Hegelsen Ch 7; Blum Ch 9
Speak Paper Due
2/28 Feminist Identity Development: How do we come to be what we are?
Reading Fraser Ch 4
2/28 last day to drop with a W
3/02 Romantic Relationships in gendered arenas: Can we get what we want?
Reading: Hegelsen, Ch 9 and the guide to scoring at Stanford
3/7 Guest Speaker: Rolanda Pierre Dixon, Asst DA of Santa Clara County
Domestic Violence Laws
More romance as a culture: and When it is not a romance at All
Reading Fraser Ch 6, 8; Blum Ch 4 Also for further reading ( not required) Shelley Taylor's groundbreaking research into Female Friendships Tend and Befriend
3/9 Social Identity Barbie Due
reading: Gender and Politics daughters and Religion and Women
3/14 How do our gendered roles work in the world? religion? Politics? And at Home?Reading: Hegelsen Ch 12
3/16 Final due
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