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 (taken prior or concurrently) and eligibility for ENGL 1A (taken prior or concurrently)

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.
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