Objectives and competences
Introducing the students in the sociological discourse of gender and gender differences; confronting biological and socio-cultural dimensions of gender; discussing the influence of gender to social positioning in social structure; understanding and use the findings of surveying gender; analyzing and interpretation of (re)production) and changes of gender differences in the fields of socialization, family life, employment, economy, politics, health, deviancy, religiosity.
Discussion is based on historical and intercultural perspective.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Theorising gender in Sociology
Sex and Gender
Social constructions of gender in historical and intercultural perspective
Gender socialization: growing up feminine or masculine
Examining gender in Sociology:
Gender, employment and economy
Gender and intimate relationships
Gender deviance
Gender, Politics, Government
Gender and Religiosity
Gender and Health
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, individual work, cooperative learning, project eork, reflexive teaching/learning.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students know, understand, analyze and interpret basic concepts of gender in sociology in historical and intercultural perspectives. They analyze gender categories and reflect them in guided discussions and essays: they collect data and deal with information, analyze them in social context, they evaluate the compatibility of theories and social processes.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Capability of individual searching and use of different sources, collecting information by using sociological methods, representing the findings by using different technologies, critical analysis of read sources, cooperation in groups, written and oral skills.
Readings
Beauvoir, S. (1999-2000): Drugi spol I, str. 9-28 in Drugi spol II, str. 13-80, Delta, Ljubljana
Oakley, A. (2000): Gospodinja, Založba/*cf, Ljubljana.
Butler, J. (2001): Težave s spolom: Feminizem in subverzija identitete, Škuc, Ljubljana, str. 13-46
Antić, M.G. (1998): Ženske v parlamentu, ZPS, Ljubljana
Jogan, M. (2001): Seksizem v vsakdanjem življenju, FDV, Ljubljana
Renzetti,C.M. in Curran,D.J. (2003): Women, Men and Society, Pearson Education, USA
