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WGST-320-01 Sexual Politics
Fall only
"Sex” and “politics,” as we typically understand them, appear to have little to do with each other. In this course, however, we will explore their connections in a global context. Sexuality is a site of social control —-for instance by states, religions, families, and the media-- but it is also mobilized by women, youths, gender nonconformists, and queers across the world in ways that resist social control. Our goal is to explore how sexuality and power inter-relate, and to make sense of sexual control as well as creative struggles for sexual expression. Debates over state regulation of sexuality, sexual identity, youth sexuality, pornography, sex work, sexual consumption and lifestyles, sexual violence, sexuality in public and political life, and the global sex trade are central to this course. We also explore how marginalized sexual groups produce political change and how sexual power and perception are affected by issues such as racism, culture and religion. Finally, we will examine how sexuality directly plays a role in political power and the limitations of sexual politics that are based on Western constructs of sexual identity.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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