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Course Description

SY334 Sociology of Gender 0.5

A study of the social production of femininity and masculinity. Various explanations of sexual difference, from biological to sex-role theory, will be examined critically. Recent contributions to the sociology of gender, including proposals for altering current gender relationships, will be considered.

Prerequisite: SY203* or SY233* (or permission of the Department).
Exclusion: SY234.


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