SOC 266 - Gender Differences and Inequalities (1)

Our ideas about gender organize our social life in important ways that we often do not even notice. These ideas, our gendered interactions, and the gendered dimensions of social institutions are largely invisible to us, and we often take them for granted as the “normal” or natural way life works. Sociology asks us to investigate and expose the aspects of social life we take for granted. In this course, we explore how social interactions, ideologies, and institutions reproduce gender difference and gender inequality, and at times, challenge contemporary gender roles, norms, and stereotypes. This course may count toward the SOC, SAN, or GSS majors. Prerequisite: One of the following: SOC 101, SOC 102, ANT 271, GSS 171. Alternate years.
(Social Science)