WS 417 - Sexual Politics in U.S. History

4 credits
Examines historical changes in and struggles over the meaning, regulation, and politics of sexuality in the United States from the period of settlement to the present. Explores the relationship of gender, race, class, and region to sexual experience and identity. Focuses on the rise of gay, lesbian, and bisexual identity and politics. Also investigates debates over sex education, birth control, prostitution, pornography, AIDS, and the moral panics elicited by these issues. Topics vary each term.