SOC 343 - Gender and the Body

4 credits
Explores how bodies are gendered in social contexts with an emphasis on U.S. society and Western culture. May include, but is not limited to, an exploration of women’s and men’s body images, identities, relationships with food and eating, health and healthcare, sexualities, (dis)abilities, bodies and sports, commodification, reproduction, deviant bodies, transgendered bodies, and intersexuality. Examines gendered bodies as expressions of the self and of society, as objects of social control, and as sites of resistance and transformation. May be applied to the women’s studies minor. Approved for University Studies (Integration).Prerequisite(s): SOC 204 or GSWS 201 and completion of all lower division University Studies requirements(Cross-listed with GSWS 343)