New Fall Course – SOCL 228 Masculinities
This course will investigate masculinity through a sociological lens. Will analyze meanings of being a man and lived experiences of masculinity, historically and today, and will explore how these definitions and experiences are contoured by race, religion, culture, class, sexuality, age, embodiment, and nation, in addition to other variables.
TR: 2:55–4:10 p.m.
Rhys Hall
SOCL 228-01 Masculinities
TR: 2:55–4:10 p.m.
Rhys Hall
Students in this course will investigate masculinity through a sociological lens. We will analyze meanings of being a man and lived experiences of masculinity, historically and today, and we will explore how these definitions and experiences are contoured by race, religion, culture, class, sexuality, age, embodiment, and nation, in addition to other variables. With a focus on the performance of heterosexuality—particularly among youth—we will study how gender roles operate in work, labor, and reproduction; motives for men’s involvement in both anti-feminist and gender equality movements; experiences described in gender transition/affirmation narratives; militarization, policing, and violence and the bind some men feel trapped in when it comes to the exercise and maintenance of power and domination; and shifting discourses of masculinity, among other topics.
Masculinities has no Pre-Req, Open to non-majors and first year students
This Course is cross-referenced with WMGS,
Fulfills a Social Science distribution requirement
