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Semester I, AY 2013-2014
University of the Philippines Baguio
J.C. Josef
Course Description: Concepts. perspectives, legislation/policies and issues on gender.
Course Objectives:
(a) To familiarize students with gender concepts, issues and concerns and to situate these in Philippine
context.
(b) To facilitate the sharing of experiences and insights and to view them from a gender perspective.
(c) To help enable students to apply the learning and insights in their personal and social lives.
Course Outline:
Date
I. Introduction to the course:
Course objectives, coverage of the course, course requirements
06/11/13
06/13/13
Topics:
A. Constructs of sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,
sexual expression, intersectionality lecture/discussion/class activity
06/20;25;27/13
Reference materials:
1. Understanding Gender Expression Diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650CzrO80t0&feature=youtu.be
2. The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female are not Enough, Anne Fausto-Sterling
3. The Five Sexes Revisited, Anne Fausto-Sterling
4. Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian, Urvashi Vaid (1995)
Liberation (1995) NY: Anchor books, Doubleday
5. Identity Politics, Cressida Heyes (2006)
6. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
Author(s): Kimberle Crenshaw Source: Stanford Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 6 (Jul., 1991), pp. 12411299. Published by: Stanford Law Review Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039
B. Gender socialization processes and social institutions (family,
religion, language, culture, mass media, education, etc.); gender
tracking and gender socialization
07/02;04/13
Suggested films for viewing (take off for discussion) and reference materials:
The Impossible Dream (United Nations short documentary on womens multiple burden)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JBPBIFR2Y
Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gylenhaal...
Any sociology book with a chapter on gender socialization
FIRST LONG EXAM
07/09/13
III. Perspectives on gender: Developments in feminisms and theories on gender and sexualities
First Wave: Liberal feminism, Marxist feminism; Second Wave: Radical
feminism, socialist feminism; Third Wave: Postmodern feminism;
psychoanalytic feminism;
Third World Movements, Gender Theory; Masculinity/Gay/Queer Theories
Formal Equality vis--vis Substantive Equality (IWRAW materials on CEDAW)
07/11;16/13
07/18;23;25/13
IV.
ISSUES
08/01;06;08/13
Sexual Harassment and other forms of sexual violence (rape) and intervention
measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local laws/ordinance)
Violence Against Women (VAW), Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships (AWIR) and
Family Violence; and intervention measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local
laws/ordinance)
Prostitution and Sex Trafficking
E. Misogyny, Homophobia and Hate Crimes based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
and intervention measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local laws/ordinance)
Suggested reference/video materials:
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence Author(s): Adrienne Rich Source: Signs, Vol. 5,
No. 4, Women: Sex and Sexuality (Summer, 1980), pp. 631-660 Published by: The University of
Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173834 .
Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, Suzanne Pharr
Identity, Mobility, and Urban Place-Making: Exploring Gay Life in Manila, Dana Collins Gender
& Society 2005; 19; 180 DOI: 10.1177/0891243204272707
VI. Synthesis/Integration
NB: additional readings may be assigned in the course of the semester
Consultation Hours:
2:30 3:30 PM Tuesday and Thursday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office
8:00 - 12:00 noon Wednesday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office
1:00 5:00 PM Wednesday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office