| January 9-11 | I. Introduction to course
- Seidman, intro
- Greta Christina, Are we having sex now or what? Originally published in David Steinberg, The Erotic Impulse. Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1992.
- Eric Grollman, Kinsey Institute Study Finds No Universal Definition of “Had Sex”, Kinsey Confidential, March 9, 2010
- A. Fausto-Sterling. The Five Sexes [pdf], The Sciences, pp. 18-23, 2000 (JulyAugust).
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January 13-18-20
No class, Monday,
January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday | 2. Studying Sex
2a. Sexology & Psychiatry
- Seidman, ch. 1
- in-class film: Kinsey
2b. Social Theories
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| January 23-25-27 | 2b. continued: The Commodification and Fetishization of Virginity
- Laura Carpenter, The ambiguity of “having sex”: The
subjective experience of virginity loss in the U.S. (pdf) The Journal of Sex
Research, (2001) vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 127-139.
- Breanne Fahs, Is the Selling of Virginity a Feminist Act?, Public Sphere, March 2009
- Jessica Valenti, The Virginity Movement, Rebranded, The Nation, July 6, 2009
- Recommended: Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU)Vaginal Corona -- Myths surrounding virginity - your questions answered (pdf), 2009
- misc. film clips
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Week Four
January 30 February 1-3 | 2c. Social Theories, continued - Feminism
- Gayle Rubin,Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality, [pdf] (ask for password) pp. 267-319 in Carole Vance, ed. Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality. Boston: Routledge, 1984
- Mimi Marinucci, Feminism Examined and Explored (pdf), Feminism is Queer (excerpt), 2010.
- Impett, Schooler, & Tolman, To Be Seen and Not Heard: Femininity Ideology and Adolescent Girls’ Sexual Health (pdf), Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 35, No. 2, April 2006, pp. 131–144
2d. Social Construction
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Week Five
February 6-8-10 | 2d. Social Construction, continued
- Michel Foucault, Scientia Sexualis, (pdf) excerpted from The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1. New York: Vintage, 1978.
- Emily Martin, (1991). The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles (pdf). Signs, 16(3), 485-501
- Jonathan Ned Katz, The Invention of Heterosexuality [pdf]. Socialist
Review, Vol. 20, no. 1: 7-34 (1990)
Judith Butler, TBA
| Midterm Exam, Friday, Februay 10
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Week Six
February 13-15-17 | 3. The Sociology and Politics of Sexual Identity
- Seidman, ch. 4
- C.J. Pascoe, Dude, You're A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (excerpt) [pdf]. University of California Press, 2007.
- Seidman, ch. 5
- Kenji Yoshino, The Pressure to Cover [pdf]. New York Times Sunday Magazine, January 16, 2006.
- Laura Alexandra Harris, Queer black feminism: The pleasure principle [pdf], Feminist Review, Vol. 54, pp. 3-30, 1996.
in-class film: The Butch Factor | Pecha Kucha presentations |
Week Seven
February 22-24 | Alternative Identities
Choose TWO of the articles below to read closely for class discussion on Friday -- you will be called on!
- Julia Serano, Trans Woman Manifesto [pdf], excerpt from Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Seattle: Seal Press, 2007.
- Jaclyn Friedman, My Sluthood, Myself. Yes Means Yes Blog, July 26, 2010.
- Sharday Mosurinjohn, School's Out: Slut Shaming and the Empowered Young Woman, Bitch Media, February 9, 2012
- Bella DePaulo, Asexuals: Who Are They And Why Are They Important?, Psychology Today, December 23, 2009
- Rachel R. White, Let's Talk about What We Can Learn From Asexuality, Rachel Rabbit White, August 26, 2011.
- Jessica Bennett, Only You. And You. And You., Newsweek, July 28, 2009
| Pecha Kucha presentations |
Week Eight
February 27-29 March 2 | 4. Social Institutions
Regulating Sexuality--Privacy
Regulating Sexuality--Sex Education
- Laurie Abraham, Teaching Good Sex, New York Times Magazine, November 16, 2011
- Douglas B Kirby, The impact of abstinence and comprehensive sex and STD/HIV education programs on adolescent sexual behavior [pdf], Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 5(3), pp. 18-27.
- Megan K. Beckett, Marc N. Elliott, Steven Martino, David E. Kanouse, Rosalie Corona, David J. Klein and Mark A. Schuster, Timing of Parent and Child Communication About Sexuality Relative to Children’s Sexual Behaviors [pdf], Pediatrics 125, 2010, pp. 34-42
| Pecha Kucha presentations |
Week Nine
March 5-7-9 | Soical Institutions--Pop Culture and Sexual Citizenship
- Diane Raymond, Popular Culture and Queer Representation: A Critical Perspective [pdf], in Gail Dines, Jean McMahon Humez (eds.), Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text Reader. Sage: 2003.
- Brian Safi, TV's Gay Friend Obsession, Current TV, June 3, 2009
- Christine Seifert, Let's Get It In: Making Sense of Jersey Shore's Sex Slang, Bitch (Fall 2011), Issue No. 52), pp. 15-16, 21.
- Seidman, ch. 8 (recommended -- I inadvertently deleted when I uploaded the Jersey Shore article!)
| Pecha Kucha presentations |
Week Ten
March 12-14-16 | Regulating Sexuality--Porn & Sex Work
- Seidman, ch. 10 & 12
- Leslie Bennetts, The John Next Door, Newsweek, July 18, 2011.
- Sex Workers Project
- Davy Rothbart, He’s Just Not That Into Anyone, New York Magazine, January 30, 2011
- Feminists for Free Expression, Position Statement on Pornography
- Shira Tarrant, Pornography 101: Why College Kids Need Porn Literacy Training, AlterNet, September 15, 2010
| Pecha Kucha presentations |
Week Eleven
March 19 | To receive credit, blog posts/comments must be posted by midnight, Sunday, March 18. | |
Finals Week
| | Final Exam
Friday, March 23
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
