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Introduction to Gender Studies - GEND 101

Examines gender, identity, institutions, representation, work, family, culture, and major theoretical approaches.

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7 Gender, Family, and Intimacy

Explore how families, intimate relationships, reproduction, and care are shaped by social institutions, material conditions, and unequal power.
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6 Gender, Work, and the Economy

Explore how paid employment, unpaid labor, care responsibilities, and economic change shape gender inequality in workplaces and households.
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3 Intersectionality and Social Difference

Learn how social positions and systems of power interact, and how an intersectional lens can reveal barriers and differences that single-category analyses may miss.
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4 Gender and Social Institutions

Learn how law, education, religion, medicine, and the state shape gender identities and inequalities, and how sociological perspectives explain these processes.
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8 Everyday Gender and Social Change

Explore how gender is produced and challenged in everyday interactions, bodily norms, institutions, cultural representation, and collective action.
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5 Representation and Culture

Explore how visibility, cultural meaning, institutional power, language, and political participation shape gender representation.
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2 Theories of Gender and Power

Compare six approaches to gender and power by examining how they explain inequality, identity, institutions, and possibilities for change.
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1 Foundations of Gender Studies

Explore how gender studies examines gender and sexuality through distinct concepts, interdisciplinary methods, and attention to social institutions and power.
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7 Gender, Family, and Intimacy

A medium-difficulty quiz on sociological perspectives on families, intimacy, reproduction, and care.
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5 Representation and Culture

A medium-difficulty quiz on how visibility, meaning, language, cultural institutions, and political power shape representation.
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8 Everyday Gender and Social Change

A medium-difficulty quiz on how gender is produced, interpreted, and challenged in everyday life and institutions.
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3 Intersectionality and Social Difference

A medium-difficulty quiz on intersectionality, its key concepts, and how to apply an intersectional lens to institutions, policies, and access to services.
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4 Gender and Social Institutions

A medium-difficulty quiz on how social institutions shape gender, how their effects vary, and how sociological perspectives help explain them.
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6 Gender, Work, and the Economy

A medium-difficulty quiz on paid and unpaid labor, occupational segregation, workplace inequality, care work, and theories of gender and the economy.
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2 Theories of Gender and Power

A 14-question quiz applying theories of gender and power to institutional, workplace, and cross-border examples.
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1 Foundations of Gender Studies

A quiz on foundational concepts, research approaches, and applications in gender studies.
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7 Gender, Family, and Intimacy

Explore how families, intimacy, reproduction, parenting, and care are shaped by social relationships, institutions, and unequal resources.
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8 Everyday Gender and Social Change

Explore how gender is shaped through everyday interactions, social norms, institutions, and collective efforts for change.
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5 Representation and Culture

Review how visibility, portrayals, cultural gatekeeping, language, and political power shape gender representation.
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4 Gender and Social Institutions

Explore how social institutions shape gender identities and inequalities, and how sociological theories explain these processes.
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6 Gender, Work, and the Economy

Review how paid work, unpaid care, occupational patterns, and economic institutions shape gender inequality in the economy.
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2 Theories of Gender and Power

Review six approaches to gender and power, including the social structures, norms, economic relations, and cross-border processes each examines.
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3 Intersectionality and Social Difference

Learn how intersectionality explains the ways social positions and systems of power interact, and how to apply this lens to institutions, policies, and cultural representation.
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1 Foundations of Gender Studies

Review the core concepts, research approaches, and social implications of gender studies as an interdisciplinary field.
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