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Course guidance |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
No preparation is necessary, but students shall read at least the course syllabus. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
As a preparation for the next week, students shall think about what they already know about 'gender'. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
Students shall reflect what you already know about gender and share their thoughts with others in class. |
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Do brainstorming about 'gender' - what you know about it, for example, through your own experiences, your thoughts about it, when you hear the word. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
We read two episodes related to gender and sexuality to explore what a gender and sexuality perspective can be. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: Ch. Krolokke & A. S. Sorensen (2006). Gender Communication Theories &Analyses. London: Sage (“Introduction”, pp. vii-vi). *
A. Giddens (2013). Sociology. Cambridge: Polity (Chapter15, an introductory episode). |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
Sexual differences are often seen as biologically innate, but sociologists oppose this idea. Reading a textbook, we study a sociological critique of biological determinism regarding sexual differences. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: Chapter 15,pp. 624-627. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
We study pioneering research about sexuality and sexual behavior and discuss critically what has been generally perceived or said about human sexuality in light of knowledge produced by this research. |
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Reading: Chapter 15, pp. 627-633. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
In sociology today, gender and sexuality are both seen as socially constructed. We will study this social-constructionist way of seeing gender and sexuality. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A.Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 633-634. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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Religion and morality have long formed our notion of which human behavior or act is "correct" and "wrong". This applies to sexuality, too. We will study the case of Western Europe and hopefully expand our scope of discussion to other parts of the world. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens(2013). Chapter 15, pp. 634-646. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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We will examine socialization from a gender perspective and discuss both strengths and limits of gender socialization theory. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens(2013). Chapter 15, pp. 636-639. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussions. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
We will study gender theories developed by R. Connell, a gender sociologist from Australia. Key concepts include the gender order and hegemonic masculinity. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A.Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 639-643. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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The recent years witnessed the rise of LGBT activism across the world, particularly in the West, but also in Asia including Japan. Using the textbook, we review some developments and discuss the current situation within and outside Japan. |
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Reading: A. Giddens(2013). Chapter 15, pp. 643-651. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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Sociologists have developed various theories explaining gender inequality. We will study a functionalist and various feminist approaches and critically examine these different approaches. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 651-658. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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One of the feminist approaches, postmodern feminism, is closely related to queer theory, another theoretical branch in gender and sexuality studies. We will study major characteristics of queer theory as well as post-structuralist or post-modern thought that affects the development of queer theory and postmodern feminism. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 658-659. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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One of the major gender issues in today's globalized world is sex industry. We will study how feminists and gender scholars discuss prostitution and sex work and understand their different standpoints over this issue. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 659-664. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
Feminist movement is a form of collective action by people who want to intervene the current gendered social structure and bring about change. We study how and why these movements emerged and what motivated individual women who initiated mobilization. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Reading: A. Giddens (2013). Chapter 15, pp. 664-667. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Review in-class discussion. |
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| 授業計画/Class |
We will wrap-up the course in this final week session. Each student shall give a short presentation about how their knowledge of gender has changed through this class and what theory or discussion they find most interesting and why. |
| 事前学習/Preparation |
Students are asked to prepare their presentation. |
| 事後学習/Reviewing |
Make an output of your presentation in a written form. Use aMS word-format, A4, Font: Times New Roman, size 12, Space margin 25mm,double-spaced, 5 pages at maximum. Submission deadline will be notified when the semester begins. |
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