SOCI 1116 - Men and Masculinities

Prerequisite: SOCI 1113. This course will explore socio-cultural meanings of manhood and masculinity and how these meanings interact with race, sexuality, social class, age, and other social statuses. The course will also examine the production of multiple forms of masculinity, how gender is highly salient during socialization throughout the life-course, and how individuals construct the identity as "man". Special attention will be given to the social processes and institutional practices that create and maintain gendered inequality systems that subordinate women, individuals that do not identify in the gender binary, and men that do not fully subscribe to prevailing socio-cultural meanings of manhood. 3 credits