SOC 344 Men, Women, and Society

This course is designed to help the student critically evaluate the “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” way of thinking about gender that pervades popular thought. The emphasis will be on understanding gender as a socially constructed and reified category. The course examines gender as a system of inequality, and gives attention to what scripture tells us about men, women, and living together in a society that unilaterally distorts from God’s good intention for our lives in gendered bodies. Prerequisite(s): SOC 141 or PSY 100. 3 hour(s).