Required Texts:

Maggie Nelson. 2015. The Argonauts: A Memoir. Graywolf Press

Michel Foucault. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction (Vol 1) 

Kristen Ghodsee. 2018. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and Other Arguments for Economic Independence

Eva Illouz. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

Week 1—

9/11: Read: Kristen Roupenian 2017. “Cat Person.” The New Yorker: 

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person

Listen: Allison Behringer. 2018. “Sex Hurts.” Bodies Podcast: 

https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bodies/sex-hurts

Week 2— 

9/18: Weeks, Jeffrey. 1996. “The Construction of Homosexuality.” Pp 41-63 in Queer Theory/Sociology, edited by Steven Seidman. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc. Weeks_Social_Construction_Homosexuality

John Gagnon and William Simon. 2004. The Social Origins of Sexual Development. In Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors and Society. Eds Kimmel and Plante Gagnon_and_Simon_Social_Origins_Sexual Development

Jon D’Emilio. “Capitalism & Gay Identity,” from Culture Society & Sexuality: A Reader, 2nd ed. Routledge D’Emilio–Capitalism and Gay Identity

Jonathan Ned Katz. “The Invention of Heterosexuality”: http://ieas.unideb.hu/admin/file_9700.pdf

9/20:   Which side are you on? Global Climate Strike info: https://globalclimatestrike.net

Week 3—

9/25: Thomas Laqueur. Making Sex: Body and Gender from Greeks to Freud. Chapter 6 (only pgs 227-243) Laqueur-Making%20Sex%20pgs%20227-243

Chapter 2 (whole chapter)Laqueur_MakingSex_Ch2

Lisa Wade. “The New Science of Sex Difference.” Sociology Compass 7/4 pgs 278-293 Wade–Science of Sex Difference

Lisa Wade. 2017. “Unequal Pleasures.” From American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. WW Norton and Co. Wade_American_Hookup_Unequal_Pleasures

Anne Fausto-Sterline. The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female are Not Enough. In Sexualities: Identities, Behaviors and Society. Eds Kimmel and Plante Fausto-Sterling_Five_Sexes

Week 4—

10/2: Beth Schwartzapfel. “Born This Way?” The American Prospect.http://prospect.org/article/born-way

Brandon Ambrosino. 2019. “I am Gay—But I Wasn’t Born This Way.” In Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader Fifth Edition WW NortonAmbrosino_Born_This_Way

Rebecca Tuvel. 2017. “In Defense of Transracialism.” In Hypathia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. Tuvel-2017-Hypatia

Andria Bianchi. 2019. Something’s Got to Give: Reconsidering the Justification for a Gender Divide in Sport. Philosophies 4(2), 23: https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/4/2/23 

Week 5—   

10/6: Assignment #1 due at 11:59pm by email

10/9:Michel Foucault. 1978 [1990]. The History of Sexuality: An Introduction (Vol 1).

Week 6—

10/16: Eva Illouz. 2012. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation. Polity. 

Week 7— 

10/23: Skype discussion with Pigeon, former porn actress

Berg_Feminist Studies_sex worker activism

Roger Lancaster. 2017. “The New Pariahs: Sex, Crime and Punishment in America.” In The War on Sex Lancaster_New_Pariahs

Yasmine Nair. 2014. “Why Hate Crime Legislation is Still Not a Solution.” In Against Equality, edited by Ryan Conrad Conrad–Against Equality

Week 8— 

10/30: Dagmar Herzog. “Soulgasm.” in Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics. Basic Books Herzog–Sex in Crisis – Soulgasm

Kristen Ghodsee. 2018. Chapters 5&6. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism and Other Arguments for Economic Independence

Week 9—

11/6: 

Mini-lecture on How to present in class

Gayle Rubin. “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” (beginning-165) Rubin–Thinking Sex

Nancy Fraser. “Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History” Fraser-Feminism-and-Cunning-of-History

Brenda Cossman. 2002. “Sexing Citizenship, Privatizing Sex.” Citizenship Studies, Vol 6:4 Cossman–Sexing_Citizenship__Privatizing_Sex

Week 10—

11/11: Second Assignment due by email at 11:59pm

11/13: No Class instead at 4:30 go to Hillcrest 103, the Orchard, for the talk:

Jamie McCallum. Carol Rifelj Lecture: “This is What Democracy Looked Like! The Long Shadow of American Radicalism Since the Battle of Seattle” 

Week 11—

11/20: The Argonauts

Week 12—

11/27: Give thanks, y’all

Week 13—

12/4: Presentations

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