SOCI 0319 - Sociology of Sexualities

Credits: 3

Examines how in U.S. culture the meaning of sexual feelings, fantasies, and experiences have varied over time; the changing set of sexual identities individuals embody; the development of communities and social movements organized around sexuality; and how social institutions such as the state and legal system, the family, education, religion, mass media, and other stratification systems based on gender, race, and class all shape sexuality on the individual, interactional, and institutional levels.

Prerequisites: SOCI 0101.

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