INTR 120:  Introduction to

Women's Studies and Feminist Theory

Spring, 2005

MWF (CD)

Professor Ellen Mayock

 

COURSE SCHEDULE

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DATE

DAILY LESSON / WHAT IS DUE

WEEK ONE INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF WOMEN'S STUDIES
Monday, April 18 Submit: 

Lesson:  Course introduction / Issues, Chapter 1, pp. 1-32 / {Shaw and Lee:  "Women's Studies:  Perspectives and Practices"}

Wednesday, April 20 Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATIONS [AND DISCUSSION]:  Primary texts:  Feminist Foremothers (Issues, Ch. 9, pp. 516-84) / GROUP A:  Wollstonecraft (pp. 534-38) and Seneca Falls (pp. 541-43), GROUP B:  Truth (pp. 544-45) and Anthony (pp. 552-56), GROUP C:  Beauvoir (562-69) and Friedan (570-74), GROUP D:  Millett (577-83) and Beijing Declaration (584-89)

Lesson:  Feminist Foremothers, Issues, Ch. 9, pp. 503-15 / DISCUSSION of Mother/Grandmother Project

Friday, April 22 Submit by 4pm (to Washington Hall 25 [2nd floor]):  Assignment, "Mother/Grandmother Project"

No class today due to NCUR.  Make sure to submit assignment by 4pm today.

   
WEEKS TWO AND THREE GENDER SYSTEMS:  CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
Monday, April 25 Submit in class:  Service-learning journal

Lesson:  Patriarchy and Sexism, Issues, Ch. 2, pp. 61-74, 75-78, 92-93, 107-16, 117-23 / DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences AND "Thinking About Privilege"

Wednesday, April 27 Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP A:

Lesson:  Portrayal of Women, Issues, Ch. 3, pp. 124-37, 148-49, 150-55, 156-68, 169 / FILM:  "Beyond Killing Us Softly:  The Strength to Resist" (32 min.) (Leyburn:  HF 5827.K552 2000)

**Thursday, April 28, 7:00pm, Elrod Commons Theater Attendance optional:  Betsy Kleiner (W&L, '93) will present and discuss the video she created while at W&L.  The video, entitled "Painful Encounters," looks at issues surrounding sexual assault on campus.
Friday, April 29 Submit by 4pm:  Assignment, "Observing Gender"

Lesson:  Feminist Resistance, Issues, Ch. 4, pp. 170-85, 186-87, 188-90, 191-99, 200-04, 205-08 AND "NOW" selection , Ch. 9, pp. 575-76 / VISIT:  PAM SIMPSON, Professor, Art History and President of local chapter of the National Organization of Women

   
Monday, May 2 Submit in class:  Service-learning journal

Lesson:  Women's Subordination, Issues, Ch. 5, pp. 209-18, 219-20, 221-22, 228-36, 237-46 / DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences

Wednesday, May 4 Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP B:

Lesson:  The Effects of Sexism on Women's Private Lives, Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 249-64  / FILM:  "Defending Our Lives" (42 min.) (Leyburn:  HV6626 .D43 1993 )

**Thursday, May 5 Women's Studies Colloquium, 4:00pm:  Professor Leslie Cintron (Sociology) will give a talk titled "American Attitudes towards Work and Family  Balance" (Newcomb 9) / *ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED.
Friday, May 6 Submit by 4pm:  Assignment, "Gender Scavenger Hunt"

Lesson:  The Effects of Sexism on Women's Private Lives / Violence Against Women (continued), Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 264-80  / VISIT:  JUDY CASTEELE, Executive Director, Project Horizon

   
WEEKS FOUR AND FIVE GENDER SYSTEMS:  EFFECTS ON OUR PRIVATE LIVES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
**Monday and Tuesday, May 9-10 A Festival of Native Writers at Washington and Lee (*features numerous Native American women writers)
Monday, May 9 Submit in class:  Service-learning journal

Lesson:  Effects of Gender on Women's Private Lives, Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 289-93, 294-98, 299-307, 318-24, 325-28 / DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences

*4:00pm:  Festival of Native Writers:  New Medicines (session on gender) / Commons 345

Wednesday, May 11 Submit: 

Lesson:  Effects of Gender on Women's Private Lives (continued), Issues, Ch. 6, pp. 329-39, 340, 341-43 / VISIT:  CHRISTY BARONGAN, W&L Counseling Psychologist

Friday, May 13 **Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP C:

Submit by 4pm:  Assignment, Gender Transgression

Lesson:  Discrimination:  Effects of Sexism on Public Institutions, Issues, Ch. 7, pp. 344-54, 355-73

   
Monday, May 16 Submit in class:  Service-learning journal

Lesson:  Discrimination (continued), Issues, Ch. 7, pp. 383-97, 405-07, 408-23, 424-27, 439-44 / DISCUSSION of service-learning experiences

Wednesday, May 18 Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATIONS of Academic Journals assignment

Lesson:  Sexist Ideology and Our World, Issues, Ch. 8, pp. 445-58, 459-66 / FILM:  "Women of the World" (29 min.)

Friday, May 20 Submit by 4pm:  Written paper for Academic Journals assignment

Lesson:  Sexist Ideology and Our World (continued), Issues, Ch. 8, pp. 467-72, 473-82, 483-87, (497-502) / VISIT:  THERESA BRAUNSCHNEIDER, Assistant Professor, English

   
WEEK SIX WOMEN AND FAMILIES / COURSE WRAP-UP
Monday, May 23 **Submit:  GROUP PRESENTATION, GROUP D:  The Second Shift, 5 of the case studies

Submit in class:  Service-learning journal

Lesson:  Women and Families (The Second Shift)

Wednesday, May 25 Submit: 

Lesson:  Women and Families (continued) (The Second Shift) / COURSE WRAP-UP

Friday, May 27 Preparation for final exam; PICK UP FINAL EXAM IN WASH. HALL AT ANY TIME BETWEEN 1:00 AND 4:00 PM
   
FINAL EXAM DUE BY 12:00 NOON ON MONDAY, MAY 30

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