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Gender and Sexualities Syllabi and Assignments
Gender and Sexualities Syllabi and Assignments
January 8, 2025

The Gender and Sexualities Syllabi and Assignments Resource Collection includes resources for a range of courses in the subfields of gender and sexualities. 

Scrabble letters spell out the word nonbinary while other tiles are scattered around it
Three stuents around a laptop
Julio Montanez
Adapting Anti-Prejudice Tenets for Enhancing Discussion Board Assessments in Domestic Violence Courses
July 18, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Criminology/Delinquency
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity, Essay
Class Level(s):
College 300, College 400
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This resource, overall, adapts anti-prejudice tenets to enhance discussion board assessments. Step-by-step, the resource mimics Gordon Allport's contact hypothesis tenets to develop an interactive, problem-solving approach to discussion board-based assessments. A...

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A person being recorded for a music video
Zachary Miner
Dreaming of Gender: Assessing Sut Jhally’s Dreamworlds Hypothesis of Gendered Depictions in Music Videos
July 8, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Art/Music, Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This assignment is intended to help students critically examine media – specifically music videos – for the gendered messages contained therein. This goal is achieved through analysis of currently popular music videos, via a process adapted from Sut Jhally’s...

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A white woman with the word Speak taped across her mouth. She appears to have a black eye.
Lisa Winters
Fake Antennae, Real Threats: Speculative Fiction and Kirby’s “A Few Normal Things That Happen a Lot” as a Pedagogical Tool for Teaching About Sexual Victimization and Related Concepts
July 1, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Criminology/Delinquency, Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, PowerPoint
Class Level(s):
Advanced Graduate, College 300, College 400, Graduate
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

The purpose of this assignment is to use Gwen E. Kirby’s work of speculative fiction “A Few Normal Things That Happen a Lot” to teach about sexual victimization and related concepts. Kirby’s short story vividly details the subtle and overt “normal” sexism and...

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Money going into a blue piggy bank
Anjel Stough-Hunter, Kathleen Gorman-Ezell
Gender Wage Gap Activity
April 24, 2024
Subject Area(s):
High School Sociology, Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Occupations/Professions, Sex and Gender, Stratification/Mobility
Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Class Level(s):
College 100, College 200, High School
Class Size(s):
Medium, Small
Abstract:

This active learning group activity asks students to explore data and articles on factors that contribute to the gender wage gap.  After a time of exploration, they share their results with their peers and engage in a guided discussion about the information they...

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Two people holding hands and a condom
Jamie O'Quinn
Sexualities & Society Syllabus
March 25, 2024
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender, Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Syllabus
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This course provides students with an introduction to the sociology of sexualities, exploring how sex and sexuality are socially constructed, experienced, regulated, and contested in society. The course is organized into three units: (1) sociological theories of...

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A typewriter with the words "gender roles" typed on the page
Deeb Kitchen
Examining Gendered Sexuality in “The Contest” episode of Seinfeld
August 9, 2023
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Advanced Graduate, Any Level, College 100, College 200, College 300, College 400, Graduate, High School
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

It is common to approach gender, sex, and sexuality together in sociology classes. Oftentimes, we initiate our examination of these by articulating how they are different. Still, we when we look at textbooks, course titles, and even sections of the American...

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The US Capitol Building
Anne Barrett, Cherish Michael
Discussion Forum: Gender (In)visibility in U.S. Legislation
January 14, 2022
Subject Area(s):
Political Sociology, Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This class activity uses legislation recently considered by the United States Congress to develop students’ ability to conduct gender analyses of social phenomena. Used in a large, online undergraduate course providing an introduction to the sociology of sex and...

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jack-o-lantern
Alexandra (Ali) Hendley
Gender Socialization and Children's Halloween Costumes
October 25, 2021
Subject Area(s):
Sex and Gender
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:

This content analysis activity allows students to examine the role that mass media and consumer culture play in children’s gender socialization. More specifically, students analyze the gendered meanings within marketing materials for children’s Halloween costumes....

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Erin Jane Davenport
Gender Buffet Socialization Activity
April 19, 2021
Subject Area(s):
Family
Resource Type(s):
Class Activity
Class Level(s):
Any Level
Class Size(s):
Any
Abstract:
This activity allows students to engage with a journal article, something they might be intimidated by at first. It shows them that they can, with deep engagement, master the concepts of an article that is written for a professional sociologist audience. The concept...
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Jason Lee Crockett
LGBTQ Environmental Assessment Worksheet
February 26, 2019
Subject Area(s):
Sexualities
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 200
Class Size(s):
Medium
Abstract:
This is an in-class or homework assignment designed for students to self-evaluate the level of acceptance of LGBTQ people in different areas of their social lives using qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. The evaluations will form the basis for further...
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