COURSE DESCRIPTION
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
POLICIES
1. Papers are due at the beginning of class on the day they are
due.
2. Late papers will be penalized 10% per day that they are late.
The late penalty begins the moment class ends on the day they
are due. After 7 calendar days, late papers will no longer be
accepted.
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questions about plagiarism, please contact me before you turn in
an assignment. Further, we will use Turnitin.com for all written
course assignments, which is a plagiarism detection program.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Shaw, Susan & Janet Lee, Women’s Voices: Feminist Visions, 4th
edition, Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009.
These texts are referred to as “Shaw & Lee” and “Valenti” in the
syllabus and are available at Shakespeare & Co. on Lexington
Ave. All other assigned readings can be found on the course
blackboard website. These are designated “(BB)” in the syllabus.
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Introduction to Women and Gender Studies 100
No Reading
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Friday, March 4th
Masculinities
1. Arran Stibbe, “Health & Social Construction of Masculinity,”
pp. 31 - 51 (BB)
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Writing Workshop – in class
No Reading
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