Using at least 8 of our readings build your own theory of the politics of gender and sexuality

Final Exam Questions – Politics of Gender and Sexuality

All papers must be between 9-11 pages and double spaced (penalties apply for going under OR over). All papers must cite a minimum of 8 of our class readings, using Chicago style (AuthorLastName, 2019, pgs. 2-7). All papers must include a works-cited page (doesn’t count towards the limit).

Choose one of these questions for your final take-home essay:

Using the Decolonizing Sexualities collection as your ‘lens,’ critique one of our other readings. What is it missing, how would it be better with more perspectives, etc.? Make sure your essay uses the necessary number of readings, engages in fair arguments (not straw-woman attacks) and make sure you are applying an intersectional framework.

Using at least 8 of our readings, build your own theory of the politics of gender and sexuality. Make sure you address: gender, sexuality, race, and power.

(In case that’s too daunting, here are some questions to get you rolling: How do oppressive gendered systems intersect in people’s lives, in politics, in empire? How can movements learn from the past? How can solidarities work across difference? Can we ‘decolonize sexualities’?
All written work for this class must conform to the following guidelines:

All written work must be typed, double-spaced with one inch margins, and in twelve point font. Use of Chicago style for all writing assignments is required unless otherwise specified by the instructor.

All pages should be numbered in a consistent manner. If the numbering is in the center it should be that way throughout the paper.

All sources must be legitimate. That means academic texts, established news organizations, international organizations, government publications, or similarly reliable sources. Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, memes, talk radio and the like can be used if they are the subject of your paper

READINGS:

1- Connell, R.W., (1999). “Making Gendered People: Bodies, Identities Sexualities” from Revisioning Gender edited by Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber, and Beth B. Hess. Rowman Altamira

2- Overview of the intellectual roots of Women’s Movements

https://www.marxists.org/glossary/events/w/o.htm#womens-movement

3- de Beauvoir, Simone, (1949) “Introduction” from The Second Sex

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/introduction.htm

4- MLK Jr. On Gender and Sexuality

http://notchesblog.com/2016/01/18/martin-luther-king-jr/

5- “Sexism in the Civil Rights Movement”

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/sexism-in-the-civil-rights-movement-a-discussion-guide

6- Friedan, Betty, (1963). “Chapter 5: The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud” from The Feminine Mystique

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/friedan.htm

7- Millett, Kate, (1969). “Chapter 2: Theory of Sexual Politics” from Sexual Politics

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philoso…

8- Benhabib, Seyla, (1998). “Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance” from Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange, by Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, and Nancy Fraser Routledge pp. 1-16.

https://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm

9- Fausto‐Sterling, Anne, (1993). The five sexes. The sciences, 33(2), pp.20-24.

10- Fausto‐Sterling, Anne, 2000. The five sexes, revisited. The sciences, 40(4), pp.18-23.

11- Kimmel, Michael S. (2004). “Masculinity as homophobia: Fear, shame, and silence in the construction of gender identity.” Race, class, and gender in the United States: An integrated study. pp. 81-93.

12- Pascoe, C. J. (2013). Notes on a sociology of bullying: Young men’s homophobia as gender socialization. QED: a Journal in GLBTQ World making, 87-104.

13- Nagel, Joane, (1998). “Masculinity and nationalism: Gender and sexuality in the making of nations.” Ethnic and racial studies21, no. 2: 242-269.

14- Connell, Raewyn. “100 million Kalashnikovs: Gendered power on a world scale.” Debate Feminista 51. pp. 3-17.15- Gamergate

https://www.businessinsider.com/gamergate-fbi-file-2017-2

16- Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Brandon Andrew Robinson, Cristina Khan (2018).“Introduction” and “Part I” from Race and Sexuality.

17- Gebrial, Dalia, (2017). “Decolonising Desire: The Politics of Love”

https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3094-decolonising-desire-the-politics-of-love

18- Halley, Janet, (2016). “The move to affirmative consent.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 42, no. 1: 257-279.

19- Echols, Alice, (2016). “Retrospective: Tangled up in pleasure and danger.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 42, no. 1: 11-22.