Social Science 13 (Gender and Society)

Semester I, AY 2013-2014
University of the Philippines Baguio
J.C. Josef
Course Description: Concepts. perspectives, legislation/policies and issues on gender.
Course Objectives:
(a) To familiarize students with gender concepts, issues and concerns and to situate these in Philippine
context.
(b) To facilitate the sharing of experiences and insights and to view them from a gender perspective.
(c) To help enable students to apply the learning and insights in their personal and social lives.
Course Outline:
Date
I. Introduction to the course:
Course objectives, coverage of the course, course requirements

06/11/13

II. Overview: Differentiating sex, gender and sexuality: Class activity

06/13/13

Topics:
A. Constructs of sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation,
sexual expression, intersectionality lecture/discussion/class activity

06/20;25;27/13

Reference materials:
1. Understanding Gender Expression Diversity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=650CzrO80t0&feature=youtu.be
2. The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female are not Enough, Anne Fausto-Sterling
3. The Five Sexes Revisited, Anne Fausto-Sterling
4. Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian, Urvashi Vaid (1995)
Liberation (1995) NY: Anchor books, Doubleday
5. Identity Politics, Cressida Heyes (2006)
6. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
Author(s): Kimberle Crenshaw Source: Stanford Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 6 (Jul., 1991), pp. 12411299. Published by: Stanford Law Review Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039
B. Gender socialization processes and social institutions (family,
religion, language, culture, mass media, education, etc.); gender
tracking and gender socialization

07/02;04/13

Suggested films for viewing (take off for discussion) and reference materials:
The Impossible Dream (United Nations short documentary on womens multiple burden)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2JBPBIFR2Y
Mona Lisa Smile, starring Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gylenhaal...
Any sociology book with a chapter on gender socialization
FIRST LONG EXAM

07/09/13

III. Perspectives on gender: Developments in feminisms and theories on gender and sexualities
First Wave: Liberal feminism, Marxist feminism; Second Wave: Radical
feminism, socialist feminism; Third Wave: Postmodern feminism;
psychoanalytic feminism;
Third World Movements, Gender Theory; Masculinity/Gay/Queer Theories
Formal Equality vis--vis Substantive Equality (IWRAW materials on CEDAW)

07/11;16/13
07/18;23;25/13

Suggested reference materials/video:

1. Handout on feminist theories and Women in Development (WID), Women and
Development (WAD) and Gender and Development (GAD)
2. Ritzer, George, Modern Sociological Theory (chapter on feminist theories)
3. IWRAW materials on CEDAW (on formal equality vis-a-vis substantive equality)
4. Manhood in Contradiction: The Two Faces of Straight Edge, Ross Haenfler Men and Masculinities
2004; 7; 77 DOI: 10.1177/1097184X03257522. The online version of this article can be found at:
http://jmm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/1/77
5. Iron Jawed Angels (film on US suffragist movement)
07/25/13
SECOND LONG EXAM
07/30/13

IV.

ISSUES

A. Violence rooted in tradition - honor killing; stove deaths; acid burning;

female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC); foot-binding

08/01;06;08/13

Suggested reference/video materials:

Consequences of Foot Binding among Older Women in Beijing, China, Steven R. Cummings, MD, Xu
Ling, MD, MPH, and Katie Stone, MA
Foot-Binding in Neo-Confucian China and the Appropriation of Female Labor Author(s): C. Fred Blake Source:
Signs, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Spring, 1994), pp. 676-712 Published by: The University of Chicago Press, Stable
URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174774

Ending Footbinding and Infibulation, A Conventional Account, Gerry Mackie

Female Genital Mutilation, Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy
Female genital mutilation, E F Fox, A de Ruiter and J S Bingham Int J STD AIDS 1997 8: 599 DOI:
10.1258/0956462971918779
Video - Vanishing Lotus (video documentary by National Geographic)
Rising number of dowry deaths in India, Amanda Hitchcock (2001)
Dowry Deaths in Bangalore" by Parvathi Menon. Frontline. 16(17) August 14-27, 1999. P. 64-73.
B. Reproductive Health Law
Suggested reference/video materials:
1. RH Law
2. A Guide to Arguments for and against the RH bill
3. Catholics for Choice
4. Poor women speak on RH Is anyone listening? Mary Racelis, Philippine Daily Inquirer,
5. Video
C. Gender/Sexual Violence

Sexual Harassment and other forms of sexual violence (rape) and intervention
measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local laws/ordinance)
Violence Against Women (VAW), Abuse of Women in Intimate Relationships (AWIR) and
Family Violence; and intervention measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local
laws/ordinance)
Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

Suggested reference materials/video

1. Lenore Walker, The Cycle of Violence Theory on Violence Against Women
2. Sexual Harassment (Anti-sexual Harassment Law, IRR, Civil Service Commission policies and
implementing rules
3. Republic Act 9262
4. Violence in same-sex relationships
D.

Issues related to Self-image Anorexia Nervosa/Bulimia; Cosmetic Surgery

E. Misogyny, Homophobia and Hate Crimes based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
and intervention measures (international instruments [UN] and national/local laws/ordinance)
Suggested reference/video materials:
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence Author(s): Adrienne Rich Source: Signs, Vol. 5,
No. 4, Women: Sex and Sexuality (Summer, 1980), pp. 631-660 Published by: The University of
Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173834 .
Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism, Suzanne Pharr
Identity, Mobility, and Urban Place-Making: Exploring Gay Life in Manila, Dana Collins Gender
& Society 2005; 19; 180 DOI: 10.1177/0891243204272707
VI. Synthesis/Integration
NB: additional readings may be assigned in the course of the semester
Consultation Hours:
2:30 3:30 PM Tuesday and Thursday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office
8:00 - 12:00 noon Wednesday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office
1:00 5:00 PM Wednesday
CSS FR/Kasarian Office