GENDER 301

Gender, Sex and Commodification

Description

Focuses on current and controversial issues at the intersections of sex and gender and their co-construction. Issues will be approached from contemporary feminist and queer theory perspectives. Various topics are critically examined in both theoretical and practical terms, such as co-constructions of gender and sexualities in pornography and advertising, technologies and reproduction, representations of transgender bodies/identities, and the selling of cybersex.

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Availability 2025

Not taught in 2025

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Carisa Showden

Points

GENDER 301: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Gender Studies, Sociology or Communication

Restrictions

SOCIOL 324