GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE

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1 Anthropology 109 LA Valley College Section 1163 Dr. Leanna Wolfe Spring 2015 Class Meets: GENDER, SEX AND CULTURE February 9, 2015 June 3, 2015 Mondays/Wednesdays: 11:20 AM 12:45 PM Room: EST 105 How to Reach Me: Telephone: (818) Website: Office: AHS-303 Office Hours: Mondays 5:30 6:30 PM and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 PM Overview: This course offers a worldwide comparison of gender roles and sexuality as viewed from various perspectives including biological/evolutionary, cultural, psychological, historic, and prehistoric, especially as they relate to the lives of women and men in modern Western society. The class includes lectures, discussions, videos, and readings. Extra-credit guest lectures are offered through the professor s Sex and Culture Salon on Wednesday evenings. Required Textbooks: (available at the campus bookstore and online) Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage By Stephanie Coontz, Penguin, 2005 ISBN: X Gender Diversity: Crosscultural Variations, Second Edition By Serena Nanda, Waveland Press, 2014 ISBN: The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family By Liza Mundy, Simon & Shuster, 2012 ISBN: Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What it Means for Modern Relationships By Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, HarperCollins, 2010 ISBN:

2 2 Student Learning Outcomes: When all is said and done we hope that as a result of taking this class that: You will be able to discuss sex and gender in other cultures in a non-ethnocentric manner You will be able to evaluate sex and gender using basic anthropological concepts and theory. Exams and Grading: Grade points can be earned as follows: Midterm # pts. Field Observation 60 pts. Survey Monkey Project..60 pts. Midterm # pts. Essay.60 pts. Final Exam...70 pts. Sex History...60 pts. Gold Option Your grade will be based on three exams, two 60 pt. written projects. Maximum possible points: 340. Grades will be assigned as follows: Silver Option A: 300+ pts B: pts C: pts D: pts Complete all requirements under Gold Option, but do just one 60 pt. written project. Maximum possible points: 280. Grades will be assigned as follows: A: 260+ pts B: pts C: pts D: pts Exams: Exams are based on readings, class activities, (discussions, videos, presentations and student panels). All exams have objective questions (true/false, multiple choice, matching) and the two midterms include essay questions. Bring an #882 scantron and several sheets of paper for the exams. Timeliness: You are expected to turn in all assignments and take all exams on time. Late exams will be docked 10 points per class meeting day. Cell Phones and Beepers: Please do not activate these in the classroom. Please also refrain from texting, looking at Facebook, ing and engaging in off-topic Internet surfing during class lecture-discussions. Plagiarism: Cheating on exams, improperly citing sources and turning in written work that you did not personally research and write are all examples of plagiarism. They are not allowed in this class and can result in being excluded from this class. Ask for help before resorting to these unsavory activities!

3 3 Extra Credit: A maximum of 35 points are possible. Additional Class Projects (up to 15 points each; maximum two projects) Participating on in-class panels. (5 points per panel) Oral reports on essays, field observations and the survey monkey project (5 points) Attendance at the Southwest Anthropological Association Conference (May 1-2) at the Queen Mary in Long Beach (20 points for a written summary; 35 points for presenting a paper or a poster) Service Learning Program (maximum 20 points) Attendance at Professor Wolfe s Sex, Culture and Society Salons on Wednesday evenings if following the salon a 1-2 page written report/summary is submitted. (10 points each; maximum three salons for credit) Regarding Written Assignments: You can do two versions of the sex history and field observation assignments. For example you can write both a personal sex history AND a sex history of someone else, OR you can visit (and write reports on) two different field observation sites. You cannot turn in more than one essay or more than one survey monkey project. Course Outline: Please complete readings before the class they are assigned. GD for chapters in Gender Diversity; SD for chapters in Sex at Dawn; MAH for chapters in Marriage, A History; TRS for chapters in The Richer Sex Additional Articles are linked to the class web page 1 2/9 1 Introductions Overview PPT: Sex and Culture Project 2/11 The Laws of Chemistry Quiz Chemistry Video: The Laws of Chemistry WOMEN S PANEL 2 2/16 Presidents Day No Class 2/18 Professor at a Conference No Class 3 2/23 2 The Nature of Romantic Love Love, Attraction, Desire Video: Gender, Sex and Desire MEN S PANEL 2/25 3 The Future of Sex Tech Sex and Technology Searching for Sex Why Have Young People in Japan Stopped Having Sex? Can You Be Faithful in Cyberspace? Video: The Digital Love Industry

4 4 4 3/2 4 My Adventure as a Sext Researcher Social Media PPT: The Impact of New Media on Sex and Relationships SINGLES PANEL 3/4 5 Lasting Relationships Come Down to Two Basic Traits PPT: Must Familiarity Breed Erotic Boredom? Video: The Secret to Desire in a Long Term Relationship MARRIAGE PANEL 5 3/9 6 SD: Preface, Introduction ch. 1-4 Origins PPT: Speculations on the Origins of Human Sexual Behavior Does Hooking Up Hurt Young Women? Hooking Up Hooking Up is the Rage, But is it Healthy? Hooking Up, Hanging Out and Hoping for Mr. Right SEX HISTORIES DUE 3/11 7 MAH: Introduction, ch 1-3 Traditional Marriage Orgasm in America Orgasm PPT: Orgasm in America 6 3/16 Video: Orgasm, Inc. ORGASM PANEL MIDTERM #1 REVIEW 3/18 MIDTERM #1 7 3/23 8 Why We Cheat Cheating America s Fidelity Crisis Married with Infidelities Who Cheats and Why? The Oral Sex Void: When There s Not Enough at Home PPT: The Oral Sex Void: What Married Men Do CHEATING PANEL 3/25 9 GD: Introduction & ch. 1 (Berdache) Third Genders GD: ch 2 &3 (India and Brazil) Video: Middlesexes (part 1) 8 3/30 10 GD: ch. 4 & 5 (Polynesia, Thailand & Philippines) Video: Middlesexes (part 2) 4/1 11 GD: ch. 6 &7 (Euro-American and Conclusions) Video: Trans

5 5 9 4/6 & 4/8 SPRING BREAK 10 4/13 12 TRS: ch. 1 & 2 The New Providers PPT: How Economics & Male Sexual Performance Intersect 4/15 13 TRS: ch. 3 & 4 The New Rules PPT: How the Bough Bends: Users of Donated Gametes FIELD OBSERVATIONS DUE (oral reports) 11 4/20 14 MAH: ch. 4 & 5 Marriage in the Ancient World Slide Show: Morocco: Divided Genders Engaging the Gender Divide in Morocco 4/22 15 MAH: ch. 6 & 7 Marriage in the Middle Ages MIDTERM #2 REVIEW 12 4/27 MIDTERM #2 4/29 PPT: Who is Doing Anal Play and Why? GAY/BI /QUEER PANEL 13 5/4 PPT: Herpes: Folklore, Fear and Realities Video: Eager for Your Kisses Sex and Aging 5/6 16 Arranging a Marriage in India Arranged Marriage Studying India s New Found Courtship with Love Marriage Slide Show: India Today 14 5/11 17 When Brothers Share A Wife Polyandry/Partible Paternity How Many Fathers Are Best for a Child? Video Clips: Women Who Share Men/Men Who Share Women ESSAYS DUE! (oral reports) 5/13 18 Polygamy: Not As Rare as You May Think Adding A Co-Wife Polygamy PPT: Adding A Co-Wife 15 5/18 19 Polyamory: The Next Sexual Revolution Polyamory Polyamory: The Perfectly Plural Postmodern Condition Video: Beyond Monogamy On Kittens and the Very Invented Culture of Polyamory When One Lover Isn t Enough SURVEY MONKEY PROJECTS DUE (oral reports)

6 6 15, con t 5/20 20 MAH Conclusion Transformation of Marriage TRS: ch. 11 The View from Abroad TRS: ch. 12 Our Female Future 16 5/25 MEMORIAL DAY No Class 5/27 21 SD: ch. 6 Whose Your Daddies? SD: ch. 22 Confronting the Sky Together LAST DAY TO TURN IN EXTRA CREDIT PROJECTS FINAL REVIEW 17 6/3 FINAL EXAM 10:30 AM 12:30 PM HOW TO USE THE CLASS WEBSITE: See Class Links for assigned articles, panel questions and PowerPoint shows Quizzes will be posted every week download these and bring them to class See Projects for information on how to do Class Projects See Student Work for examples of completed projects Exams contains review information for the midterm and final exams Links provides leads to more information about Sex, Gender and Anthropology