Any student who has previously taken 166-106 Sexual Politics in 1995 is excluded from taking this subject. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Sheila Jeffreys. Normally 25 points of first year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year Coordinator. First semester Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week. Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• understand the ways in which issues connected with the body and sexuality are socially and politically constructed
• understand the ways in which the construction of masculinity and femininity affects the learning and regulation of such areas of experience;
• apply a variety of feminist approaches to the analysis of these issues.

This subject introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body and sexuality. The social construction of gender; analysis of transsexualism, reproduction and women's bodies through motherhood, reproductive technology, eating disorders. The social and political construction of sexuality; issues of sexual orientation, pornography, rape and sexual violence. Feminist perspectives including radical, psychoanalytic, post-modern feminism. Essay work totalling 5,000 words. Any student who has previously taken 166-106 is excluded from taking this subject. 16.7 Sheila Jeffreys. First semester. Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week. Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• understand the ways in which issues connected with the body and sexuality are socially and politically constructed
• understand the ways in which the construction of masculinity and femininity affects the learning and regulation of such areas of experience;
• apply a variety of feminist approaches to the analysis of these issues.

This subject introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body and sexuality. The social construction of gender; analysis of transsexualism, reproduction and women's bodies through motherhood, reproductive technology, eating disorders. The social and political construction of sexuality; issues of sexual orientation, pornography, rape and sexual violence. Feminist perspectives including radical, psychoanalytic, post-modern feminism. Essay work totalling 5,000 words. 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Sheila Jeffreys. Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology. First semester Two 1-hour lectures and a tutorial a week Students who complete this subject should be able to:

• understand the ways in which issues connected with the body and sexuality are socially and politically constructed;
• understand the ways in which the construction of masculinity and femininity affects the learning and regulation of such areas of experience;
• apply a variety of feminist approaches to the analysis of these issues;
• develop the skills of argument and essay writing structure which will be a basis for further work in the social sciences.

Introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body and sexuality. The social construction of gender; analysis of transsexualism, reproduction and womens bodies through motherhood, reproductive technology, eating disorders. The social and political construction of sexuality; issues of sexual orientation, pornography, rape and sexual violence. Feminist perspectives including radical, psychoanalytic, post-modern feminism. Two essays of 2,500 words each