GSW 311 - Queering Masculinities

Course Units: 1

This course analyzes masculinity as a socially constructed concept to dispel myths about gender as innate or fixed. Students will interrogate how masculinities influence the self and behavior and analyze how masculinity promotes hierarchies of power and privilege in groups, organizations, and institutions. Most importantly, this class will discuss ways that toxic masculinity can be rewritten by ‘queering masculinities’ to work toward a more just society for all. In doing so, we will take the perspective of historically-marginalized masculinities, or those deemed ‘queer’ by societal norms. CC: HUL, SOCS, WAC, JSPE & JCHF ISP: GSWS