Please find course readings on Blackboard. The full schedule of readings, also found on this Course Schedule page, is reproduced below.

1/28                  Introduction to Course
Syllabus Overview

Intro to the Academic Commons

Homework for Class 2 | Wednesday:

• READ: Reading assignments (listed below, find on Blackboard)
• DO:Join this site (see instructions for joining the site here) and create your first post. In Post #1, introduce yourself (first name, major, and year in school). For instructions on how to post, see above.

1/30                             Framing our Inquiry and the History of Sexuality
Readings:

Lourde, A. (2007) Age, Race, Class, and Sex. In Sister Outsider. Ten Speed Press: New York.

Hubbard, P. (2012) Chapter 1: Introducing Cities and Sexualities. In Cities and Sexuality. New York: Routledge, pp. 1-10.

2/4                               History of Sex/ Modern Day Sexuality
Readings:

Halperin, D.M. (1989). Is there a history of sexuality? History and Theory, 28(3), 257-274.

2/6                               “Female” and “Male” Anatomy
Readings:

Chalker, R. (2018). The clitoral truth: The secret world at your fingertips (2nd edition). New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN:1609807715. Chapters 1 & 2.

Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2006). Does size matter? Men’s and women’s views on penis size across the lifespan. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 7(3), 129.

2/11                             “Female” and “Male” Anatomy
Readings:

Chalker, R. (2018). The clitoral truth: The secret world at your fingertips (2nd edition). New York: Seven Stories Press. ISBN:1609807715. Chapters 1 & 2.

Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., & Peplau, L. A. (2006). Does size matter? Men’s and women’s views on penis size across the lifespan. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 7(3), 129.

2/13                Sexual Arousal and Response Cycles
Readings:

Bader, M. (2010). Male Sexuality: Why women don’t understand it- and men don’t either. New York: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. ISBN: 1442203285. (Chapters 1, 2, 7, 8, complete rest of book if desired)

2/20                 Sexual Arousal and Response Cycles
Readings:

Bradshaw, J. (1988). Healing the shame that binds you. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications.

2/27                 Sexuality and Emotions
Readings:

Umberson, D., Thomeer, M. B., & Lodge, A. C. (2015). Intimacy and emotion work in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(2), 542-556.

Sadownick (1999, February). The psychology of gay sex: Mining the dark side of making love. Genre, 55-57.

3/4                          Sex Research Methodology & Theory
Readings:

Kinsey, A.C., Pomeroy, W.R., & Martin, C.E. (1948). Sexual behavior in the human male. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders.

Loofbourow, L. (2018). The female price of male pleasure. The Week. Jan. 25 2018. Retrieved from: http://theweek.com/articles/749978/female-price-male-pleasure.

3/11                               Sexuality Development
Readings:

Peplau, L. A. (2003). Human sexuality: How do men and women differ? Current directions in psychological science, 12(2), 37-40.

Tolman, D. L., & McClelland, S. I. (2011). Normative sexuality development in adolescence: A decade in review, 2000–2009. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 242-255.

3/13                 Sexuality Development
Readings:

Peplau, L. A. (2003). Human sexuality: How do men and women differ? Current directions in psychological science, 12(2), 37-40.

Tolman, D. L., & McClelland, S. I. (2011). Normative sexuality development in adolescence: A decade in review, 2000–2009. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 242-255.

3/18                  Gender roles and development
Readings:

Johnson (2005), “Ideology, Myth, and Magic: Femininity, Masculinity, and Gender Roles”

3/20                  Gender roles and development & Bisexuality
Readings:

Hubbard, P. (2012) Chapter 3: Domesticating Sex. In Cities and Sexuality. New York: Routledge, pp. 63-90.

Fox (2003), “Bisexual Identities”

3/27                 Gender Ambiguity
Readings:

Doan, P. L. (2010). The tyranny of gendered spaces – reflections from beyond the gender dichotomy. Gender, Place & Culture, 17(5), 635-654.

4/1                  Gender Ambiguity
Readings:

Carr, C.L. (2005). Tomboyism or lesbianism? Beyond sex/gender/sexual conflation. Sex Roles, 53(1/2), 119-131.

4/3                Foucault/Embodiment
Readings:

Foucault, M. (1978). History of sexuality. New York City, NY: Pantheon Books. Part 1 (1-35) only

4/8                 Queer Theory
Readings:

Nelson, M. (2015). The Argonauts. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press. pp.1-76.

4/10                    Queer Theory
Readings:

Nelson, M. (2015). The Argonauts. Minneapolis, MN: Graywolf Press. pp.76-end.

4/15                  Sex & the City
Readings:

Hubbard, P. (2012) Chapter 2: Moral Geographies of Sex. In Cities and Sexuality. New York: Routledge.

4/17                  Sex & the City
Readings:

Hubbard, P. (2012) Chapter 6: Consumption of Sex: Porn and Adult Entertainment. In Cities and Sexuality. New York: Routledge.

5/1                  Sex & the Law
Readings:

Valdes, F. (1994). Queers, sissies, dykes, and tomboys: Deconstructing the conflation of “sex”, “gender”, and “sexual orientation” in Euro-American law and society. California Law Review, 83(1).

Schilt, K., & Westbrook, L. (2015). Bathroom battlegrounds and penis panics. Contexts, 14(3), 26-31.

5/6                    Shifting Notions of Masculinity

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/02/men-left-behind.aspx

5/8                 Sexual Harassment & Aggression
Readings:

Mitchell, K. J., Ybarra, M. L., & Korchmaros, J. D. (2014). Sexual harassment among adolescents of different sexual orientations and gender identities. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(2), 280-295.

Hlavka, H. R. (2014). Normalizing sexual violence: Young women account for harassment and abuse. Gender & Society, 28(3), 337-358.

5/13                    Healing
Readings:

Wade, A. (1997). Small acts of living: Everyday resistance to violence and other forms of oppression. Contemporary Family Therapy, 19(1), 23-39.