Section: Week 2 | Intro Gender Sexuality Studies - bmc.GSST.B108.001.F26 | bmcmoodle

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September 8 What is Gender? - What is Sexuality?

What is Gender?

Read:

Mapping the Field: An Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies p. 2-20.

Explore “Understanding Gender“ on Gender Spectrum website https://www.genderspectrum.org/quick-links/understanding-gender

Listen to: The Gender Tag TED Talk

What is Sexuality?

Read:

Gayle Rubin, “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality,” 143-172 [Moodle]

Due: Discuss what double binds you see and/or experience across gender identities/expressions and sexualities? Think critically about your answers through an intersectional approach. What do you think it means for you as a student to be self-reflexive when talking about feminist and queer issues, cultural identities, and power?
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  Due: Tuesday, September 8, 2026, 8:00 PM