SOCI 203 - Desire to be Modern: Sociology of Sexuality

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, CD

Sociologists study the social origins of sexuality; how shared beliefs shape what we desire, what is taboo or what shames us. Historical and cross-cultural research illuminates the emergence of modern sexuality and the ways it transformed systems of dating, marriage, homosexuality, government and racial classification. Learn why sociologists are skeptical of essentialist explanations that rely on biology and favor theories that recognize sexuality as a diverse, ever-changing function of cultural institutions. Enrollment limit: 25.
Instructor: G. Mattson