Course: Gender aspects of social reality

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Course title Gender aspects of social reality
Course code KFHS/K530
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Laštovková Jitka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Category of gender and sex 2. Gender on the labour market - horizontal segregation 3. Gender on the labour market - vertical segregation 4. Gender in a family I 5. Gender in a family II 6. Gender aspects of power and politics 7. Feminism I 8. Feminism II 9. Men´s studies 10. Social deviation and gender 11. Gender in a science 12. Gender in education 13. Body and sexuality 14. Gender as analytical category

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to teach students to perceive gender as an analytical category as well as a phenomenon of socially constructing reality. The subject of thinking will not be evaluation, but the discovery of the presence of gender differences and stereotypes in everyday life from a macro and micro perspective.
After completing the course, students will be able to: - perceive gender as a social construct and analytical category - perceive gender issues in historical and cultural contexts - describe the historical development of feminism and male studies - assess the category of gender in the micro and macro level of society
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisities are Sociology I and II.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
presentation of relevant topic, knowledge-based test
Recommended literature
  • Beauvoir, Simone. Druhé pohlaví. 1949.
  • Bourdieu, P. Nadvláda mužů.. Praha, 2000.
  • BUTLER, J. Undoing gender. New York/London, 2004.
  • Fafejta, M. Sexualita a sexuální identita. Sociální povaha přirozenosti. Praha, 2006.
  • Friedan, B. Femine Mystique. Praha, 2002.
  • GILLIGANOVÁ, Carol. Jiným hlasem. Praha, 2001.
  • Lišková, K. Hodné holky se dívají jinam. Praha, 2009.
  • McRobbie, A. The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change. Sage, 2008.
  • Nagl-Docekal, H. Feministická filosofie. Výsledky, problémy, perspektivy. Praha, 2007.
  • Oakleyová, A. Pohlaví, gender a společnost. Praha, 2000.
  • Renzetti, C. M. - Curran, D. J. Ženy, muži a společnost. Praha, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
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