Learning OUtcomes & Coverage

Book Info

No book is required for this class. Instead reading will be provided through links or documents on ICON.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the class, students should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of laws and policies related to sexuality, gender, and the law

Synthesize and integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines and theoretical frames to evaluate legal issues

Reflect critically on the ways in which the law historically and currently regulates and constructs sexuality and gender

Express this understanding, synthesis, and critical reflection in writing, both in the form of a well-reasoned legal opinion, and commentary on the law’s development.

Engage in the iterative process of writing by developing, editing, providing and receiving feedback and incorporating the received feedback.

Outline of Coverage

Week 1 (Jan. 26): Theory and initial topic chosen

Week 2 (Feb. 2): Sexual education and sexting

Week 3 (Feb. 9): Sexuality and the body politic; Sterilization, contraception & abortion pre-Dobbs

Week 4 (Feb. 16): Non-reproductive sex, marriage & cohabitation, and topic finalized

Week 5 (Feb. 23): Assault and online harassment

Week 6 (Mar. 2): no class--outline due

Week 7 (Mar. 9): Sex work & pornography

Week 8 (Mar. 23): Gender norms and stereotyping at work and school

Week 9 (Mar. 30): no class--first draft due

Week 10 (Apr. 6): sex discrimination

Week 11 (Apr. 13): Dobbs, Bear Creek and more: the new frontier of exemptions

Week 12 (Apr. 20): State legislative moves: abortion, bounty laws, gender affirming care, sports, etc.

Week 13 (Apr. 27): Final opinion and commentary due