Soc 287: Sociology of Sexuality

Autumn 2013

Instructor: Pepper Schwartz, pepperschwartz@hotmail.com
Office Hours: Tuesday 4-5pm, Wednesday 2-3pm or by appointment in Savery 239

Teaching Assistants:

Brian Serafini, valgaav@uw.edu
Office Hours: T,Th (and by appointment) 4-5pm in Savery 229

Anquinette Barry, barrya3@uw.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays 12:30 - 1:30 (and by appointment) in Savery 250

Course Syllabus


Announcements

09.26.2013: Welcome to the course! 10.14.2013: The first exam is October 24th. 10.14.2013: The reading for Thursday, October 17th listed as "Questions and Answers About Condoms" can be found in the Gender of Sexuality text under the same page numbers. 10.21.2013: The first exam will cover all material (lectures, videos, and readings) up to October 18th. Week five material will appear on Exam 2 and will be discussed in section. Also, a detailed description of the paper (with tips and and outline!) is now posted under "Assignments." Finally, we downloaded a discussion of test taking tips for multiple choice exams that is especially applicable to our exam. 11.5.2013: Posted a document under "misc" to convert exam one raw scores into grade points. The paper is due on Tuesday 11.19.2013. Exams are now multiple choice only. 11.11.2013: Important Due Dates: Exam 2 (11.14.2013), Short Paper (11.19.2013).

Lecture Slides

Lecture 1 (10.1.2013): Early Sex Researchers Lecture 2 (10.3.2013): No Slides. PBS Documentary, "Kinsey" (Available at Suzallo and Allen Libraries Media) Lecture 3 (10.8.2013): Early Sex Researchers Continued: Masters and Johnson Lecture 4 (10.10.2013): Dr. Serena McKenzie, Sex Therapist Lecture 5 (10.15.2013): No Slides. Documentary, "The Education of Shelby Knox" (Available at UW Tacoma Library Media) Lecture 6 (10.17.2013): Keith Walsh, Trojan Representative and Condom Use Researcher Lecture 7 (10.22.2013): Sexuality in Dating and Uncommitted Relationships Lecture 8 (10.29.2013): Essentialist and Social Constructionist Views of Sexuality ("Sex Unkown" Video not Available at UW Libraries) Lecture 9 (10.31.2013): Sexual Orientation and Heteronormativity Lecture 10 (11.5.2013): Sexuality and the Body ("Breasts" and "Private Dicks" Vidoes not Available at UW Libraries) Lecture 11 (10.7.2013): No Slides. Documentary, "The History of Sex" (Available at Suzallo and Allen Libraries Media) Lecture 12 (11.12.2013): Sexuality Over the Life Course Lecture 13 (11.19.2013): Sex Scandals Lecture 14 (11.21.2013): Sexuality and Nonmonogamy Lecture 15 (11.26.2013): No Slides. Documentary: "When Two Won't Do" (Available at Suzallo and Allen Libraries Media) Lecture 16 (12.3.2013): The Sexual Arousal Industry Lecture 17 (12.5.2013): No Slides. Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex...

Assignments

Detailed Description of Short Paper Assignment (with outline and tips!) Example of Properly Formatted First Page Student Paper 1 Student Paper 2 Student Paper 3 Student Paper 4

Miscellaneous

Advice for Taking Multiple Choice Exams Exam 1 Raw Score to Gradepoint Conversion Guiding Questions to "History of Sex Film" Exam 2 Raw Score to Gradepoint Conversion