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Soc 101 Dr. Townsand Price-Spratlen Monday, Feb. 13 th - Today in Brief

Soc 101 Dr. Townsand Price-Spratlen Monday, Feb. 13 th - Today in Brief Brief Course Overview: The Second Half Ch. 6: Sexuality and Society Ch. 7: Deviance and Crime Ch. 8, 12: Stratification, Econ., Politics Ch. 9: Global Stratification Ch. 10, 11: Race, Ethnicity and Gender

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Soc 101 Dr. Townsand Price-Spratlen Monday, Feb. 13 th - Today in Brief

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  1. Soc 101 Dr. Townsand Price-SpratlenMonday, Feb. 13th - Today in Brief Brief Course Overview: The Second Half • Ch. 6: Sexuality and Society • Ch. 7: Deviance and Crime • Ch. 8, 12: Stratification, Econ., Politics • Ch. 9: Global Stratification • Ch. 10, 11: Race, Ethnicity and Gender • Ch. 13, 15: Family, Religion, Pop/Urbaniz. • Close: Soc. Imagination, Review, Eval.

  2. Prof. Herbert Spencer “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Re: The “Guess the Straight Person” LGBT Panel, Discussion of Sexual Identity

  3. Understanding Sexuality and Society • Critical Questions: ** Issues of investigation for understanding ** • 1. Definition – What is it? • Biology: distinguishing female and male; X or Y • Culture: position, affection, privacies (O+ cover) • 2. Variation – How does it vary? • Attitudes: U.S. restrictive? Permissive? • Behavior: Revolution, premarital • 3. Controversies – What makes blood boil? • Teen pregnancy • Date rape • 4. Soc. Imagination – How does theory matter?

  4. Sexual Attitudes in theUnited States The Sexual Revolution, Historical Foundations • 1920s migration and changes in access, changes in meetings • Kinsey studies (1948, 1953); controversy in analysis alone • Technology, youth culture and the gendered double standard • Changed the behavior of women more than men (Laumann) • Economic development  Opp for women  greater openness

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