The course will involve a number of instructional methods, such as the following:
- lectures
- small group discussions
- demonstrations
- presentations
- visual content
- History of Psychology of Women and Women in Psychology: North American and Global Context
- Theories and Mechanisms of Socialization
- The dynamics of patriarchy and hegemony.
- Sexism, heterosexism, heteronormativity, and stereotyping.
- Social constructionism and essentialism.
- Decolonization and Intersectionality as the Course Framework
- Inequalities among women.
- Replacing additive integrations with intersectional solutions: The importance of critical theories by Indigenous Women, Women of Colour, Women with Disabilities, Lesbians, 2-Spirit People, Transgender Women, Bisexual Women, Working Class Women, and Women of Dispossessed Classes.
- Quantitative and Qualitative Methodologies
- Consciousness: Concepts of Girls’ and Women’s Experiences Throughout the Lifespan
- A gendered biology.
- Educational histories and experiences.
- Body image, media, and representation.
- Paid and unpaid work.
- Girls’ and women’s friendships, alliances, relationships, and families.
- Sexuality and sexual experiences.
- Violence against girls and women.
- Mental health and therapeutic interventions.
- Voice, language, and communication.
- Women aging.
- Challenging Gendered and Sexual Scripts
- Transcending and transgressing the gender binary.
- Lesbian theories and identities.
- Postcolonial theories.
- Poststructuralist theories.
- Feminist activisms within psychology.
At the conclusion of the course the successful student will be able to:
- Explain the major theories of the socialization of women.
- Describe the development and maintenance of gender roles.
- Describe past and current responses to sexist stereotypes and heteronormativity.
- Describe the diversity of female roles within social, home, family, and work contexts.
- Describe the gender-specific issues of women’s aging.
- Describe physical and mental health issues of women over the adult age span.
- Describe the impact of feminist activisms on women’s psychological experience.
- Describe the history of psychology of women and feminist psychology.
- Describe the critical importance of intersectionality in women’s psychological experiences.
The course evaluation will be in accordance with Douglas College and Psychology Department policies. Evaluations will be based on the course objectives. The specific evaluation criteria will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the semester.
An example of a possible evaluation scheme would be:
| 2 midterm exams | 50% |
| Final exam | 20% |
| Presentation | 15% |
| Written essay | 15% |
| Total | 100% |
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:
Textbook(s) such as the following, the list to be updated periodically:
Lips, H. (2016). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture, and ethnicity (4th Ed.). Long Grove, Illinois: Waveland Press.
and/or
A course pack of prepared readings of peer-reviewed theoretical and empirical primary sources (journals selected from PsycInfo and chapters drawn from academic press)
Courses listed here must be completed prior to this course:
- No prerequisite courses
Courses listed here must be completed either prior to or simultaneously with this course:
- No corequisite courses
Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:
- No equivalency courses