PSCI 24400 - Sex and War

Course Credit: 1
(WGSS)
SEX AND WAR: This class examines the gendered dimensions and sexual politics of militarism, armed conflict, and political violence. Students are introduced to various topics, including human rights and violence, women in combat, sexuality and gender identity in the military, discourse and attitudes towards war, sexual violence, and female and male roles in the conduct of war, as well as in the post-conflict period. The primary goals of this course are to encourage students to disrupt their own and others’ assumptions about the causes, dynamics, and effects of war, and to consider deeply the policy implications of feminist understandings of conflict. [GE, HSS, SJ]