WS 453 Feminism and Women?s Health

The medicalization of women?s bodies sustains the myth that the female body is essentially a reproductive body and the male body the standard of health. Using a feminist lens of analysis, this class will examine these gendered conceptions relating to health, medical research, and treatments of gendered bodies.

Credits

4

Slash Listed Courses

Also offered for graduate-level credit as WS 553 and may be taken only once for credit.

Prerequisite

Upper-division standing.