LEGALST 113
Feminist Social Movements
This course will survey recurrent dynamics of feminist social movements in the United States, while exploring in depth two contemporary social movements that aim to move the law in toward greater gender equality: the #MeToo Movement, and the movement to restore reproductive rights and advance reproductive justice after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
Topics
- Students will become acquainted with the schools of feminist (legal) thought that have informed social movements against sexual violence and reproductive restriction and inequality, primarily equality, difference, dominance, and intersectional feminisms. Students will be able to identify the role of these ideas in the emergence and trajectory of two contemporary social movements (#MeToo and the movement(s) for reproductive rights and justice). Students will be able to assess critically the contributions and shortcomings of these movements. Students will examine the way that feminist precepts and movement goals are operationalized in the work of an organization in the Bay area.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027