Gender and Health

3 Credits

The relationship between gender and health is the central focus of this course. We consider how health disparities between women and men vary by race and ethnicity, sexual and gender minority identity, and social class. We consider how institutional and cultural factors across social and spatial contexts influence gendered associations with physical and mental health. In addition, this is a course on how to do the disciplinary work of sociology. Social discourse and policies about health have been crucial to creating our current understanding of gender and health. This course will provide training in analyzing health disparities and preparing research and policy briefs about how to address these disparities. This will happen through group projects and a peer reviewed process that relies on critical feedback from sociologists engaged in the same project, in this case, the other students in this course.