Gender and Sexuality in Modern America

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This course examines the history of gender and sexuality from 1900 to the present, with emphasis on both regulation and resistance. Topics include early homosexual subcultures; the commercialization of sex; reproduction and its limitation; sex, gender, and war; cold war sexual containment; the feminist movement; conservative backlash; AIDS politics; same-sex marriage; Hillary; Trump 2.0; and many others.