Gender Development: Deconstructing Gender Binary

Foundational frameworks about normative (and alternative) models of gender development, particularly gender euphoria, experiences, subjectivity, and identity. Emphasis on self-determination, socialization and learning processes, brain development, and cognitive capabilities. Discussion of labeling, attitudes, and attributions. Examines both essentialist and constructionist approaches, without attempting to determine which one “causes” gender identification. Prerequisites: CSHD 1; PSY 1, or graduate status.