Female Biology, Gender, and Sex: Biocultural Evolutionary Approaches

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

This course explores variation in reproductive lives from a biocultural and evolutionary perspective. Focusing on social-ecological, physiological, and biobehavioral variation in processes such as puberty, pregnancy, birth, lactation, menopause, and aging. The course also engages students in critical evaluation of nuanced biocultural research on sex and gender in context, women’s and LGBTQ+ health.