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this course
provides readings, films,
electronic resources and guest speakers to address some
of the key issues in women's biology and medicine
works to establish a respectful
learning community to analyze and discuss these
issues
will help you understand the
biological concepts that surround gender
issues
will help you gain historical
and political perspectives about women's health
issues
encourages you to expect better
representation of women in biology and medicine, and
better health care for women
encourages you to create and
participate in community efforts to improve women's
health
asks you to evaluate critically
the information about women's biology and health and to
be aware of the limitations of available
knowledge
- Prepared attendance at all classes. Group work
is a significant part of this class: we select groups,
determine goals, allocate responsibilities, have
discussions, report on progress. Group work becomes
frustrating when people are not responsible about their
attendance. If you will not be in class, you need to send
me (and your current working group) an e-mail as soon as
possible and make the appropriate arrangements to
compensate for your absence.
- Web Forum participation
- Two biology papers, each 3-4 pages, due Feb 7
and Feb 28.
- One social justice paper, 6-8 pages, due Mar
27.
- Portfolio of reflections, 12 pages, due during
finals.
- Group presentation of a case study
illustrating how biology and politics affects a
particular aspect of women's bodies and health. Each
group of 5 students will lead one class between Apr 4 and
Apr 18. A group portfolio will be due the week before
your class presentation.
- Outreach work in women's health. Possibilities
include volunteering one time for 3 hours and reflecting
on the experience in your portfolio; volunteering on a
regular basis and analyzing this experiential work for
your social justice paper; setting up a group outreach
and sharing the work with the class during your group
presentation.
- assigned texts available at Haverford College
bookstore (a copy of all assigned texts will be on
reserve in Sharpless library. Material for reading
circles will also be available on reserve.)
- Gender and the Social Construction of
Illness by Judith Lorber. Sage Publications.
Thousand Oaks, CA. 1997.
- Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century
by The Boston Women's Health Book Collective.
Touchstone, NY. 1998.
- The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde. aunt
lute books, San Francisco. 1980.
- The Invisible Epidemic: The Story of Women and
AIDS by Gena Corea. HarperPerennial, NY. 1992.
(limited quantities: out-of-print)
- class
list and e-mail addresses
- links
to relevant on-line information
Prepared by Kaye
Edwards
last updated 1/13/00
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