GDR

4 Advanced Liberal Arts Credits This course aims to help students develop a comprehensive understanding of gender in contemporary domestic and international politics. It covers a variety of themes, such as feminist theory, intersectionality, gender performance, comparative legal regimes, and the political economy of gender. Students will have an opportunity to explore various case studies on gender from around the globe, to deepen their understanding of core concepts.

Subject

GDR

Credits (min)

4

Credits (max)

4

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

Any combination of 2 ILA (HSS, LTA, CSP,

4 Advanced Liberal Arts This course provides a forum to examine and discuss contemporary women's and girls' roles and positions. The course will address the following topics: first and second waves of feminism, sexuality, psycho-social influences on gender construction, paid work and structures of inequality, women and social protest and family configurations. At the beginning of the course, we will read some historic documents as background to the women's movement in the United States. Although the main focus will be on women and girls in the United States, we will also discuss women's positions in other countries as well. Because femininity and images of women are balanced, and often countered, by masculinity and images of men, we will spend time discussing men in relation to women. Integral to this course is recognition of how race, class, ethnicity and sexuality converge to influence how women negotiate their political, social and cultural roles. Finally, we wil attempt to become enlightened witnesses to the social construction of femininity and masculinity and use our understanding to notice stereotypical portrayals as well as new, liberating images of women and men.

Subject

GDR

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

catalogs.babson.edu

Prerequisite

2 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CSP,