Text, readings, films. This course will explore films and works of literature created in response to the Holocaust by the second generation, the children of the victims and perpetrators. As the formation of identity is primarily a question of gender, special interest will be paid to the portrayal of gender roles and gender relationships in these works. Women who sing and play percussion are especially invited to join. Students will study legal issues relating to employment discrimination, affirmative action, sexual harassment, domestic violence, divorce, custody, surrogate motherhood, reproductive rights, sexuality, rape, pornography and prostitution.
Depression is a mood disorder with biological, sociological and psychological aspects.
Approximately one out of every four women is likely to experience clinical depression at some point in her life, twice the frequency of men. This course explores the impact of gender socialization, and issues related to the development, discrimination, self-esteem and body image of a women's mental health in our society. Isis, according to Sarton, began her foreign conquests in the seventh century, if not before, and is the glorification of motherly love. With this Egyptian nature goddess in mind, this course will explore the histories of some great women who embraced the Isis philosophy, such as, Hatshepsut, Cleopatra, Indira Ghandi, and Shirley Chrisholm as they ascended to power. The value of women's work to science itself will be assessed and compared to how science historians have received and reviewed women scientists.