A substantial commitment to reading and writing projects is expected. This course explores the historical and social definitions of motherhood and daughterhood and includes an investigation of the impact of this relationship on being woman-born. No additional students admitted after second class meeting. This course explores women's experiences of the sacred and the self. It critiques the dominant socio-cultural, political structures in an attempt to determine what alienates women from their own experience.
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. From a gender perspective which looks at the impact of various issues on both women and men, the course will explore a variety of influences that impact women's status and well-being and will look at the role of men as partners in health. The course will explore social, economic, legal, political and cultural influences.