GENDER AND WOMEN

PSIR548

Course Code: PSIR548
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Nazlı Şenses Özcan

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Analyze what the concept of gender means, how it differs from biological sex, and how it operates in social life from a critical perspective.
Comparatively evaluate the fundamental theoretical approaches in the field of women?s and gender studies (including liberal, Marxist, radical, postmodern feminisms, etc.).
Understand concepts such as sexism and patriarchy and their effects on social inequalities.
Analyze women?s positions and experiences in areas such as politics, the economy, and the labor market, and interpret issues and struggles in the context of gender equality.
Examine the historical development of the women?s movement in Turkey and current debates, in comparison with international examples.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course examines women?s social position and experiences from a multidimensional perspective, centering on the concept of gender. At the beginning of the course, the distinction between gender and biological sex will be emphasized, and fundamental concepts such as patriarchy and sexism will be examined in depth. Then, the historical development of feminist theories and their different approaches will be addressed, discussing how gender is used as an analytical tool. In later parts of the course, women?s positions in politics, the economy, and the labor market will be examined in the context of concepts such as the glass ceiling, wage inequality, and precarious work. Violence against women, women?s human rights, and international conventions will also be among the important topics of the course. Finally, the historical processes, achievements, and current fields of struggle of the women?s movement in Turkey (e.g., women?s political representation, urban women?s movements, women in rural areas, etc.) will be examined using comparative examples. This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive perspective to understand and analyze gender inequalities and to develop solution proposals in this area.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course: What is Gender? Fundamental Concepts
2^nd Week	Introduction to Gender Theories: Fundamental Approaches and Debates
3^rd Week	Liberal and Marxist Feminisms: Equality and Class-Based Approaches
4^th Week	Radical Feminism: Structural Analysis of Patriarchy and the Struggle for Liberation
5^th Week	Postmodern Feminisms: Identity, Desire, and Discourse
6^th Week	Postcolonial Feminisms: Intersectional Approach and Differences
7^th Week	Gender and Family: Formation of Gender Roles and the Transformation of the Family
8^th Week	Gender and Education: The Role of Education and Gender Stereotypes
9^th Week	Gender and Media: Representation of Women in the Media and Its Effects
10^th Week	Women, Labor and Political Economy I
11^th Week	Women, Labor and Political Economy II
12^th Week	Violence Against Women
13^th Week	Women?s Movement in Turkey: Historical Development, Achievements, and Current Fields of Struggle I
14^th Week	Women?s Movement in Turkey: Historical Development, Achievements, and Current Fields of Struggle II

Recommended or Required Reading

Scott, Joan W. (1986). Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis. American Historical Review, 91(5): 1053?1075.
Beneria, Lourdes (2003). Gender and Development: Theoretical Roots and Institutional Frameworks. In Gender, Development and Globalization, Routledge.
Butler, Judith. (2002). Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Indentity. Routledge (Giriş)
Risman, Barbara J. (2004). Gender as a Social Structure. Gender & Society, 18(4): 429?450.
Tong, Rosemarie. (2009). Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction. Hachette UK (Ch. 1: Liberal Feminism; Ch. 2: Marxist and Socialist Feminism)
Hartmann, Heidi. (1979). The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism. Capital & Class, 3(2): 1?33.
Millett, Kate. (1970). Sexual Politics. Columbia University Press. (Bölümler: Introduction ve Theory)
hooks, bell. (1992). Postmodern Blackness. In Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics. Routledge.
Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. (1988). Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses. Feminist Review, 30: 61?88.
Spivak, G. C. (1988). Can the Subaltern Speak? In C. Nelson, & L. Grossberg (Eds.), Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture. Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
Crenshaw, K. W. (2013). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. In The public nature of private violence (pp. 93-118).
Delphy, Christine & Leonard, Diana. (1992). Familiar Exploitation: A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Societies.Polity Press.
Kandiyoti, Deniz. (1988). Bargaining with Patriarchy. Gender & Society, 2(3): 274?290.
Arnot, Madeleine. (2002). Reproducing Gender?: Critical Essays on Educational Theory and Feminist Politics. Routledge
Gill, Rosalind. (2007). Gender and the Media. Polity Press. (Ch. 1, 3 ve 5)
Federici, Silvia. (2004). Caliban and the Witch. Autonomedia
Elson, Diane & Pearson, Ruth. (1981). Nimble Fingers Make Cheap Workers: An Analysis of Women?s Employment in Third World Export Manufacturing.? Feminist Review 7 (1) 87-107.
Toksoz, Gülay. (2011). Kalkınmada Kadın Emeği. Varlık Yayınları.
Sirman, Nükhet. (1989). Feminism in Turkey: A Short History. New Perspectives on Turkey 3, 1-34
Arat, Y. (1994, March). Toward a democratic society: The women's movement in Turkey in the 1980s. In Women's Studies International Forum (Vol. 17, No. 2-3, pp. 241-248). Pergamon.
Diner, C., & Toktaş, Ş. (2010). Waves of feminism in Turkey: Kemalist, Islamist and Kurdish women's movements in an era of globalization. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 12(1), 41-57.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	35
Attendance	15	15
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam	1	90	90
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	165	165
Homework
Total Work Load			308
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.26
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1			X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3
K4		X			X
K5		X			X
K6	X	X
K7			X	X	X
K8				X