SOC 215. Social Control and Gender: Women in American Society

The effects of various systems of social control on women in American society. The systematic impact of race, ethnicity, informal and formal sources of social control of women, ranging from traditional family sex roles to the treatment of women by courts and prisons, health care institutions, and schools. Examination of organized efforts by women to change both their social roles and organized institutions. (Offered every semester.)
Prerequisite: English 101. In addition: Sociology 101 or Psychology 101 or Anthropology 101.
3 hours, 3 credits
 
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