Global Perspectives on Gender, Sex and Sexuality G (12334.1)

This unit explores how gender and sexuality has been constructed and contested both historically and in our contemporary world. It examines key theorists of gender and sexuality, whilst also mapping key moments in feminist and LGBTQIA+ struggles for equality. Adopting a global perspective, this unit is attentive to the diverse ways gender and sexuality intersects with race, class, ethnicity, religion and ability/disability. The unit will also enable students to identify societal structures (law, medicine, popular culture, etc.) that maintain particular norms of gender and sexuality, whilst equipping them to creatively and productively intervene into these structures to create more equitable outcomes for marginalised groups.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand key moments in feminist and queer history demonstrating an ability to analyse the ongoing effects of medical, legal and other frameworks designed to regulate gender and sexuality;
2. Apply intersectional approaches to the investigation of gender with a specific focus on the intersections of gender and sexuality with race, class, ethnicity, religion and ability/disability; and
3. Creatively address key issues facing groups marginalised by their sexuality or gendered experiences.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.