Cross-Cultural Gender Formation investigates and compares different
constructions of sex and gender around the world.  The course asks
how cross-cultural variations force us to rethink assumptions about
bodies, sexuality, gendered social roles, and work and family.  How
do people in different cultures come to consider and express
themselves as "men", "women", or something else?  What are the
social forces that constrain them to act and think as gendered
persons?  Most importantly, what are the potential consequences of
not conforming to those norms?  The course will also consider how
global forces such as militarism and religious fundamentalism
influence sex and gender formations.