SOWK 4143 - Sexism & Violence Against Women

CIP Code: 440701
Description: The course defines sexism and the roots of sexism. It also presents an overview of the continuum of violence against women, both nationally and globally, including women’s institutional status, psychological wounding, gendered communication, economic assaults, controlling women’s bodies, pornography and prostitution, sexual harassment, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, female genital mutilation, dowry payments, religious abuse, foot-binding, and other topics.

Credit Hours: 3