Navigating the Gender Box: Locating Masculinity in the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies Course

Navigating the Gender Box: Locating Masculinity in the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies Course

This essay reflects our collaboration on integrating the topic of masculinities into the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies course that we helped design as part of our Option in Women and Gender Studies at Raritan Valley Community College in central New Jersey. This essay argues that the integ...

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Published in:Men and masculinities Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 190 - 209
Main Authors: Gaffney, Karen, Manno, Andrew J.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-06-2011
Subjects:
Academic discipline
College Students
Cooperation
Females
Gender
Gender Studies
Learning
Males
Masculinity
New Jersey
Pedagogy
Sex
Social construction
Students
U.S.A
Women
pedagogy
gender studies
masculinity
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Summary:This essay reflects our collaboration on integrating the topic of masculinities into the Introduction to Women and Gender Studies course that we helped design as part of our Option in Women and Gender Studies at Raritan Valley Community College in central New Jersey. This essay argues that the integration of masculinity is essential to learning the social construction of gender and applying that lens. We designed the course to position what we call the ‘‘gender box’’ front and center (borrowing from the concepts Jackson Katz describes in his film Tough Guise). We also created a Social Action Assignment to allow students to plan and carry out a specific change in relation to gender. This essay charts our successes and observations in these areas, but it also explores challenges we continue to face, specifically the persistent lack of male students in the Intro course.
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ISSN:1097-184X
1552-6828
DOI:10.1177/1097184X11407046