This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

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SES # TOPICS
1 Introduction to the course
2 What is feminist theory?
3 Suffrage and equality
4

Materialist feminism

Guest lecturer: Anne McCants, Professor, History Department, MIT
5 Feminism and difference
6 Power and identity
7 Sexuality and gender
8

Embodied knowledge

Guest speaker: Ian Smith, Student Activist, MIT
9

Pornography, rape, and the politics of consent

Guest speaker: Rae Langton, Professor, Linguistics and Philosophy Department, MIT
10

Gender and the welfare system

Guest speaker: Andrea Campbell, Professor, Political Science Department, MIT
11 Gender and militarism
12 Final presentations
13 Identities and global feminism
14 Third wave feminism and wrap-up discussion