PHIL 365 - Feminist Philosophy

Units: 3

Survey of feminist perspectives in philosophy. Examines the role of sexual difference in philosophical inquiry and social reality; investigates the causes of sexual injustice. Includes origins of gender difference (as natural vs. constructed); tensions between goals of sexual equality vs. affirmation of sexual difference; exclusion of feminist voices in mainstream philosophy. Discussions engage controversial issues of interest to feminist thinkers, such as pornography, prostitution, sexual violence, issues of body image and beauty, sexual orientation, and reproductive rights.