STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1.   Analyze and evaluate issues of difference including (but not limited to) sex, race, class sexual identity, age, ability, religion and white ethnocentrism within a feminist framework.

 2.   Evaluate the influence of various media and advertising on the way women are viewed and view themselves.

 3.   Interpret issues of violence in women`s lives and the impact it makes on how women live and how women are socialized.

 4.   Define and evaluate tools needed for social and political change.

 5.   Interpret consequences of age and ability in women`s lives.

 6.   Recognize importance of health issues particularly as they apply to how women are treated by the medical profession.

 7.   Identify and evaluate the intersections of race, class and gender, consequences of a heterosexist society and value of knowing women`s history in shaping women`s lives.

 8.   Recognize the impact of white ethnocentrism and white privilege on U.S. society.

 9.   Evaluate how white privilege perpetuates the systems of oppression.

 10. Examine women`s role in the work place and family: evaluate its impact on women`s liberation.

 11. Examine issues of self-esteem and assertiveness and how women are socialized to see themselves in a male-centered world while examining strategies for personal change.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I.      Introductory Background: The commonality of individuals, Demographic   data and Vocabulary.

 II.     Overview: Eastern and Western Traditions.

 III.    Issues: Stereotypes.

 IV.     Values: Belief Systems.

 V.      Resources: Health.

 VI.     Concerns: Contemporary and Future Concerns,  and Building the Future.

 VII.    General Scholarship: Women and Gender Issues.

 VIII.   Public Policy: Influence of Public Policy.