Portland-State-University 2020-2021 Bulletin

WS 553 Feminism and Women?s Health

The medicalization of women?s bodies sustains the myth that the female body is essentially a reproductive body and the male body the standard of health. Using a feminist lens of analysis, this class will examine these gendered conceptions relating to health, medical research, and treatments of gendered bodies.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Upper-division standing.
  • Up one level
  • 500