Judith Stiehm
Fall
2011
Office: SIPA 412
SIPA 100
stiehmj@fiu.edu
TTH 7:50 to 9:05
Office Hours: TTH 4:30-6:00
and by appointment
Joaquin Pedroso
Office:
jpedr002@fiu.edu
Office Hours MW 9-10:30
and by appointment
Sex, Power and Politics: POT 4309
This course looks at the different kinds and different amounts
of power held by women and by men. We will not confine ourselves
to examining political power because political power and other kinds
of power are significantly related. We will also not confine our
analysis to the U.S.
This is a political theory course which means that while description is
basic, we describe in order to find
a good explanation. (FROG) Also, political theory courses often
consider “right” as well as “might” and that will be a
consideration in our reading and discussion. Further, you will be
asked to think abstractly, to conceptualize and to generalize.
(GENERALIZATION IS GOOD.) A question to regularly ask
yourself is “of what is this an instance?”
There will be a lot of reading, most of it interesting and
not too difficult. There will be short papers and quizes on the
reading which MAY OR MAY NOT be announced in advance, a
midterm and a final. In addition, you will be asked to do two
“field trips” and give a report. There are many feminisms. We
will focus on only three: liberal, Marxist and radical. There is
also environmental, post-modern, post-colonial, maternal, queer
studies, third wave and more.
August 23 Introduction
25 Play reading–whole class participates. Aristophanes,
Lysistrata MUST use Dover edition
Sept
30
1
John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women
Mill continued
5
Liberal Feminism and Some Political Facts of Life (Handout)
7
13
15
Men as Objects, Ehrenreich, The Hearts of Men (Mill paper due)
Economic and Educational Facts of Life (Handout)
20
22
Marxist Feminism
Lessons from History, Anthropology, Ethnicity
27
29
Sex, Sex Roles, Gender, Morris, Conundrum
October 4 The International picture
6 P’Bitek, Song of Lawino (bring book to class)
11 Change, “New Normal”, “Third Wave”
13 Review
18 EXAM
20 Women in the U.S. Military
25 Violence, Force,. Coercion, Nonviolent Power
27 War: Gray The Warriors
November
1 Government, Law, Law Enforcement
3 Peace Activism, Stiehm: Champions for Peace
8 Continued
10 Alvarez, In the Time of the Butterflies
15 Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas (Field Trip Reports Due)
17 Reports on Reports
22 Radical Feminism
24 THANKSGIVING
Dec
29 Mary Daly, Beyond God the Father
1 Review
6 Final Exam 7:15--9:15
Your grade will be computed as follows: Quizes and Homework 20%
Field Trips 10%
MidTerm 30%
Final 40%
You will be able to find some of the books on the web, but I have ordered all of them at the
bookstore.
Generally the edition doesn’t matter, BUT because we will read Lysistrata as a play you must
use the version I ordered.