Possible Teaching Presentation topics These are suggestions only to illustrate how to select one central topic for your Teaching
presentation, and then three or four sub-areas. You may use all or part of these, or better, come
up with your own topics…. consider several possibilities for now….don't narrow down your
choices too quickly…
Teaching topic: The wage gap
Subtopic: How differ by occupation? Some fields better? Why?
Subtopic: Family wage gap - where, when, why?
Subtopic: Innovative company practices? How do they handle maternity leave?
Subtopic: History of the wage gap - better? why?
Feminisms
First wave / second wave / third wave
Women of color feminsms in the 70s
(Hull, All the Women…)
70s Feminist Activists Movements
(Echols, Daring to be Bad)
Global Feminisms
Lesbian Feminisms
Violence
History of sexual assault legislation
Masculinity & Violence
History of rape crisis centers
Assessment of violence against
women in media
Science of race & gender
History of eugenics & 'race'
Eugenics and birth control
History of science of gender
Gender & Science - still a problem?
New Feminisms
Third Wave feminisms
South Asian women's feminisms
Women of color feminisms
Pro-feminist men / feminist Dads
Women in Social Policy
Feminist influences on legal system (DomVio, rape, etc.)
Comparable Worth legislation in the U.S.
Social welfare reform
Feminization of poverty
Women's Health
Health collectives, Our Bodies, Ourselves
Birth practices & Midwifery
Feminist critiques of the medical profession
Reproductive Rights
History of Birth control
Contemporary abortion politics
Sterilization campaigns in the U.S.
Abortion legislation in the U.S.
History of Roe v. Wade
Cultural arts / Popular Culture
Women in Hollywood
Changing norms on TV/in movies
Guerrilla Girls & activist artists
Feminist rock bands
GLBT Sexuality
Gay marriage as a civil right
Gay adoption legislation in the U.S.
Changing attitudes on sexuality
Violence against GLBTs
Changing Women's Roles
Women in the Military
Women in Police/Firefighting
Women in Sports / Title IX
Men in Nursing
Classic works
Kate Millet, Sexual Politics
Morgan, Sisterhood is Powerful (70s)
Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique (housewife's lament….)
Linda Gordon, The Moral Property of Women (Repro rights & BC)
Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera (Chicana feminism)
Barbara Smith, Homegirls: A Black Feminist Anthology
Chandra Mohanty, Feminism without Borders (Global/S.Asian/Indian feminisms)
Our Feet Walk the Sky (S. Asian feminisms)
Michael Kimmel, Against The Tide: Pro-Feminist Men In The U.S., 1776-1990
Angela Davis, Women, Race & Class
Petchesky, Negotiating Reproductive Rights (global)
Recommended General Reference:
Estelle Freedman, No Turning Back: A History of Feminism
Gwyn Kirk & Margo Okazawa-Rey, Women’s Lives: Multicultural Perspectives