HELLO AND WELCOME

Dear Students:

Welcome to IDST 398: Feminism as Ideology. The current events offer us a rich context for the consideration of gender as a political ideology. Much of what divides us today are ideological differences. In this course, we will build a learning community that is different from what we are experiencing. What are those differences? In our virtual learning community, we will allow respect, patience, compassion, and kindness to guide our discussions. We will read the material and come to class prepared with questions and comments. We will write comments on the blog so that we can discuss issues outside of class.

Get ready for a interesting journey into the origins and purpose of ideology, and how we may few feminism as one of those ideologies–or not! We will leave knowing a lot more about the formation and classification of gender, intersectionality, and the social construction of all human categories. We will be moved to sorrow at some of what we learn, but we will also laugh–a lot.

Looking forward to next week,

Andrea

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