Women’s Studies 325



Women’s Studies 2325

“Issues in Women’s Health”

Summer 2012

TR 1:50-4:30

University Hall 0147

Instructor: Ally Day, PhD, ABD Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization: Disability Studies

MA Gender and Cultural Studies,

BFA Creative Writing/BA Political Science

Office: University Hall 037

(Basement by elevators, my desk is all the way in the back of the room so don’t be shy!)

Office Hours: Wed 2-4 or by appointment

Email: day.345@osu.edu (Email is the best way to reach me!)

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

Students who have verification from Disability Services are responsible for contacting the instructor as soon as possible to make necessary arrangements. The Office for Disability Services (150 Pomerene Hall; 292-3307; 292-0901) verifies the need for accommodations and assists in the development of accommodation strategies.

Your Mental Health!

A recent American College Health Survey found stress, sleep problems, anxiety, depression, interpersonal concerns, death of a significant other and alcohol use among the top ten health impediments to academic performance. Students experiencing personal problems or situational crises during the quarter are encouraged to contact the OSU Counseling and Consultation Services (614-292-5766) for assistance, support and advocacy. This service is free and confidential.

Course Description

This interdisciplinary course explores the relationships between health and gender under political, biological, economic, spiritual, cultural and/or socially constructed influences. We will conduct a comprehensive overview of health literature in public health, feminist cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, medicine, and popular literature. Topics include the social construction of gender/sex, feminist critiques of biomedicine, gender inequities and difference in health epidemiology and the practice of medicine in the United State, ‘alternative’ approaches and practices in healing, and others.

Students will engage in an interactive approach to learning about issues in women’s health. In this course, we will use lectures, class discussions, readings, popular culture analyses, journaling, group work, and in-class activities.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, we should all have:

• Knowledge of the history of women’s health activism in the United States.

• The ability to conceptualize contemporary activist movements and concerns related to women’s health.

• Knowledge of dominant women’s health issues in the United States.

• Ability to interrogate health information (multimedia, print, scholarly and medical studies) for its inclusion of gender, race, class, citizenship, religious, and dis/ability difference.

• An Analysis of the relationship between women’s bodies and public policy.

• Empowerment to “tell our doctors a thing or two” ala Women’s Health Movement.

Required Text(s):

• Worcester, Nancy and Marianne H. Whatley. (2009) Women’s Health: 5th Edition. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

• Silliman, Jael. Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice. Boston: South End Press.

• The Boston Women’s Health Collective. Our Bodies Ourselves. 2011. (This is the most recent edition. If you already have an edition from 2005 or 2000, that will work).

• Required reading is available on Carmen.

• Additional readings may be added throughout the course period.

Course Requirements and Grade Distribution

Attendance & Participation (5 pts lost per absence) 100 points

Artifact Presentation and Write-Up 30 points

7 Weekly Journals (7 @ 10pts Each) 70 points

Our Bodies Ourselves Paper 100 points

Memoir Paper 100 points

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TOTAL POINTS 400 points

Grading Scale:

A 93-100% 372-400 C+ 77-79% 308-319

A- 90-92% 360-371 C 73-76% 292-307

B+ 87-89% 348-359 C- 70-72% 280-291

B 83-86% 332-347 D+ 67-69% 268-279

B- 80-82% 320-331 D 60-66% 240-267

E < 60% ................
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