The Sociology of Gender
Follow instructions attached The final research paper or project represents the cumulative effort of your work this semester. It should be 1200 words, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, standard 1 inch margins on all sides. This final paper will demonstrate your proficiency in applying concepts relevant to the theories we have been studying to a topic of your choice pertaining to sexual and gender identities. Your project should reference a minimum of one (1) course readings in an application of one or more theoretical concepts we have explored this semester to a text, issue, or cultural production of your choice. You should include a minimum of two (2) outside sources on the topic, which can be original data collection or other sources you have found in your own research. Therefore, the paper will have a total of three (3) sources. PICK ONLY ONE FROM BELOW TO WRITE ABOUT · the sex/gender binary · birth of the homosexual · discursive constructions of sexuality · regulation, power, and knowledge · diagnosis, confession, and truth · medical science and sexuality the construction of normal · historical context and its role in definition · passing and trans narratives · intersectionality race/class/gender/sexuality · recognition/visibility of sexual and gender identities (bisexuality & the closet) · queer politics and the policing of deviant bodies and sexualities · pedophilia, psychosexual development, and polymorphous perversity · stereotypes and cultural representation · performativity, drag, and gender identity · Stonewall and gay liberation · queer and trans challenges to the legal system · sodomy and marriage laws · lesbian feminism, separatism, and trans identities · materiality of the body · cyberidentities (sexual and gender)
