SOCY445

Prerequisite: SOCY201, SOCY202, SOCY203, and SOCY230. Restriction: Must be in Sociology program; or permission of BSOS-Sociology department. Credit only granted for: SOCY498X or SOCY445. Formerly: SOCY498X. Sociological theories of sex and gender are used to explore empirical research on women's and men's sexual behavior and attitudes; variation in gendered sexuality by key social characteristics and how gendered sexuality is constructed and controlled; changes in sexuality over time and across relationship types, focusing on changes in sexual desire and behaviors and on the changing meaning of sex and marriage in U.S. society and other countries. Contemporary debates about sexuality will also be examined.