Sociology: Gender, Sexuality and Society

Gender, Sexuality and Society offers students the opportunity to enhance their understanding of gender and sexual differences between groups and persons in an era of globalisation and migration.

It is generally accepted that differences between rich and poor, young and old, between skin colours, or between Christians and Muslims are undeniable factors in people's lives. Functioning as a woman or a man, with particular sexual orientations, holds comparable significance. Gender, Sexuality and Society is devoted to enhance our understanding of the differences among groups of women and groups of men, as well as between women and men. In an era of globalisation and transnational migration we see that new sexual acts and practices emerge within the fragmenting cultural landscapes of gender, sex, class and nationality. This means that distinctions among and between women and men are always grounded in identities, access to political power, and processes of exclusion and inclusion.

This programme offers a systematic attempt to address structurally embedded prescriptions concerning gender relations and sexual behavior that are on a par with other analytical variables such as class, ethnicity, religion, age, or political views.