- To learn why women are defined as a subordinate group.
- To understand the impact of gender roles in perpetuating inequalities between women and men.
- To learn how conflict theory, functionalism, and labeling theory explain gender role socialization.
- To explore the history and contemporary concerns of the feminist movement.
- To understand how women are treated differently than men in the economy, in education, in the family, and in politics.
- To learn about “double jeopardy” and what this means for minority women.
