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Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text is a very, very brief textbook suitable for use as a supplemental or stand-alone text in a college-level minority studies Sociology course. Any instructor who would choose to use this as a stand-alone textbook would need to supply a large amount of statistical data and other pertinent and extraneous Sociological material in order to "flesh-out" fully this course. Each module/unit of Minority Studies: A Brief Sociological Text contains the text, course objectives, a study guide, key terms and concepts, a lecture outline, assignments, and a reading list.

Suggested lecture material for part iii—sex, gender, and sexual orientation

  • Identify and differentiate among sex, gender, and sexual orientation.
    • Sex
      • Males
      • Females
    • Gender
      • Roles
      • Sex-appropriate behavior
      • The Looking Glass Self
      • The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
    • Sexual Orientation-GLBT
      • Straight Males
      • Straight Females
      • Gay (Males)
      • Lesbian (Females)
      • Bisexual
      • Transgendered (Male to Female)
      • Transgendered (Female to Male)
      • Intersexed
  • Use the Internet to display statistical information concerning sex, gender, and sexual orientation..
    • Compare and contrast the data found.
  • Use the Internet to display statistical information concerning the historical legal status of women in the United States.
  • Use the Internet to display statistical information concerning the historical legal status of GLBTs in the United States.
  • Define and give examples for:
    • Gender identity
    • Sex roles
    • Masculinity
    • Femininity
  • Discuss the various forms that inequality based on sex takes around the world.
    • Discuss the status of women in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
    • Discuss the status of women in Japan.
    • Discuss the differences among religious strictures, legal doctrine, and cultural practices concerning women in various societies.
  • Discuss the various forms that inequality based sexual orientation takes around the world.
    • Discuss the differences among religious strictures, legal doctrine, and cultural practices concerning sexual orientation in various societies.
    • Discuss female genital mutilation.
    • Discuss the status of women in Third World countries.
    • Discuss the rape as an act of war.
  • Discuss the women’s movement
    • Historically
    • Presently
  • Discuss the GLBT movement
    • Historically
    • Presently

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Source:  OpenStax, Minority studies: a brief sociological text. OpenStax CNX. Mar 31, 2010 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11183/1.13
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