Teaching Sex and Gender: A Decade of Experience

Abstract

on the discipline as a whole. Then we delineate four stages in the development of sex and gender courses within the sociology curriculum: (1) Invisible; (2) Token'; (3) Growth' and (4) Mainstreaming. Next, we describe current emphases in sex and gender courses on the diversity of human experience especially by race, ethnicity, class, and sexual preference. Finally, we note the pedagogical challenges faced by sociologists teaching about sex and gender.