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Textbook

Rutherford, A. (2021). Psychology at the intersections of gender, feminism, history, and culture. Cambridge University Press.

Unit 1: Situating the Study of Gender and Sexuality

Hyde, J. S., Bigler, R. S., Joel, D., Tate, C. C., & van Anders, S. M. (2019) The future of sex and gender in psychology: Five challenges to the gender binary. American Psychologist, 74(2), 171–193.
Supplementary Reading
Martin, E. (1991). The egg and the sperm: How science has constructed a romance based on stereotypical male-female roles. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 16(3), 485–501.

Unit 2: Patriarchy, Intersectionality, and Colonization

Moane, G. (2011). Women, psychology and society: The personal is political. In Gender and colonialism: A psychological analysis of oppression and liberation (pp. 1–21). Palgrave Macmillan.

Unit 3: Paradigms and the Politics of Knowledge Production

Riemer, M., Reich, S., Evans, S., Nelson, G., & Prilleltensky, I. (2020). Framing community-engaged research. In Community psychology: In pursuit of liberation and wellbeing (3rd ed.; pp. 255–276). Red Globe Press.

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Widianingsih, I., & Mertens, D. M. (2019). Transformative research and the sustainable development goals: Challenges and a vision from Bandung, West Java. International Journal for Transformative Research, 6(1), 27–35.
Johnson, K. (2015). Gender and sexuality issues in health psychology: Challenges from feminist and LGBTQ perspectives. In M. Murray (Ed.), Critical health psychology (2nd ed.; pp. 108–124). Palgrave Macmillan.
Supplementary Reading
Mertens, D. M., & Cram, F. (2016). Integration tensions and possibilities: Indigenous research and social transformation. International Review of Qualitative Research, 9(2), 185–191.

Unit 4: Stereotypes and Minority Stress

Polihronakis, C. J., Velez, B. L., & Brewster, M. E. (2020). Bisexual men’s sexual health: A test of minority stress theory. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 22(1), 201–215.
Mukkamala, S., & Suyemoto, K. L. (2018). Racialized sexism/sexualized racism: A multimethod study of intersectional experiences of discrimination for Asian American women. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 9(1), 32–46.
Supplementary Reading
Meyer, I. H. (2013). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1(S), 3–26.

Unit 5: Violence and Prevention

James, S. E., Johnson, J., Raghavan, C., Lemos, T., Barakett, M., & Woolis, D. (2003). The violent matrix: A study of structural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal violence among a sample of poor women. American Journal of Community Psychology, 31(1/2), 129–141.
Native Women’s Association of Canada. (2010). What their stories tell us: Findings from the Sisters in Spirit Initiative.
Christensen, M. C. (2019). Using photovoice to address gender-based violence: A qualitative systematic review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 20(4), 484–497.

Unit 6: Childhood and Identity Formation

García, A. M., & Slesaransky-Poe, G. (2010). The heteronormative classroom: Questioning and liberating practices. The Teacher Educator, 45(4), 244–256.
Morris, M. (2019) Countering the adultification of Black girls. Educational Leadership, 76(7), 44–48.
Stienstra, D. (2015). Trumping all? Disability and girlhood studies. Girlhood Studies, 8(2), 54–70.

Unit 7: Relationships—From Friends to Family

Ball, J. (2009). Fathering in the shadows: Indigenous fathers and Canada’s colonial legacies. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 624(1), 29–48.
Hunter, S. C., & Riggs, D. W. (2015). Hegemonic masculinities and heteronormativities in contemporary books on fathering and raising boys. Boyhood Studies, 8(1), 110–129.
Travers, R., Bauer, G., Pyne, J., Bradley, K., Gale, L., & Papadimitriou, M. (2012). Impacts of strong parental support for trans youth. Trans PULSE E-Bulletin, 1–5.
Way, N. (2018). Why “boys will be boys” is a myth—and a harmful one at that [Video]. TedMed Talk.

Unit 8: Sex and Sexuality

Koepsel, E. R. (2016). The power in pleasure: Practical implementation of pleasure in sex education classrooms. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 11(3), 205–265.
Morgan, E. M., & Davis-Delano, L. R. (2016). How public displays of heterosexual identity reflect and reinforce gender stereotypes, gender differences, and gender inequality. Sex Roles, 75(5), 257–271.
Katz, M. I. L., & Graham, J. R. (2020). Building competence in practice with the polyamorous community: A scoping review. Social Work, 65(2), 188–196.
Supplementary Reading
Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights. (2020). The state of sex-ed in Canada.

Unit 9: Gender, Jobs, and Income Inequality

Guppy, N., & Luongo, N. (2015). The rise and stall of Canada’s gender‐equity revolution. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 52(3), 241–265.
Raphael, D., Bryant, T., Mikkonen, J., & Raphael, A. (2020). Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts (2nd ed.). Oshawa: Ontario Tech University Faculty of Health Sciences and Toronto: York University School of Health Policy and Management.
Premji, S., & Shakya, Y. (2017). Pathways between under/unemployment and health among racialized immigrant women in Toronto. Ethnicity & Health, 22(1), 17–35.
Supplementary Reading
Canadian Women’s Foundation. (2018). The gender wage gap in Canada. Fact Sheet.
Bauer, G., Nussbaum, N., Travers, R., Munro, L., Pyne, J., & Redman, N. (2011). We’ve got work to do: Workplace discrimination and employment challenges for trans people in Ontario. Trans PULSE E-Bulletin, 2(1).

Unit 10: Mental Health and Well-Being

Exner‐Cortens, D., Wright, A., Claussen, C., & Truscott, E. (2021). A systematic review of adolescent masculinities and associations with internalizing behavior problems and social support. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(1-2), 215–231.
Metzl, Jonathan M. (2010). Preface. In The protest psychosis: How schizophrenia became a Black disease (pp. ix–xxi). Beacon Press.
Hall, W. (Host). (2009, January 7). Depression and oppression: Alisha Ali [Audio podcast episode]. In Madness Radio. Freedom Centre and the Icarus Project.

Unit 11: Putting It All Together

Peterson, R., & Chatterjee, S. (2017). Dancing with complexity: Decolonization and social justice dialogues. In M. Morrow & L. H. Malcoe (Eds.), Critical inquiries for social justice in mental health (pp. 138–164). University of Toronto Press.
Evans, J., & Costa, L. (2020). Women’s forensic mental health care: The need for gender-based analysis. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(3), 52–77.
Potts, K. L., & Brown, L. (2015). Becoming an anti-oppressive researcher. In L. Brown & S. Strega (Eds.), Research as resistance: Revisiting critical, Indigenous, and anti-oppressive approaches (2nd ed.; pp. 17–41). Canadian Scholars.

Paradigm Paper Readings

Garner, D. M., & Garfinkel, P. E. (1980). Socio-cultural factors in the development of anorexia nervosa. Psychological Medicine, 10(4), 647–656.
Piran, N. (2001). Re-inhabiting the body from the inside out: Girls transform their school environment. In D. L. Tolman & M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.), From subjects to subjectivities: A handbook of interpretative and participatory methods (pp. 218–238). New York University Press.