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PSYC 345: The Psychology of Gender and Sexuality (Rev. C6)
PSYC 345: The Psychology of Gender and Sexuality (Rev. C6)
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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.
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.