Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Nursing and Advanced Practice
Learning Methods
Lecture
Module Offerings
5002HS-SEP-CTY
Aims
To recognise gender and sexuality as contestable concepts that have a profound impact on health & social care
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse different approaches to understanding gender and human sexuality
2.
Examine the impact of dominant structures of gender and sexuality on health and social care
3.
Explore how identity and belonging is influenced by gender and sexuality
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Theoretical perspectives on gender: biological, socio-biological, psychoanalytical, sociological, legal
socialisation and sex roles
Representations of gender and sexuality
Sexual health
Gender, sex and health outcomes
Critical frameworks such as feminism, queer theory and transgender studies.
Global dimensions of sexual and gender diversity
Marginalisation
Cultural discourses on sexuality and gender
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to recognise gender and sexuality as contestable concepts that have a profound impact on health & social care.
The aim of this module is to recognise gender and sexuality as contestable concepts that have a profound impact on health & social care.
Additional Information:This module explores the contested nature of gender and sexuality. As such, it will address a range of issues that some may see as sensitive in nature. All students taking this module need to be aware that these issues will be discussed in an open, frank and critical manner.