Dr. Stephanie Bogart and Dr. Saul Schwartz
Sexuality is at the center of many social debates and political controversies related to gender and orientation discrimination, sexual violence, sex work, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but people often make decisions and policies based on incomplete information, emotions, stereotypes, and poor or fake research and media. Those most affected are often marginalized due to social stigmas and myths about sexuality as well as poverty, lack of access to health care, racial or ethnic prejudice, and discrimination against individuals that are non-heterosexual or non-gender conforming. Students in this course will engage with participants and stakeholders in these debates, conduct research projects using participant surveys, and examine published peer-reviewed sources in order to develop more effective means to distribute accurate knowledge about sexual controversies to the public.
(Quest 2 course)
(GenEd S and D)