HIST 3652: Sex Has a History

Course Description

Sex has a history. How sex has been defined and understood has changed over time. This course covers social and historical understandings of sex in America from the colonial era through the early twenty-first century. What society deems appropriate or normal shifts according to political, economic, and cultural developments, as do the consequences for acting outside of the boundaries those norms created. We will explore these transitions both through societal structures (such as laws and schools) as well as through the lived experience of everyday Americans. (OC)