Splash Biography

In this class, we will learn about -Gender and what is it -What elements can make up a gender -What people mean when they said gender is fluid or on a spectrum -What agender, nonbinary, and transgender means -Why understanding gender is important for everyday life

In this class, we will explore what Gender is/might be, and how different conceptions of Gender, where it comes from, and how it relates to Biological Sex, have influenced the philosophies of the major waves of Feminism in this country. We will also touch on how crucial Feminism is in the present day and moving forward.

This course explores the various biological indicators of sex, including genes and gene expression, hormone levels, and genitalia, and analyzes how these biological components compose our understanding of gender. Gender is, contrary to belief, not a direct product of biology sex, but a function of Society. We learn our genders through social conditioning, and the relationship they have to biology is complex. Are there more than two genders, what is transgender, and are these genders "true?

Why do we have genders? Is having genders a good thing? Where do genders come from? How do we teach people to have them? And how do transgender people fit into this? This class will be a brief overview of some different ways that gender had been thought of, and what gender means in our society.