The ways in which gender is always inscribed with all the other aspects of ourselves is often overlooked, so in this unit we consider how we never 'just' our sex, our gender is always mutable and, accepting that gender itself is a social construct. 

This unit asks us to think about the relationship between sex and gender and consider how the various other aspects of our unique selves, our abilities, our race and ethnic background, our age, our class, all contribute to our sense of identity and will come to the fore in particular circumstances, at particular times. Useful resources and readings at the end of the unit.

Instructors: Karen Ross, Claudia Padovani 
Author: Alessandra Mondin