PD:Sociologia dels Gèneres

Teaching plan for the course unit

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General information

Course unit name: Sociology of Gender

Course unit code: 363876

Academic year: 2025-2026

Coordinator: Elisabet Almeda Samaranch

Department: Department of Sociology

Credits: 3

Single program: N

Estimated learning time

Total number of hours 75

Face-to-face and/or online activities

	- Lecture with practical component	Face-to-face and online		15
	- Group tutorial	Face-to-face and online		15

Supervised project

Independent learning

Learning objectives

Referring to knowledge

Understand the gender perspective in social thought, different feminist theoretical traditions, and women’s social movements.
Acquire the theoretical tools necessary to approach sociology from a gender-sensitive, non-androcentric perspective.
Develop a critical understanding of gender inequalities in areas such as time use, work and care responsibilities; poverty and social exclusion; welfare regime structures; and social control.
Acquire an understanding of family realities and of different approaches to them based on a gender perspective.

Referring to abilities, skills

Apply contemporary sociological research methodologies to further understanding of the sociology of gender.
Critically analyse ongoing or recently completed studies that provide updated insights into social realities in different countries.

Referring to attitudes, values and norms

Take an active role in participatory spaces and engage with advanced knowledge on the course content.
Strengthen critical thinking and analytical skills.
Develop teamwork skills, collaborate on research projects, and prepare group oral presentations.
Promote non-sexist values and respect for gender diversity, contributing to the advancement of the culture of human rights.

Teaching blocks

1. Theoretical and disciplinary approaches in the sociology of gender

1.1. Sex-gender as an analytical category in the social sciences. Current perspectives

1.2. Feminisms as social movements and critical theory: traditions and debates

1.3. Research and professional practice in the field of the sociology of gender. Disciplinary content and approaches

2. Time, work and care

2.1. Concept of work in the social sciences: critiques of androcentric bias in economic thought, public policy and national accounting

2.2. Labour relations: the extended income circle, capitalism and care work, care work and labour market relations

2.3. Care work: types of care, relations of exploitation in care work, measurement and accounting, distribution of care work. Time inequalities, care crises, global care chains

2.4. Gender and technologies. Highly masculinized jobs, from exclusion to inclusion, feminization of the digital society

3. Families, reproduction and sexuality

3.1. Family diversity and different welfare regimes

3.2. The case of single-parent families; Single-mother support groups: definitions, debates, new profiles and needs

3.3. Sexual and reproductive rights and the new parenting paradigm. Assisted reproductive technologies

4. Discrimination, violence and social control

4.1. Profiles of exclusion from a gender perspective: the role of intersectionality. Class, gender, origin, ethnicity

4.2. Gender and social control in history; Non-androcentric review of theories of society and criminality

4.3. Women subjected to policies of criminal control: prisons and exclusion. Profiles and discrimination of incarcerated women

4.4. Gender-based violence

5. Gender policies, inequalities and welfare regimes

5.1. Gender and welfare regimes

5.2. Main indicators of gender inequality. Traditional measures and new proposals: satellite accounts and time budgets

5.3. Public policies from a gender perspective

5.4. Equality policies: from the principle of non-discrimination to gender mainstreaming

Official assessment of learning outcomes

Students are required to demonstrate that they have achieved the learning outcomes of the course and completed the required activities. For students opting for the continuous mode of assessment, regular attendance is compulsory, with a minimum requirement of 80% of all scheduled classes. Assessment is based on the evaluation of the specific components described below for each part of the course.

In the first part, covering the general theoretical and practical content, a final test is set covering the subject’s thematic blocks, accounting for 40% of the final grade. Exercises carried out in class or via the Virtual Campus contribute an additional 10% of the final grade.

In the second part, the oral and written presentation of the group research/activity/service-learning (ApS) project is evaluated. This accounts for 50% of the final grade. This component is assessed continuously through the aggregation of various interim marks: a) observations and notes made during tutorial sessions; b) oral presentation; c) submission of a brief written report.

Examination-based assessment

Students may opt for the single mode of assessment. This consists of a final exam accounting for 100% of the final grade, evaluating students’ ability to synthesise knowledge and relate concepts across the course.

The readings and content assessed in the exam are drawn from the course’s general and thematic bibliography. Students are encouraged to attend a tutorial to discuss the key readings in greater detail.

Repeat assessment

Students who fail the course (whether opting for the continuous or single mode of assessment) are entitled to be re-evaluated. This resit adheres to the same format as that of the single mode of assessment.

Reading and study resources

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Book

ALMEDA SAMARACH, Elisabet. ; DI NELLA, Dino. (Eds.). Las familias monoparentales a debate. 5 volumenes. Barcelona: Copalq, 2011

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ALMEDA SAMARACH, Elisabet. Corregir y Castigar : el ayer y hoy de las cárceles de mujeres. Barcelona : Ediciones Bellaterra, 2002

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ALMEDA SAMARACH, Elisabet. Mujeres encarceladas. Barcelona : Ariel, 2003

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ALMEDA SAMARACH, Elisabet. Les famílies monoparentals a Catalunya: perfils, necessitats i percepcions. Barcelona: Departament de Benestar i Família, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2004

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ASTELARRA, Judith. Veinte años de políticas de igualdad. Madrid: Cátedra, reimp. 2009

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BODELÓN, Encarna ; GIMÉNEZ, Pilar. Construint els drets de les dones: dels conceptes a les polítiques locals. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona, 2008

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CARRASCO, Cristina. BORDERÍAS, Cristina. ; TORNS Teresa. (ed.). El trabajo de cuidados : historia, teoría y políticas. Madrid : La Catarata, 2011

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CARRASCO, Cristina. [et.al]. Estadístiques sota sospita : proposta de nous indicadors des de l’experiència femenina. Institut Català de les Dones, 2007

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Chapter

AMORÓS, Celia y COBO, Rosa. Feminismo e Ilustración. En AMORÓS, CÉLIA y MIGUEL, Ana DE (Eds). Teoría feminista: de la Ilustración a la Globalización, vol. I. Minerva Ediciones, Madrid, Anagrama. Barcelona, 2005

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Versió en línia (2014)

ASTELARRA, Judith. Políticas públicas de igualdad en España y Europa, En DE LA FUENTE VÁZQUEZ, María (dir.) Repensar les polítiques de gènere des de l’àmbit local: ciutats i persones. Barcelona: Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Col. Ciutats i Persones, 2005

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BARRY, Kathleen. Teoría del feminismo radical: Política de la explotación sexual, En AMORÓS, Célia y DE MIGUEL, Ana (Eds., Teoría feminista: de la Ilustración a la Globalización, vol. III. Minerva Ediciones, Madrid, 2005

COBO BEDIA, Rosa, El género en las ciencias sociales. En Cuadernos de trabajo social, vol. XVIII, 2005. Madrid : Universidad Complutense, Escuela Universitaria de Trabajo Socia

MORERO BELTRÁN, Anna; CAMPS CALVET, Clara. (2020) Fiestas, public space and rape culture. A study of the Wolf Pack case en Gendered violence at international festivals: an interdisciplinary perspective. New York: Routledge.

LEWIS, J. Gender and welfare state change. En LEIBFRIED, Stephan y MAU, Steffen (eds.) Welfare states:construction, deconstruction, reconstruction. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2008

Journal

MORERO BELTRÁN, ANNA. (2020) Gestació subrogada i feminismes. Revista IDEES 47. CETC. https://revistaidees.cat/es/gestacio-subrogada-i-feminismes/

Article

VERGES BOSCH, Núria. De la exclusión a la autoinclusión de las mujeres en las TIC. Motivaciones, posibilitadores y mecanismos de autoinclusión. Athenea Digital (Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social). 2012, vol.12, núm 3.

GONZALEZ RAMOS, Ana María., & VERGÉS BOSCH, Núria. International mobility of women in science and technology careers: shaping plans for personal and professional purposes. Gender, Place & Culture, 2013, vol. 20, núm. 5, PP. 613-629.

BUSTELO, M.; LOMBARDO, E. (2005) Mainstreaming" de género y análisis de los diferentes "marcos interpretativos de las políticas de igualdad en Europa: el proyecto MAGEEQ", Aequalitas: Revista jurídica de igualdad de oportunidades entre mujeres y hombres. 2005, núm. 17, pp. 15-26.

MORERO BELTRÁN, Anna (2018). Características de las familias creadas por gestación subrogada en el Estado español. Papeles del CEIC. International Journal on Collective Identity Research. Vol 2.

VERGÉS, Núria; MORERO, Anna; ERVITI, Joaquina.; ALMEDA, elisabet. (2019) Intimate partner violence in female-headed one-parent households: generating data on prevalence, consequences and support. Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol. 72, pp 95-102.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539518301365

Biglia, Barbara, and Núria Vergés Bosch. "Cuestionando la perspectiva de género en la investigación." REIRE 9.2 (2016).

Núria Vergés Bosh, Mireia Calafell Obiol, and Pere Almeda. ": Feminisme (s)." Idees: Revista de temes contemporanis 47 (2019): 1.

Vergés Bosch, Núria, Leon Freude, and Clara Camps Calvet. "Service Learning with a Gender Perspective: Reconnecting Service Learning with Feminist Research and Pedagogy in Sociology." Teaching Sociology 49.2 (2021): 136-149.