Presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.

Includes bibliographical references.

UNIT 1. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY -- Issue 1.1. Is access to birth control a basic human right? -- Yes: from "Law Review Symposium 2010: reproductive rights, human rights, and the human right to health" / B. Jessie Hill -- No: from "Reproductive choices and informed consent: fetal interests, women's identity, and relational autonomy" / Pamela Laufer-Ukeles -- Issue 1.2. Should the federal government adopt a new legal definition of rape? -- Yes: from "Culture, cognition, and consent: who perceives what, and why, in acquaintance-rape cases?" / Dan M. Kahan -- No: from "Beyond our traditional definitions of assault: expanding our focus to include sexually coercive experiences" / Jennifer L. Broach and Patricia A. Petretic -- Issue 1.3. Are women more at risk for crimes using digital technology? -- Yes: from "Law's expressive value in combating cyber gender harassment" / Danielle Keats Citron -- No: from "Finding out what men are up to: some women pride themselves on their cyber-sleuth skills" / Rebecca Eckler -- UNIT 2. WOMEN'S HEALTH, WOMEN'S BODIES: CONTESTED TERRAIN -- Issue 2.1. Is access to abortion a class issue? -- Yes: from "The inadvertent alliance of Anthony Comstock and Margaret Sanger: abortion, freedom, and class in modern America" / Karen Weingarten -- No: from "Welfare generosity, abortion access, and abortion rates: a comparison of state policy tools" / Laura S. Hussey -- UNIT 3. WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY -- Issue 3.1. Should women serve in military combat positions? -- Yes: from "Marching toward war: reconnoitering the use of all female platoons" / Krystyna M. Cloutier -- No: from "Your mother's army" / George Neumayr -- Issue 3.2. Can sex work be empowering? -- Yes: from "Reflections on Sonagachi: an empowerment-based HIV-preventive intervention for female sex workers in West Bengal, India" / Peter A. Newman -- No: from "Women are victims, men make choices: the invisibility of men and boys in the global sex trade" / Jeffery P. Dennis -- Issue 3.3. Have working women destroyed the American family? -- Yes: from "Are difficulties balancing work and family associated with subsequent fertility?" / Siwei Liu and Kathryn Hynes -- No: from "At-home fathers and breadwinning mothers: variations in constructing work and family lives" / Caryn E. Medved and William K. Rawlins -- Issue 3.4. Are lower fertility rates responsible for economic downturn? -- Yes, from Population, economy, and God" / Tom Bethell -- No: from "Trading population for productivity: theory and evidence" / Oded Galor and Andrew Mountford -- UNIT 4. GENDER EQUITY: STILL UNEQUAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS -- Issue 4.1. Should "trans" women benefit from gender equity policies? -- Yes: from "Punishing the innocent: how the classification of male-to-female transgender individuals in immigration detention constitutes illegal punishment under the Fifth Amendment" / Laurel Anderson -- No: from "'Bathroom bill' sparks accessibility debate" / Stephanie Bloyd -- Issue 4.2. Should Title IX be repealed? -- Yes: from "Stop the bleeding: Title IX and the disappearance of men's collegiate athletic teams" / Victoria Langton -- No: from "A new frontier for women's sports" / Charles L. Kennedy -- Issue 4.3. Do we need the Equal Rights Amendment? -- Yes: from "ERA: once more unto the breach?" / Katha Pollitt -- No: from "The Equal Rights Amendment reconsidered: politics, policy, and social mobilization in a democracy" / Donald T. Critchlow and Cynthia L. Stachecki -- UNIT 5. FEMINISM IN THE 21st CENTURY: YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY -- Issue 5.1. Can a woman with conservative political views be a feminist? -- Yes: from "Feminism and freedom" / Christina Hoff Sommers -- No: from "Who stole feminism?" / Jessica Valenti -- Issue 5.2. Can women be misogynistic? -- Yes: from "All fired up: women, feminism, and misogyny in the democratic primaries" / Christine Stansell -- No: from "Internalized misogyny as a moderator of the link between sexist events and women's psychological distress" / Dawn M. Szymanski ... [et al.] -- Issue 5.3. Do women support the advancement of other women? -- Yes: from "Nurturer or queen bee?" / Julianne Malveaux -- No: from "Women and the ethos of philosophy: shedding light on mentoring and competition" / Jacqui Poltera -- UNIT 6. DOUBLE STANDARDS: THE INTERSECTION OF SEX, GENDER, AND CULTURE -- Issue 6.1. Is there still a double standard of sexuality for women and girls? -- Yes: from "The sexual double standard: fact or fiction?" / Micheal J. Marks and R. Chris Fraley -- No: from "The decline of the double standard" / Gail Collins -- Issue 6.2. Should the word slut be redefined? -- Yes: from "Let's get those sluts walking" / Laurie Penny -- No: from "Sluts and riot grrrls: female identity and sexual agency" / Feona Attwood -- Issue 6.3. Are women "hard-wired" to be society's nurturers? -- Yes: from "Contrast effects of stereotypes: 'nurturing' male professors are evaluated more positively than 'nurturing' female professors" / Andrea L. Meltzer and James K. McNulty -- No: from "Nurturer-in-chief: advice for Hillary Clinton from the former prime minister of Pakistan" / Jennifer Senior -- UNIT 7. WOMEN AS OBJECTS: SUBJECT TO THE MALE GAZE -- Issue 7.1. Is pornography for men different from pornography for women? -- Yes: from "A comparison of male and female directors in popular pornography: what happens when women are at the helm?" / Chyng Sun ... [et al.] -- No: from "Gender differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors: a review of meta-analytic results and large datasets" / Jennifer L. Petersen and Janet Shibley Hyde.