EQUL40310 Masculinities, Gender and Equality

Academic Year 2022/2023

This is an inter-disciplinary module that takes a critical look at the studies of masculinities and gender relations. It draws upon the assumption that masculinity is an organising principles of society, which shapes ideologies and practices, and intersects with factors such as race, ethnicity, social class, age, and sexuality. There are multiple versions of masculinities and forms of “being a man” presented not only at different times and in different cultures but also within the same society. These versions of masculinity coexist within power relations, hierarchical positions in society, and within negotiations and intersections between femininities and masculinities.

This module interrogates topics such as: the intersections of gender, race and social class; heterosexual, queer, gay and trans masculinities; non-western masculinities; health and wellbeing; ageing; violence and power; “new” masculinities; male friendship; fatherhood and caring masculinities; and popular culture and the “manosphere”. Particular attention will be devoted to the study of men and masculinities in the context of international migration, globalisation, and inequality.

About the module coordinator and lecturer:
Dr. Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila is an Assistant Professor in Social Justice, UCD School of SocialPolicy, Social Work and Social Justice . By background, he is a medical anthropologist with a PhD from Columbia University, New York. His research expertise spans the topics of Masculinities, Migration, Sexualities, Ageing and Global Health based on research undertaken in Latin America, Ireland, and the USA. His latest publications include Unsustainable Institutions of Men: Transnational Dispersed Centres, Gender Power, Contradictions (Routledge 2019) and Being a Man in a Transnational World: The Masculinity and Sexuality of Migration (Routledge 2014). He has previously taught at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru); Georgetown University (Washington, DC, USA); and at the University of the Philippines (Manila, Philippines).

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

1. Encourage students to develop a critical analysis of how gender and masculinities organise and construct our everyday lives;

2. Gain a better understanding of diversity and ourselves through the comparative study of other cultures and their notions of gender and masculinities;

3. Critically analyse the ways our societies produce power, knowledge, discourses, and inequalities through gender and masculinities.

4. Embrace an intersectional approach that posits gender and masculinity at the interaction of other factors such as race/ethnicity, social class, sexual orientation, among others.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Specified Learning Activities

100

Autonomous Student Learning

80

Total

204

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures; specified readings; class/group guided discussions/activities
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
EQUL30080 - Men, Masculinities & Equality, SOC30320 - Men in Contemporary Society, SSJ30080 - Global Masculinities


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Group Project: Masculinities Virtual Gallery (40%). Group Project. See guidelines on Brightspace. Throughout the Trimester n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

40

Assignment: Final assignment. Take-home assignment. You will chose ONE option of several choices. See guidelines provided Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

60


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Individual feedback will be provided to students post-assessment

Name Role
Dr Ernesto Vasquez Del Aguila Tutor