What is gender communication? • The role gender in different forms of communication • Necessity to have knowledge about gender and its in communication
Sex vs. Gender • Gender: Socially and culturally constructed identity • Sex: Biological identity
Evolutionary psychology vs. Feminism • Evolving of gender roles • Evolving of gender differences • Feminist view of evolution in gender differences
Feminism • Defining feminism • Three waves of feminism • Analyzing women’s rights, esp. in Bangladesh
Gender stereotypes and its impacts • Gender roles • Gender stereotypes • Impacts of gender stereotypes in communication
Gendered Language • Use of gendered language • Making language gender-neutral [e. g. he or she? ]
Gendered Media • Media contents are gendered [biased to male] • Reviewing mass media contents • Analyzing male-gaze theory
Theories of Gender Identity • Reviewing theories of gender identity development • Analyzing own society and culture to understand gender identity development
Third Gender and LGBT • LGBT Issues • Third Gender, LGBT and Bangladesh
Men’s rights movement • Issues of men’s rights movement • History of this movement