• To explain and discuss gender and patriarchal system as two important elements which shape the lives and status of men and women • To discuss social construction of gender • To analyse the operation of patriarchal system within the social structure • To investigate gender inequalities from different feminist perspectives

The Concepts of Sex and Gender; The Social Construction of Masculinity and Femininity; The Process of Socialisation and its effects on Gender Construction; Gender in Language and Literature; Power and Violence; Gender, Class, Race, Ethnicity; Gender Inequalities.