PHIL 173: Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour

Catalog page 368

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Investigates philosophical issues relating to human sexual behaviors and identities. Topics include attempts to distinguish sexual from nonsexual activities; the construction and medicalization of sex and sexuality; and historical and contemporary ethical evaluations of various sexual activities and identities (homosexuality, heterosexuality, masturbation, sadomasochism, various fetishisms, polyamory, and other nonmonogamies).