CAST 405 - Gender, Violence, and Society

(4 S.H.)

This course introduces students to the roots of gender-based violence, the political and the cultural structures that perpetuate it; the course also explores how this violence might be brought to an end. Students will investigate the local and global impact of violence; how gendered violence intersects with race, class, sexuality, age, physical ability and the oppressions that are linked to these identities; and strategies for addressing gender-based violence. The overlap between gender-based violence and child abuse and neglect will be addressed under each topic. As part of the class, students will complete a 45-hour advocacy training requirement and 15 hours of volunteer advocacy work offered in partnership with the Women’s Resource Center of Winona Course time will be divided between 2 credits of lab and 2 credits of theory. Prerequisites: CAST 301 - Child Advocacy Studies I: Perspectives on Child Maltreatment and Child Advocacy or instructor’s permission.

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