• DOI:10.1207/S15328023TOP1703_17
Corpus ID: 145519594

Using Science Fiction to Teach the Psychology of Sex and Gender

@article{Lips1990UsingSF,
  title={Using Science Fiction to Teach the Psychology of Sex and Gender},
  author={H. Lips},
  journal={Teaching of Psychology},
  year={1990},
  volume={17},
  pages={197 - 198}
}

• H. Lips
• Published 1990
• Sociology
• Teaching of Psychology

In order to help students appreciate the impact of gender on social relationships and social structure, it is useful to have them consider different conceptions of gender. One way to do this is by exposing them to science fiction about worlds in which gender is constructed very differently. This article describes the classroom use of two science fiction novels to illustrate the links between a society's assumptions about gender and its practices with respect to such matters as family structure… Expand

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