Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4J · IGETC Area 4D · CSU GE Area D4 · CSU GE Area D0DescriptionThe study of the position of women in American society from a sociological and cultural perspective. Topics to be studied include the theoretical approaches to studying gender; the impact of race and ethnicity, class, nationality, and sexual orientation on women's lives; cross-cultural variations in gender roles; the socialization of women; women's role in the major social institutions - the family, education, the political system, religion, the economy, and the mass media; violence against women; and feminism as a social movement. 