Topic 3 – Gender, Equality, and Power

Readings:

1. Sacks, Karen. Sisters and Wives: The Past and Future of Sexual Equality. University of Illinois Press, 1982.
2. Oyěwùmí, Oyèrónkẹ́. The invention of women: Making an African sense of Western gender discourses. University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
3. Cohen, G.A., “Equality of what? On welfare, goods and capabilities.” Recherches Economiques de Louvain / Louvain Economic Review, Vol. 56, 3/4 (1990), pp.357-382.
4. Okin, S. “Is multiculturalism bad for women?” Boston Review 22 (1997), October/November.

Further Reading:

1. Browne, Kingsley. Divided Labors: An evolutionary view of women at work. Yale University Press, 1998.