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GSJ 222Gender Issues

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Gender and Social Justice
Cross-listed
PHIL 202

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Drawing on a range of disciplines, students will be introduced to different conceptions of gender, with an emphasis on feminist, queer, and trans perspectives. Students will explore questions about how categories of gender and sex are shaped within various historical and geographic contexts through interactions with systems such as the law, health care, science, and the family. This exploration will help students identify how some gender expressions or identities have been given more social influence than others. Students will gain a foundation in methods in philosophy and in gender studies, including reading, writing, and discussion skills. In addition, students will gain an appreciation for diverse modes of gender expression.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00137730 / 25TTh 16:00–17:20
LEC 701146610 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

75% liked it38% easy44% useful

From 4 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • this course is crosslisted with phil 202, and it shows. this course mostly takes a philosophical approach to discussions around sex/gender, which is not ideal if you struggle to read and understand philosophy (i sure do). the readings are dense, the accompanying modules were okay and they attempted to summarize and explain the readings but occasionally they were equally as convoluted. i took this course online, no weekly discussion posts or assignments, but you have four essays. if you like philosophy you will enjoy this course. also be aware that a lot of the readings contain outdated and transphobic/sexist language/beliefs. the modules usually call out the prejudice, i think? but this…

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  • A lot of controversial readings without proper discussions. The course has not been updated since 2012 and contains a lot of transphobic contents.

    Aug 2021 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

13 posts and comments in 8 threads mention GSJ 222, June 2022 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2023

Worst way to be on the front page of Reddit 148 points, 31 comments

u/murphydarling: “If a dude goes to a mosque, and starts stabbing people in that mosque, don’t be surprised if people think he hates muslim people.”

u/SpudStory34: “… your way around to find one specific small classroom for a Gender and Social Justice class (GSJ222 cross-listed as PHIL202). How many students at Waterloo in general have even been down that hallway in HH? …”

u/valryuu: “Not really? It's a classroom next to an entrance of the HH building. Someone could easily stumble on it entering from the PAS side. Again, not really. …”

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The guy who stabbed 3 people at Hagey Hall today, anyone know him or anything about him? 1 point, 181 comments

u/gooseyasf: “does anyone know who the prof is? :(”

u/2kofawsome: “If you mean the one who was targeted, looks like GSJ 222 runs in HH at this time”

u/2kofawsome: “they are the same class, GSJ 222 = PHIL 202. I did not want to say her name since doxxing rules”

u/thesunispraised: “Why do I get a feeling this is incel related?”

u/COCS2022: “The course is "Gender Issues", and is cross-listed as PHIL 202 and GSJ 222. See: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/cscf/teaching/schedule/expert”

u/micro-void: “It was PHIL 202 gender issues. PHIL 202 is cross listed as GSJ 222.”

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Based Prof reaction to the incident 596 points, 22 comments

“&x200B; https://preview.redd.it/monqhbsp9u8b1.png?width=1496&format=png&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=f091239b356892dddde3e28e554c87f5413b5b00”

u/stittystician: “which prof was this? just curious”

u/havereddit: “The incident occurred in HH139 which is apparently the location of a Gender Studies course GSJ222/PHIL202 Gender Studies course taught by Dr. Katy Fulfer. Let's hope she was not severely injured and makes a full recovery.”

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Newest article 11 points, 2 comments

“https://www.thestar.com/tr/news/crime/2023/06/28/stabbing-at-university-of-waterloo-sends-three-to-hospital.html”

u/havereddit: “… U 1 20 13 0 0 02:30-03:50MW HH 139 Fulfer,Katy Reserve: Philosophy students 5 2 Held With: GSJ 222 LEC 001”

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no one go to hague hall rn 400 points, 88 comments

“hagey apparently there was a stabbing there. ideally leave campus if safe to do so”

u/ISI786: “Let's build few more homeless crack shelters around campus. I am sure that will fix this issue!”

u/SpudStory34: “If this is true then it's GSJ 222 which is in HH today??”

u/satirebunny: “Could be PHIL 202 which ends around the time the incident happened.”

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Fall 2022

Spring 2022

A GUIDE ON HOW TO PLAN AN OPTION 29 points, 15 comments

u/1000Ditto: “… List A online without prereqs: soc 101, phil 145, phil 201, phil 202, phil 215, phil 221, phil 324, pacs 201, pacs 202, pacs 203, gsj 222, geog 207 \[ GEOG 207 is the online one only one offered online on list A eng\] List C online without prereqs: The list is huge but includes …”

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