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2013-2014 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

WGS 202 - Women’s Health and Environment

3 credits
Investigation of the complex relationship between our environment and women’s health and bodies. Theoretical concepts such as environmental justice, envrionmental racism, cancer prevention, the precautionary principle, and ecological feminism will be examined. Key women’s health issues including reproductive health, cancer, asthma and lung disease will be explored in detail. A feminist intersectional analysis of the ways race, class, and gender inform one’s experience of environmental harm and degradation will inform our study of women’s health issues. In addition, we will be exploring various activist and political responses to environmental and women’s health issues in the United States.