Our world is divided up into dualisms that define in advance our expectations of ourselves and others. These dualisms constitute our social, moral, and political systems and are assumed to be "unchangeable" or "just the way things are." Arguably no other dualism is as powerful and pervasive than that of Male and Female, for we constantly live these values, measure ourselves and others by them, and determine our futures according to them. An inquiry into Gynotopia and Phallotopia will allow a critical distance from which we can understand and critique the dualism of Male and Female such that we can gain a clear picture of who we are and where we are heading.

We will also explore how Art and Philosophy might overthrow the Institutions of Sex and Gender.

Readings to include the following:
Regarding the ancient Origin of Sex and Gender
Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, the Bible

Regarding the Overthrow of Sex and Gender
Simone de Beauvoir, Marge Piercy, Monique Wittig, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Heide Göttner-Abendroth, Virginia Held, Elizabeth Barnes