Write an essay addressing the issue of representation and construction of gender in media, literature, art language and popular culture, and examine the contradictions and expectations associated with doing gender? Do this from a Political Science perspective? Term Paper This course explores the social construction of identity paying particular attention to the implications of sex, gender, and sexuality as core aspects of the self in contemporary Western culture This course has a focus on critiquing the sex-gender binary and thinking about genders, identities, and sexualities as social constructs.