Overview of the cultural framing of sex and violence through realistic and hyper-realistic representations of sex, love, violence, and war in popular culture. Examination of the ethical implications, including the ways in which these representations rely on and further social inequalities and the sociological concepts, methods, and theoretical approaches to understanding sex and violence in popular culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Sociology 322P, Women's and Gender Studies 322 (Topic 10), 322K. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.