Is there more to 'Women's Studies' courses than just blaming men (past and present) for everything

Question

Is Women's Studies an ideology masquerading as a legitimate academic study? It claims to be about social history but isn't "man-hate" at its very core? Women's Studies people seem to "groom" and misdirect young girls in a similar way to what paedophiles do.

In this new and expanded edition of their 1994 book, the authors update their analysis of what's gone wrong with Women's Studies programmes. Three new chapters provide a devastating and detailed examination of the routine practices found in feminist teaching and research.

http://www.amazon.com/Professing-Feminism-Education-Indoctrination-Studies/dp/0739104551/

Answer 1

No there is not more, its just all about blaming men.

Answer 2

i never knew of these issues.........ignorance is bliss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

Celtish i respect your question and it has true merit however i would like to emphaise as an old timer here and also based on my interaction with feminists that this section is not just about trolling or male bashing as you call it.

I have to admit that a lot really depends on how you post a question and respons to answers because by that others can understand you.

Feminism like any other movement is open to exceptions and diverging schools of thought however to condemn all of them because of a few amongst them is perhaps the saddest thing we can do.

I head a mens organization in india and we help men who are victims of misused laws by women yet that doesent mean i support dowry system or domestic violence.I have many times taken on the cause of women who have been victims as well.

There are many forms of feminism and perhaps the most refreshing example amongst them are normal women who are mothers,wives,girlfriends, sisters and a real example is Wendyg and then ofcourse little Rio Maderia.

I'am not at all saying that there are aspects that are negative in feminism and they have to be combatted but we need to understand that the aspects are a minoroty not the whole movement itself.

Did you know that amongst the people who lobbied for this section to be changed to GWS instead just womens studies were some feminists?

I say debate and argue with them and even fight them on an intellectual level but hatred nah! we  all are humans after all!

Answer 4

I'm afraid not. In the ones Ive been exposed to. Id prefer to see gender differences shown in the natural way of differences between the male & female rather than bashing men and glorifying any accomplishment by a female, especially if that accomplishment was beating down a man or male institution.

Each s*x has special qualities unique to it. That's what should be explored. Then there'd be Men Studies as well., or even better, we could go back to Human Studies.

Answer 5

no, i did think that but it is'nt. it'a more about females achievments than males opression. there are 3 perspectives,

liberal- blame laws

marxist- blame the cappitalist

radical- blame men

however you could say men are mainly cappitalists and made the laws. however i think you can't blame men for how previous generations of men had treated women. that just as bad as them previous men opressing women because of what eve did in the bible, and that would make us no better, once you get into a womens studies course it's really intresting and canges your perspective.

Answer 6

I often thought that this was probably the case and in that wondered just what went on in one of those courses. as well as wondering what it be like to be a male in one having to endure what the agenda of each days class would be and how it would effect a male having those points put up on a daily bases. it has always seems as if it would be a hostile environment for a male to me and from what i read from your link on those guys who researched it i was right in thanking so. better they went through it then me i say.

Answer 7

It's all about how women were "kept" at home, never "allowed" to go to work every day and "forced" to have, (oh this one's really terrible), s*x with their husbands. boo hoo, whaa whaa, oh men are so mean.

Answer 8

Maybe you should take one and find out.

The ones I took (although it was just a couple, to fulfill some weird requirements) weren't anti-male at all. Actually, we didn't talk about men very much. The courses were more about... women... since they were women's studies. When I went in, I was against feminism because, like you, I thought it was sexist. But the way those classes portrayed it wasn't sexist at all, but more about equality. I found it to be very positive.