Why is this group called Gender and Women's Studies?

Question

It sounds very sexist.

Answer 1

Sexism B F;  it reads that way because IT IS that way.

Answer 2

There is no-one more sexist than a 3rd wave feminist

Answer 3

Women's Studies is an area of scholarly investigation drawing primarily - but not exclusively - on the social sciences.

Did you notice that this forum is under the umbrella heading of social sciences?  Do you know what those are?  

Surprise, surprise...

I didn't think so.

Answer 4

Really? Good grief!

You know, I've NEVER heard this question before! How original.

Mo, you have a lot of patience to answer this one so nicely every day.

Cheers :-)

Answer 5

Most of the area of psychology and sociology was developed from a male viewpoint. Truth be told, most of academia, until the past 50 years, have been conceived of mostly men. Because of this, when people studied psychology or sociology they only really studied about 50% of the population. The psychology, sociology and biology of women were looked at only as an afterthought, when men were considered the standard model of a human.Gender and women's studies was conceived to look at academic subjects, such as philosophy, sociology, and psychology from a different viewpoint.

Also, gender studies also studies homosexuals, transsexuals and transvestites. It looks at how gender shapes our perception of the world, from a psychological and societal viewpoint.

Answer 6

idk!! lol

support legalization!

Answer 7

I agree; although I think it's too small a point to really worry about.

It's sexist because there is no group for Men's studies. While it's true you can ask questions related to men and masculinity in this forum, saying that all of men's issues can be discussed in the area of Women's studies denies men the chance to have their own s*x and their own gender. It makes them a sub-group of women. If women were asked to use a Men's studies category they would get super upset because they would feel they're being defined as a sub-set of Men. (I would be.)

Then, having the category named Gender and Women's study links the two together -- you can see the link, it's the operator word 'and'. What if you want to ask a question about gender, but the question doesn't pertain to women's studies? Technically it wouldn't belong in this section.

But, again, I don't know if it's really worth getting upset about. It's more of a technicality. Because if there was a men's studies and a women's studies the discussions would always be overlapping.

Answer 8

well, you can also call it the 'challenge a feminist show'

(where you always lose, no matter how right you may be)

...you really have to be some sort of a m*******t to enjoy it here.. so, let's start answering questions, and prepare for some real bashing.. ready?