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Go girl go, the world is your oyster...and
there is unfolding, unlimited
possibilities... ~
Jack
Jeddaman
We found this explanation below from
the Monash University Web site in
Melbourne Australia on Women's Studies -
" Women's
Studies is a comparatively new branch of academic study. Not so
long ago, issues such as gender, sexuality, and the relationship
between the sexes were not systematically theorized, researched or
taught. Today, however, there is such a large body of feminist
knowledge and theory on these topics that it cannot be adequately
covered within traditional disciplines. Instead, it forms part of a
specialized interdisciplinary field called Women's Studies that
brings innovative theory and research techniques to the study of
women's lives, their status in society, and the dilemmas and
contradictions in gender relations and sexualities. The
interdisciplinary nature of Women's Studies scholarship is an
important feature of its success and promise. Women's Studies today
has its own texts, journals and methodologies and some of the most
innovative, scholarly work in feminist theory and gender research
is being done by Women's Studies scholars
internationally."
It's a pity there are not the same quality
courses available for 'Men's Studies'. There is the push to get
these courses changed to 'Gender Studies' but I doubt if we will
see that in this lifetime if at all. Perhaps more collaborative
consciousness into formulating courses for men in Universities
would be an enormous step forward into recognizing that it is long
overdue! If women can have the courses why not men? Feminist
influence in University educational areas is clearly dominating
curriculum within these institutions.
We are aware all the great inventors and
thinkers/philosophers were men so one can only assume that in
general society women believe that 'Men s Studies' are really well
covered. If you bother to look at history and the men that have
carved a niche there that's where feminist women want to leave
that. Still it's a pity in this modern age the focus is on
developing women's studies when it's really men who need to
reinvent themselves. We did find some courses available under
'Family Studies' but that hardly cuts the mustard.This is
evidentially the era of the diminishing patriarch and the rising
evolution of the 'divine' matriarch.
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