Men's Studies???

Question

Why are there a section for women's studies under social science and not for men? Is it because there's nothing to study?

Answer 1

I've found that the Women's Studies section seems to be full of men asking stupid sex questions and trying to provoke the women to fight over women's rights, etc. If there was a Men's Studies section, the women wouldn't care and the men would still be in the Women's Studies section behaving badly. So, therefore, there is no need for a Men's Studies section because no one would be there.

Answer 2

Because women are discriminated against in employment - costing the country money supposedly and women have a vote. men are discriminated against mainly in health care and social provision and we put up with it. I listened in on a hospital doctor doing his "clinic". Every male patient, he mentioned the word "work" - as in "are you back at work yet?" The women - weren't asked such questions, but rather how they were affected emotionally by their illness and if they needed more support from a counsellor or social worker. The men just get better if they can and get back to work and support their families, do the DIY, mow the lawn and flake out with a can of lager - and then they are supposed to spend quality time with the kids. My view is objective - I don't have children.

Answer 3

Because, for the past few thousand years, men have dominated the arts, sciences and religion. Women's studies is about exploring all of these traditionally male dominated subjects from a feminine perspective. It's not sepratist, but rather about reclaiming some sense of ownership in a male-dominated society.

It's not about biology and physiology and such, but more about attitudes, arts, literature, spirituality and the like. A large part of Goddess-based spirituality is an outcome of the Women's studies movement, with such authors as Starhawk and others.

Answer 4

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Men's Studies

Social Science > Men's Studies

Men in Nursing: History, Challenges, and Opportunities
Redattori: Chad O'Lynn, Russell Tranbarger
Springer Publishing Company, August 2006

This innovative guide is for men thinking about a career in nursing or currently practicing in the field. For the first time, authors, educators and practicing nurses Chad O'Lynn and Russell Tanbarger offer a unique insider's view to how men work, succeed, and survive in... (Continua)


Country Boys: Masculinity and Rural Life
Redattori: Hugh Campbell, Michael Mayerfeld Bell
Pennsylvania State University Press, July 2006

Rural masculinity is hardly a typical topic for a book. There is something unexpected, faintly disturbing, even humorous about investigating that which has long been seen and yet so often overlooked. But the ways in which we think about and socially organize masculinity are of... (Continua)


Staging Masculinity: Male Identity in Contemporary American Drama
Autore: Carla J. McDonough
McFarland & Company, July 2006

This study explores how masculinity is presented in the works of such leading male playwrights as Sam Shepard, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill, David Mamet and August Wilson.... (Continua)


The Other Half of Gender: Men's Issues in Development
Redattori: Maria C. Correia, Ian Bannon
World Bank Publications, June 2006

This book brings the gender and development debate full circle--from a much-needed focus on empowering women to a more comprehensive gender framework that considers gender as a system that affects both women and men. It draws on a slowly emerging realization that attaining the vision... (Continua)


Brotherhood of Mt. Shasta
Autore: Eugene E. Thomas
Kessinger Publishing, May 2006

A Strange And Exciting Novel Which Leads The Reader Through A Succession Of Extraordinary Adventures. Not Confined To The Physical, But Bravely Storming The Realms Of Mind And Spirit.... (Continua)


The de-Balling of America
Autore: Evan Keliher
Pedagogue Press, May 2006

The De-Balling of America is a satirical look at the state of male ego in 21st century America. Included is an overview of the history of de-balling, an analysis of the role women play in wielding the scissors, and a series of ideas men under... (Continua)


Islamic Masculinities
Redattore: Lahoucine Ouzgane
Zed Books, April 2006

This innovative book outlines the great complexity, variety and difference of male identities in Islamic societies. From the Taliban orphanages of Afghanistan to the cafes of Morocco, from the experience of couples at infertility clinics in Egypt to that of Iraqi conscripts, it shows how... (Continua)


Manliness
Autore: Harvey Mansfield
Yale University Press, March 2006

This first study of manliness draws from science, literature, and philosophy to examine the layers of manliness, from vulgar aggression to philosophical virtue.... (Continua)


Black Men in Interracial Relationships: What's Love Got to Do with It?
Autore: Kellina M. Craig-Henderson
Transaction Publishers, January 2006

Grounded in research, interviews, and analysis of census data, this book examines why relationships between black men and women not of African descent appear to be so popular among the black male elite. It provides insight into the continuing ways that race and ethnic status... (Continua)


The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Autore: Neil Strauss
ReganBooks, September 2005

A bestselling author and journalist offers an intriguing, humorous, and informative inside look at a subculture of men trying to perfect the art of picking up women.... (Continua)

Answer 5

Same reason 'womens magazines' are all about 'womens issues' whereas 'mens magazines' are all about everything else but themselves.

Actually that's no longer true because male/female demarcation is getting less clear. Give it time, no more than 2 years, there will be a mens studies.

And whilst it's good that equality gives everybody chances they didn't have in the past, it isn't so good that men are becoming so narcissistic.

Answer 6

Because thoughout history, books were written for and about men; the world was run by men; rules were written by men; philosophy, pyshcology, sociology, art, music, science, inventions, literature, etc., were all controlled by men. Women had no say. Women were not permitted to "think".

Women's Studies is based on what women have learned about themselves thus far. What was it like to be in such an oppressed society? What will they do with the new freedom which has been fought for by women of the past? Teaching positives to each other; teaching and empowering other women; teaching themselves that what happened in the past was "self-inflicted" because women made themselves out to be weak, controlled, abused, in one one hyphenated word, "self-victimized".

Women have realized that they have their own history and must take strides to understand how to take control of their own lives. In order to understand oneself and one's own behavior, you learn your own history. Women's Studies. :-)

Answer 7

University studies are all PC (except the sciences).

There will be nothing there for men's viewpoint.

Read some Men's Novels -- start with "Fight Club".

Answer 8

Because we all know what men study and Yahoo! is trying to keep the "Adult Content" to an absolute minimum.

Answer 9

it is becouse social science loves to focus in the victims. thus youve got gender studies but it really is oh you poor women who have suffered throughout history-studies

Answer 10

Because women love talking about themselves and men like banging women