2006-11-10 10:33:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
If you want a class where women are analyzed..it should be a study of Third World Women. They are the most challenged. Women in the western world are spoiled beyond belief compared to (these women.)
2006-11-11 01:53:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's not that women's studies are better than men's studies; it's just that men's studies were all there was until women's studies were invented. Before women and enlightened men realized the huge gap in educational fields, there just wasn't anything in the textbooks about women. Women authors? Not represented. Women in history? Barely talked about. Women artists? You mean women create art? It was like 52% of the population didn't exist.
Women's studies (as well as black studies or latino studies or any of the rest) work to address that gap. It's a richer culture and history we have for addressing the accomplishments and effects of women, as well as minorities. That's why it's important.
2006-11-10 21:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by random6x7 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It has nothing to do with being better. It has to do with lack of inclusion within history books and literature anthologies and what not.
Is it worth studying? I have taken two classes in the field. The lit class was good, but there was a lot of suicide and dementia. The history class, however, was rich. I mean it was the most culturally inclusive class I have ever taken about American history. We looked at homelife, plantations, workplace. We also saw how women interacted in so many roles....poor or rich, educated or not. We also looked at their interaction with men. It gave me a better perspective of history.
Seriously, if you think your great great grandma was just tending to kids and cooking...you might want to take a class.
2006-11-10 19:02:30 · answer #3 · answered by Kindred 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely, women's studies is worth studying. The whole world is a lesson in mens' studies, as much as you may want to deny it.
2006-11-10 22:38:47 · answer #4 · answered by Forrest Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
who said that women's studies are more important than mens'? most clinical studies have traditionally been done largely on the male population, with the females being the minority. i think they should be equally important, in recent years they have found that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, a subject that was largely devoted to men only. women have been secondary in studies up until recently. where do you get your info?
2006-11-10 19:02:32 · answer #5 · answered by liz c the soul never dies, Dr. 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Hmmm. More important? No. It's just that men are pretty much one dimensional while women are multi-dimensional, totally facinating creatures. They could be studied for a thousand years and only scratch the surface.
2006-11-10 20:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by hayden 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
we are very diverse and culturally the same but different I find it ironic that when I ask a guy why he and his significant other broke up he always points the finger at her, he never says I cheated,was a drug addict,and I ripped off everything she owned,she wouldnt give me sex it was all about him,him,him...hmmmmmmmm thanks for asking
2006-11-10 20:03:04 · answer #7 · answered by erica 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋