Why isn't there category for Men's Studies?

Question

I really don't have any emotional charge on this issue. I do find it interesting how much charge there is held and expressed about men, ha.
It is good form to chat down men and don't you dare chat down women.

There have been some really good answers, some with great humor, a few with hostility.
My thanks to all that answered.

Answer 1

Because the only kind of acceptable sexual discrimination exists against men. Women like to argue that since everything else is "male" by default, then they should always get their own special little club where they can hang a "No Boyz Allowed" sign and feel all superior. You'll often hear the common fallacy that since men have been historically so important, women should be given more privileges NOW to make up for this Karmic deficit.

Never mind that it makes no sense. Never mind that women are not only considered "equal" under the law, but more important. Never mind that history textbooks have been re-written for more "inclusion." It's always more, more, more.

And that, my friend, is why men aren't allowed something as simple as their own space. Frankly, I'm surprised that Yahoo lets men post in this category.

Answer 2

If you want something done, then you have advocate for it, instead of just asking why there's none. Take this to Yahoo and express your interest in it and perhaps find out how many other men want a men's study category.

Men's studies programs and courses often include contemporary discussions of men's rights, feminist theory, queer theory, patriarchy, and, more generally, the social, historical, and cultural constructions of men and masculinity. They often discuss the issues surrounding the changing forms of male privilege, as well as the anxiety that men in developed countries face as a result of their loss of privilege and clear gender roles in light of the feminist movement. Importantly, scholars engaged in the field of Men's Studies tend not to agree that this anxiety is justified, and analyze the socio-historical institutions and attitudes that have led men to assume that their power and authority should be necessarily greater than, or at least necessarily different from, that of women.

The American Men Studies Association traces the roots of an organized field of men's studies to the early 1980s and the work of scholars involved in an anti-sexist organization called the Men's Studies Task Group (MSTG) of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism (NOMAS) [1], which included Martin Acker, Shepherd Bliss, Harry Brod, Sam Femiano, Martin Fiebert, and Michael Messner. However, men's studies classes also pre-date AMSA, and a small number were taught in various colleges across the United States throughout the 1970s.

Answer 3

In today's social and political climate "All Animals Are Equal...But Some Are More Equal Than Others"

Try reading the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell...then you'll understand what is happening these days...not only to men but to Christians, Anglo races, those who are wealthier, etc. On the world stage, ALL AMERICANS have even become victims of this mindset. The basic premise of the book is that victims of oppression, when they finally break out of it, tend to become exactly like those who oppressed them. We should all be very careful.

To marginalize men and other traditionally advantaged groups is to say that two wrongs make a right.

Men have feelings, too and shouldn't have their feelings and social issues invalidated because of real (or perceived) historical injustices.

God bless :-)

Answer 4

In general _________studies categories come into existance when a group who feels marginalized speaks up and demands that their story be told. The downfall of this is that people who are considered part of the majority or group in power often get left out with the assumption that they don't have anything special worth understanding. Of course there are issues relating to being a man that are unique and worth studying. Men are often pressured to live up to impossible standards. Perhaps you should consider petitioning for a Men's Studies category :)

Answer 5

Good question. Why DOESN'T Yahoo! answers have a Men's Studies category? Why DOESN'T Barnes & Noble's have a Men's Studies category?

Apparently, it's because society doesn't give a darn about issues that men face. Apparently, it's because society has done its best to denigrate manhood.

Answer 6

Actually, in many women's studies classes you talk about men's issues too. Women's studies is basically about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Since "male" is a gender we do talk about you. However, since most of the textbooks we are given from K-12 are biased towards the male point of view, we do spend more time talking about women's issues than men's issues.

Answer 7

Although I've already answered a similar question, I'll answer this one too.
Women's studies are necessary because women are extremely complicated individuals, and it is necessary for this category to exist to help men better understand them.

If there was a Men's Studies category, it would only have one question, and one answer;

Q: What do men want out of a relationship.
A: Sex, beer, and someone to help us find the remote when the friggin thing gets lost in the couch.

Answer 8

Maybe because men's studies are more easier to understand than women's. In a woman's you need to decide whether she should stay at home and raise the children like it was back in the years before the feminists got control.

Answer 9

Men could give a flip about studying and looking into how we think. women are about self. look at most any store 75% will be for and about women the 25% will be kids, home, sports gifts and men.

Answer 10

You have to understand the history of women and education. This used to be a world where women were not allowed to pursue higher education. Women were denied all sorts of rights in the past. We now have women's studies, along with african american and other minority studies so that we can continue the spread of information of how f*cked up things used to be so that hopefully we won't make the same mistakes. Unfortunately, as anyone who actually studies history tells you, humankind makes the same damned mistakes again and again.