2006-12-20 05:06:56 · 25 answers · asked by Lucas M 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
There has not been a market for it. If there were a market, it would exist. Women are not interested because they believe they are victims and therefore need their own so-called discipline. Men, on the other hand, are generally more academically serious, and recognize "women's studies" as the waste of time that it is. (Of course, there are men who take the courses because they are not looking for academic rigor.) It has never occurred to men that they might need an academic "discipline" treating them separately.
2006-12-20 05:43:35 · answer #1 · answered by sargon 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This question was raised on the Forum for this site (where you can make suggestions).
Most of the things the person who made this suggestion wanted it for already have existing categories. If people come up with topics that don't fit existing categories, they will re-consider.
Apparently, there is such a field beginning to develop.
It's a shame that Human Studies weren't more inclusive from the start. The original impetus for Women's Studies is that all other fields focused primarily (if not exclusively) on men.
I think they should all be as integrated as possible. Not only fairer, but much more accurate than acting as though we're completely different.
Men and women have much more in common with each other than they have differences.
For any characteristic (except physical) that you can say of either men or women, there will be many of the other sex that way, too.
2006-12-20 05:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not in Yahoo! Answers, but there ARE Masculinity studies in some universities in EU and USA. They are closely connected with women's studies, since both phenomena are regarded as social constructs and stereotypes conditioned by each-other: "pink for girls, blue for boys", "real" woman needs a "real" man... it means that If you really have some question concerning men's studies, you can ask it here or in Sociology section.
or you can visit this: http://mensstudies.org/
2006-12-20 05:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by Aurora 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's mostly that men don't care. From my personal experience, women think they have a lot of figuring out to do about finding out who they really are. Men don't care about that kind of stuff. A "mens studies" class wouldn't take long except to describe the effects of testosterone.
2006-12-20 05:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Men's studies is a relatively new area of consideration and largely unaccepted by our culture. However, it does exist and has made great progress. If you email Yahoo and explain your interest in it, and concern over the site's lack of a category for it, you might be able to get them to start one. Perhaps it will even attract interest to the subject, which many people are completely unaware of.
2006-12-20 05:09:11 · answer #5 · answered by Sappho 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question. But its fun to look at all the catty answers in the Women's Studies section anyways.
2006-12-20 06:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Who would go there.
The old saying is; if you want the men to come, let the women in.
That is pretty much the truth.
Jay Jay's answer pretty much says it. And, that will never end.
Men's life utter challenge is to understand the mystery of women.
2006-12-21 15:19:06 · answer #7 · answered by smially 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it probably should be called "gender studies," but the fact is that women are the oppressed sex.
That is like asking, "why is there African American studies but no white studies?"
2006-12-20 11:41:06 · answer #8 · answered by Javisst 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the other sections are good for me, they can have their one section.
2006-12-20 05:10:03 · answer #9 · answered by Michael C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's not enough to study.....it doesn't make up a whole text book.
2006-12-20 05:10:45 · answer #10 · answered by kj 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋