Is the term women's studies just a politically correct term for lesbianism?

Question

It seems that all women that are caught up in women's studies sport mullets, don't wear bras, and are on the prowl for lesbian activities. Any truth to that?

Answer 1

No.

That is the extent of an answer that a question like this deserves.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

This question could only be asked by either an uninformed, unenlightened male or a woman who has never looked into what feminism is.

I was afraid to claim the "label" feminist but when doing a study for college on women and selfesteem I came across several books on feminism. I found that I was a feminist because I believed that women should be given equal respect for the things they have accomplished whether it is a "traditionally male" job, act, or idea or one generally done by women. I could go on for a long way here but let's just say if you want answers do some unbiased research on your own.

Good luck!

Answer 4

No. 'Women's Studies' is not a PC term for lesbianism. However, I'm sure that quite a few lesbians are interested in Women's Studies and can be found taking courses in them. But, the two are not synonymous with one another.

Answer 5

Nope. Having majored in WS in college, I can assure you the answer is no. I'm a guy. And I received an education in books, ideas, theories, philosophies, and histories that may people do not receive because of how the academic canon was constructed.

And most of the lesbians I've known have not needed a class to find lesbian activities.

I've also learned that most people who complain about the study of gender, sexuality, and race, are interested in holding onto a narrow world view, or, at the very least, their easily formed notions of how they think people should be. Most people working in these areas are not interested in division (as one commenter alluded to). More often, IMHO, they are interested in breaking long held silences, telling more complete stories about the world, and using their energy to make a few more places at the table.

WS helped me look at more of how things were, are, and could be. I loved it and it has helped me understand the people around me more deliberately.

Answer 6

No this is just a stereotype perpetuated by misogynist who view women's studies as a threat to their misconceived, and false ideas. I am a feminist who has never had a mullet, am a heterosexual and wear a bra. In fact I don't know of any feminists or women studies scholars who fit this description, and I have been active in this community for over twenty five years. Obviously someone is feeding you propaganda and you are swallowing it without feeling motivated enough to seek out the truth on your own.

Answer 7

Having not met many Women's Studies majors in my life, I can't say for certain whether the stereotype is true or not. But if it is, I wonder if it's the fact that women like you describe have invested time into pondering what exactly it means to be a woman, and exploring the gender stereotypes they're expected to live up to. At some point, they probably thought "this is really interesting" and decided to major in it.

After all, that's what led me to major in Computer Science.

Answer 8

No. Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the historical, cultural, political.. and other circumstances that have defined a specific women's position in society. The central problem of the studies is the phenomenon of women's invisibility in almost all social-cultural domains, reasons for this invisibility and ways and possibilities to make women's position more equal, relevant and visible.

Also, WS are paying an remarkable attention to women's writers, poets, scientists, philosophers, politicians... and their position in these usually male-dominated fields.

WS are also rethinking the system of values and socially desirable phenomena imposed mostly by patriarchy...

Answer 9

It had nothing to do with lesbianism. It's a college major. This is the definition of it for the college major at Hollins University:

Women's studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines how systems of oppression/resistance and privilege operate. It is designed to provide students with an understanding of the importance of gendera as a category of analysis, and its intersections with race/ethnicity, class, age, sexual identity, and (dis)ability.

Answer 10

Of course not. Women's studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. It often includes feminist theory, women's history (e.g. a history of women's suffrage) and social history, women's fiction, women's health, and the feminist and gender studies-influenced practice of most of the humanities and social sciences.

Answer 11

You don't know what you are talking about. I studied Woman's Studies and feminist philosophy in college. I'm bisexual, married (to a dude) and pregnant with my second baby. Stop stereotyping.