how come theres a womens studies...?

Question

and not a mans?

dang you persistent sneaky lil...

Answer 1

In the 70's when I was in college, the majority of the college textbooks available focused on the achievements of men; women were rarely mentioned. That's when women's studies started showing up on smaller college campus's (some campus's in the 60's already had it); it was the first time in a very long time that research had been done on the accomplishments of women in the sciences and the arts. It was the first time I heard of women being mentioned as being capable of being anything other than being wives or mothers.

And the backlash has not stopped since..men and women alike pick whatever topic they are upset about, and say "why do feminists hate men" or "why do feminists "fill in the blank". Because of the abundant amount of negative stereotypes about feminists, many women don't identify as one, even though all it's about is equity, and researching and documenting the lost history of women's achievements. Here's MIT's Women's Studies Program web page:
http://web.mit.edu/womens-studies/www/information.html

When I was in college in the 70s, I could only apply for jobs that were in the "women's" column of the want ads; most of the jobs that paid anything more than the minimum wage were in the "mens" column of the want ads.
*Jobs were totally segregated by gender.*

So why do we still have women's studies programs? People are still researching the lost history of women writers, scientists, artists etc. For example, until just the last decade, all health studies were performed only on white men; the study results were then assumed to be the same for women and people of color. We're just learning how different symptoms and treatments affect men or women, whites or non-whites, etc.

As far as mens studies go, there are some men's studies programs, such as this:
http://www.themenscenter.com/National/national02.htm

As a matter of fact, some college women's studies programs are changing the name of their programs to gender studies, to reflect the need to study all the aspects of gender (ie what is femininity and masculinity?):
http://www.indiana.edu/~gender/html/women_or_gender_studies_.html

Good luck!

Answer 2

A very common fallacy.
People think that because we can oppose men to women i biological terms, we can also do the same with women's studies and men's studies. But they miss the point that studies mean an area of science, that is: an area of knowledge directed to specific objects of study. Considering that knowledge about the object of study "women" has been a topic underestimated and disregarded for ages and in so many cases, some authors have tried to make women's otherwise hidden views more visible and obtain recognition of their specific identity (according to postructuralist feminism).
If you find another object of study that you consider worth to take int account, tell a professor and try to make a thesis on it.

Answer 3

Because a lot of feminists are sexist and believe that only women's issues deserve attention. And they think that if someone brings up men's issues, they most hate women. Personally I completely believe in equality and think that both women and men have issues that should be explored. And that's why feminists don't like me.

Answer 4

What is left in men's studies, or who cares, does it hang to the left, right, up, down, that's it, is there something else?

Answer 5

Almost all of history has been Mens Studies. Generals, Kings, Knights, Dictators, Doctors, pro Athletes, War Heroes. Womens studies have helped us realize that they too can be heroes.

Answer 6

there is it's called history

Answer 7

Because yahoo knew we would have a better time in yours ; )

Answer 8

i dont even really know what womens studies entails. im just trying to beef with you

YOUR MOTHER!!

Answer 9

Yawn. This question again.

Answer 10

cause they're fffffffffff'd up....heheheh

JUST KIDDINGGGGGG