feminist studies
Women-focused academic field
Feminist studies is an academic field examining gender, sexuality, and power through frameworks developed by feminist movements.
The discipline analyzes how gender shapes social structures, cultural production, and individual experience.
Also called women's studies or gender studies, though these terms carry slightly different emphases: She majored in feminist studies.
- standpoint theoryKnowledge rooted in social location
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
- gender theoryAnalysis of sex-based categories
- gender equityFair treatment across sexes
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
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