women's studies
Feminist academic discipline
Women's studies is an academic field that examines women's experiences, contributions, and roles in society, history, politics, and culture.
The discipline emerged from feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s and often incorporates interdisciplinary approaches drawing from sociology, literature, psychology, and history.
Programs may also be called gender studies or feminist studies, reflecting expanded focus on gender as a broader category.
She majored in women's studies before going to law school.
Historic New York reform gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- Susan B AnthonySuffragist leader, dollar namesake
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- second-wave feminism1960s-80s equality movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Betty Friedan · Simone de Beauvoir · Gloria Steinem · Rosie the Riveter · herstory · flappers · matrilineal
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
misogyny · sexism · glass ceiling · gender bias · social construction · queer theory · standpoint theory · essentialism
Right to cast ballots
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · petition · grassroots · lobbying · coalition · solidarity · reform · consciousness-raising
Depiction or likeness
- beauty standardsCultural criteria for attractiveness
- media portrayalHow outlets depict subjects
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- gendered languageWords encoding masculine/feminine distinctions
femininity · masculinity · body image · cultural norms · socialization · popular culture · literature · art
Analysis of sex-based categories
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- feminist theoryScholarly analysis of patriarchy
research · seminar · thesis · dissertation · syllabus · textbook · professor · department
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Historic New York reform gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- Susan B AnthonySuffragist leader, dollar namesake
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Betty Friedan · Simone de Beauvoir · Gloria Steinem · Rosie the Riveter · second-wave feminism · herstory · flappers · matrilineal · historiography
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
gender equality · misogyny · sexism · glass ceiling · gender bias · social construction · queer theory · standpoint theory · essentialism · postfeminism
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
demonstration · march · petition · grassroots · lobbying · coalition · solidarity · reform · consciousness-raising · organizing
representation
Depiction or likeness
- beauty standardsCultural criteria for attractiveness
- media portrayalHow outlets depict subjects
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
gendered language · femininity · masculinity · body image · cultural norms · socialization · popular culture · literature · art · film criticism
gender theory
Analysis of sex-based categories
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- interdisciplinaryCombining distinct fields
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
feminist theory · research · seminar · thesis · dissertation · syllabus · textbook · professor · department · major
- humanitiesphilosophy, history, literature, philosophy class, novels
- college subjectsbiology, chemistry, history, mathematics, physics
- Majorsaccounting, anthropology, biology, business, chemistry
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, feminist novels, feminist themes
- education historypublic schooling, education reforms, school reform, educational reforms, one-room school
- female educationfemale education, female scholars, single-sex education, convent schools, finishing schools
women's studiesWestern canon
Influential European literary tradition
women's studiesbiology
Study of organisms
hard sciences · STEM · natural sciences · biology class · physics