OK, what kind of major is Womens Studies?

fishy fishy fishy fishy wrote:

And what the heck can you do with the degree? Why is there no Mens Studies major? More title IX garbage?

yup, cuz women are still underrepresented you know, despite the fact that there are many womens only scholarships, womens only sports, virtually every sports team has more opportunities for women than the equivalent mens team, etc

A woman majoring in womens studies reminds me of those 2 Venezuelan runners in the 80's from Western State majoring in Spanish.

Maurys Pub wrote:

A woman majoring in womens studies reminds me of those 2 Venezuelan runners in the 80's from Western State majoring in Spanish.

Or all those native English speakers majoring in English. Seriously, what's up with that?

I love how college kids think what they major in is so important. Your major doesn't even go our your degree, people. What you are getting is a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science. That's the education. A major means almost nothing except for possibly bragging rights in the dining hall.

deleuze wrote:

I love how college kids think what they major in is so important. Your major doesn't even go our your degree, people. What you are getting is a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science. That's the education. A major means almost nothing except for possibly bragging rights in the dining hall.

unless you want to get into something like computer programming, engineering, architecture, etc.

deleuze wrote:

I love how college kids think what they major in is so important. Your major doesn't even go our your degree, people. What you are getting is a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science. That's the education. A major means almost nothing except for possibly bragging rights in the dining hall.

optional wrote:

unless you want to get into something like computer programming, engineering, architecture, etc.

So unless you get an actual degree?

optional wrote:

deleuze wrote:

I love how college kids think what they major in is so important. Your major doesn't even go our your degree, people. What you are getting is a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science. That's the education. A major means almost nothing except for possibly bragging rights in the dining hall.

unless you want to get into something like computer programming, engineering, architecture, etc.

Though often enough having any degree can come in useful, I agree that you should definitely major in something you can put to good use.

fishy fishy fishy fishy wrote:

Why is there no Mens Studies major? More title IX garbage?

Men aren't worth studying. There's nothing of interest to observe, remark or comment on. Who wants to study primitive, low-life ameobas?

because..... wrote:

fishy fishy fishy fishy wrote:

Why is there no Mens Studies major? More title IX garbage?

Men aren't worth studying. There's nothing of interest to observe, remark or comment on. Who wants to study primitive, low-life ameobas?

Apparently this guy does:

Wise Guy wrote:

Apparently this guy does:

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep01/amoeba.html

Hey, ameobas are handsome! Where can I meet one? I'm especially intrigued by their ability to take on whatever shape they wish.

because..... wrote:

Men aren't worth studying. There's nothing of interest to observe, remark or comment on. Who wants to study primitive, low-life ameobas?

You do realize that a substantial portion of our scientific advancements in medicine and bio-tech have stemmed from the results of early, basic research on primitive low-life amoebas, right?

Your analogy isn't very apt, unless you're trying to suggest that studying men would be a precursor for later forms of higher discovery.

Women's Studies is like Christian Apologetics - a discipline that has all the answers before it asks the questions owing to biases that pre-date the asking of the questions - it has preferences for the "right" answers before any questions are framed and questions are subservient to the preferred answer:

http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm

While men may not be interesting, our competitiveness and propensity to form loose competitive groups drives culture and big institutions and is the hothouse that produces everything people take for granted as cultural progress.

As soon as "women's studies" engages with arguments like the one above and other insights from evolutionary psychology (and the world as one observes it) it may be a proper discipline.

Women's Studies is an offspring of government funding of education. It is a useless degree of no professional value which destroys the minds of its students.

benedetto BROce wrote:Though often enough having any degree can come in useful, I agree that you should definitely major in something you can put to good use.

The only thing you learn as an undergraduate that you can immediately "put to good use" is the ability to write and communicate, to think critically, to reason mathematically, to argue logically, and to disagree with civility.

You can pick those things up (or not pick them up) in any major. The major is almost entirely irrelevant. The student's attitude towards his or her studies is not.

deleuze wrote:

The only thing you learn as an undergraduate that you can immediately "put to good use" is the ability to write and communicate, to think critically, to reason mathematically, to argue logically, and to disagree with civility.

You can pick those things up (or not pick them up) in any major. The major is almost entirely irrelevant. The student's attitude towards his or her studies is not.

Sure those things are important but that is just not true, especially for any science/technology driven major (like i said earlier). You don't learn how to write computer code with an english major, learn how to design a bridge with math major, or become a CPA majoring in physics.

I hear majoring in Women's Studies is a good way to meet girls.

optional wrote:Sure those things are important but that is just not true, especially for any science/technology driven major (like i said earlier). You don't learn how to write computer code with an english major, learn how to design a bridge with math major, or become a CPA majoring in physics.

In any bachelor of arts program, an English major does have to take math and science; he or she has to pass these classes at a minimum--and has the opportunity to learn how to take those skills forward.

There is exposure in every BA program across the country to these things. Some English majors will actually learn the skills. Some will not. But this is a reflection on the student, not the curriculum.

If you are talking about going to an engineering or architecture school for your undergraduate education, then yes this is another matter--but there is a lot lost going in that direction.

kartelite wrote:

Or all those native English speakers majoring in English. Seriously, what's up with that?

Normally, English majors are really majoring in English Literature, not how to speak English, while Spanish majors are majoring in learning the Spanish language.