The field of women’s studies, sometimes called gender studies, concerns itself with the lives and experiences of girls and women. It is defined by the National Center for Education Statistics in the United States as: “A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.”
I recently talked with the development director of the small liberal arts college I attended in the 1960s. At the time it enrolled 2,000 men. It went co-ed in the last 1970s but enrollment did not rise. Enrollment this fall is 1,200. Fields of study hardest hit are the humanities--history, art, English. Dual-degree programs (3 years at a college, 2 at a nursing school, for example) are the only growing areas. Several smaller liberal arts college in the state have closed. Women's studies, soft at the center and parasitic as a revisionist humanities project (James's quote above: "programs may focus on literature, philosophy," etc.) cannot grow when core humanities disciplines are shrinking.
Historians will look back on Womens studies programs and be baffled that we allow this indoctrination to occur. In an age of hyper-sensitivity to hate speech, its sheer hypocrisy. Heterosexual men are treated as second class citizens.
I suspect they will also be puzzled that our society, particularly men; would tolerate the poisonous and misandrist influences this indoctrination has on our culture and men in general. Hopefully, men will eventually adapt to the new reality and overcome the ingrained aversion to the perception of being a victim. If not for this generation then for the next generation coming after us. That you for your contribution to the cause.
I recently talked with the development director of the small liberal arts college I attended in the 1960s. At the time it enrolled 2,000 men. It went co-ed in the last 1970s but enrollment did not rise. Enrollment this fall is 1,200. Fields of study hardest hit are the humanities--history, art, English. Dual-degree programs (3 years at a college, 2 at a nursing school, for example) are the only growing areas. Several smaller liberal arts college in the state have closed. Women's studies, soft at the center and parasitic as a revisionist humanities project (James's quote above: "programs may focus on literature, philosophy," etc.) cannot grow when core humanities disciplines are shrinking.
Historians will look back on Womens studies programs and be baffled that we allow this indoctrination to occur. In an age of hyper-sensitivity to hate speech, its sheer hypocrisy. Heterosexual men are treated as second class citizens.
I suspect they will also be puzzled that our society, particularly men; would tolerate the poisonous and misandrist influences this indoctrination has on our culture and men in general. Hopefully, men will eventually adapt to the new reality and overcome the ingrained aversion to the perception of being a victim. If not for this generation then for the next generation coming after us. That you for your contribution to the cause.
I would love to see the data for 2020-2022. I am guessing it would be a downward trend.
Thanks for pulling this together! Interesting data and surprising and heartening there are so few degrees.