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I hate to disappoint but women's studies classes don't spend their time discussing men. The clue is in the name.


Decent amount of snark there, but could you back it up and have a women's studies class without discussing some form of male oppression or domination at least once?


This is contrary to everything I've heard from women who tried a women's studies class. Apparently the patriarchy hypothesis features prominently.


Women are defined relative to men, just as men are defined relative to women. If there were no men, women would just be "people". In discussing one, you implicitly discuss the other. Whatever makes women into women, men are not that. Except, "woman" and "man" can also be seen as archetypes, and it's possible to integrate both, at least to some degree.


Discussing some form of male oppression or domination is not the same as discussing men.




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