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What is WGS?

What do the movies Fight Club, Bend It Like Beckham, Thirteen, and even Beauty and the Beast all have in common?

Why do some world religions and Christian denominations prohibit women from serving in the ministry while others consider the prohibition to be antithetical to the spirit of religion?

Is it true that men are from Mars and women from Venus? Are men and women really governed by differences in brain structure and hormones that make it difficult for them to understand one another?

When we name great artists and composers such as Pablo Picasso or Beethoven, why are so few women on the list?

What does the former professional football player, Jackson Katz , say about the messages sent to men about masculinity in sports arenas, in the movies, and in schools?

Is homosexuality a “choice,” a “lifestyle,” a biologically determined condition?

If you are interested in questions like these, then take a look at the Fall or Spring course offerings in the Women's and Gender Studies program. This program offers both female and male students the opportunity to study how gender has been constructed in contemporary society and throughout history. The answers to these and other questions are sometimes surprising and always informative. Here are the regular courses and the special topics courses offered in the program. Students may major or minor in WGS.

The Women's and Gender Studies department sponsors or supports a number of opportunities for discussion and education each March during Women's History Month. Here is a list of the event in March 2006.

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