女性, 性的少数民族, and people of color are oppressed around the globe--and in our own communities. Perhaps 你’ve read or heard about "man-splaining,“工资差距”, sexual assault on college campuses, race and gender-based profiling, female genital mutilation, sex-selective infanticide, and gendered sweatshop labor. 女性 and other marginalized groups have a long history of exclusion from political and economic power—and an equally long history of resistance. Of course, they still often lack basic rights, including control over their own bodies.
But where did these injustices come from? Why do they persist in the twenty-first century? What are women (and men) are doing to stop them? And most important, what can 你 尽力帮助? If 你 want to explore these questions, then CMU's 女性's and Gender Studies minor is for 你.
Together with committed faculty from the humanities and social sciences, 你'll learn what gender is, 如何分析, and how it intersects with race, class, and ethnicity to (dis)empower women differently at home and abroad. You'll appreciate that "gender" is as much about men and masculinities as it is about women. You'll realize just how deep gender goes, how it props up social systems ranging from the family unit to the nation-state. You'll grapple with the reality that not everyone—not even all feminists—agree on what is to be done, 是谁干的.
Gender is central to a variety of disciplines, professions, and world-views. Minors therefore choose courses from at least three academic disciplines, with the aim of developing inter-disciplinary insights into gender dynamics. The 女性's and Gender Studies minor complements 你r chosen major and helps to prepare 你 along 你r path to a career and/or further studies in social work, 咨询, 法律, 教育, 业务, 还有艺术, 在许多其他方面.
For more information on the minor, contact Dr. Erika杰克逊, Dr. 布伦达威廉, or Dr. 詹妮弗·汉考克. You can also view our program sheet by clicking on the button below.
You may also be interested in our active student group, the CMU Association of Feminists.