BA Women and Gender Studies

Women s and Gender Studies (WGS) emphasizes the importance of diverse women s experiences, and examines the complex interactions of gender with other parts of our identity, such as race, class, sexual orientation, ability, ethnicity, nation, and age. WGS studies sexualities and masculinities as well, in transnational and historical contexts. WGS stresses that gender is a constantly changing category that influences law, social policies, popular culture, and private life. Drawing on many disciplines, WGS seeks to understand gender roles in past and contemporary societies; gender, politics, and power; and the representation of women and men in the arts and humanities.