Are Gender Studies classes and majors really a joke, totally worthless, and a waste of time as so many make them out to be?

[Physics-Man]

Images from the Social Justice or Gender Studies departments of various colleges and universities.

Yes

No

[hellionthesagereborn]

Obviously. It teaches literally nothing but fantasy. Everything the claim has been debunked from the wage gap to their claims of the "blank Slate". It teaches no skills, encourages them to see themselves as victims and to be as unlikable and entitled as possible. Their is absolutely no value in it what so ever.

[cth96190]

Gender studies et al. are Communist indoctrination that lead to worthless degrees.

[jshm2]

Like media studies ; yes. They are just crass non-degrees to say you have a "degree" in something.

like walking around with a dollar in your pocket, and exclaiming "I have some money".

[Physics-Man]

Excellent comparison!

[Reaperbot666]

• modern collage for most fields in a joke and way over priced.
• you can learn almost all the same stuff online for free or cheap.
• plus with many job fields. by the time your done with collage.
• there are no or limited decent paying jobs for that field.

[Anonymous]

I see your point, however to gain more knowledge maybe you should consider taking a class. I'm assuming you haven't and that's okay, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, men will never understand what women go through on a day to day basis. I'm not a feminist and I especially don't agree with modern day feminism, but the patriarchal society we live in is repulsive. Even more so, the importance of gender studies helps to narrow the gap of misconstrued prejudice, and discrimination towards the LGBT community. Seems like you all are living in a bubble that needs to be popped.

[Anonymous]

No, for some people might be, and that's totally fine, for some others it's not, which is totally fine too.

These people on those photos you posted seem happy to me, taking part in Gender Class Studies is meaningful to their lives, so the worth is there for them. I answer like this because there's not many things that are "worthy" for all people or whatever, so I use this "case by case" approach. And at the end they might make a difference if we at least give them the chance to study the matter without being hostile.

[MCheetah]

Current results: 23 normal people (82%), 3 feminists, and 2 beta males (18%), which is hilariously quite literally the actual difference of non-feminists to feminists/progressives in North America.

[MCheetah]

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[DCooper]

Before you spend money on college classes, pick a career field that pays well and is in demand. Now how many high pay high demand jobs require a degree in any of these 'xxx studies' fields? Not many.

[Texaskid1]

As a phd in queer -trigender-non-cis conforming gay heterosexual binary pansexual studies- I am triggered by this patriarchal question.

[Anonymouus_]

propaganda studies
-- see grievance studies video

[Anonymouus_]

there's also no such thing as social justice. justice requires an individual and actual perpetrator and criminal. social justice is just a fancy word for racists and other bigots to justify their cause against mostly innocent people

[BeenThereLovedIt]

As humans evolve and we think more, these types of questions and philosophies (gender based, as well as other human studies) will only increase. It's a foreseeable projection.

[tartaarsaus]

If they help in developing some skill, i. e. honing your writing, then they aren’t useless. Also, different perspectives on stuff is not often bad, which could make it worthwhile.


Obviously, this will depend on what you intend on doing in your 3/4/5 years in university, but that’s more of a value assessment within your own context than whether or not gender studies may help in some sense.

[chc0009]

Yes. Don't go to college unless you want to be a doctor or engineer. Do not go for stupid liberal arts. This is why when I study, I try to stay away from most people.

[tartaarsaus]

Meh, getting university education on the aggregate level is a very large boost to your life-earnings. And that includes “stupid liberal arts”

[chc0009]

@tartaarsaus No, the only college graduates who earn anything are doctors, engineers, computer programmers, etc. The liberal arts graduates tend to work at Starbucks.

[tartaarsaus]

Yeah no the OECD shows college overall is a massive boost to your income.

[tartaarsaus]

www.oecd.org/.../48630790.pdf

“These initial results likely indicate that those with a tertiary education work in different sectors, in larger firms, or are performing more complex tasks than those with an upper secondary education, even if they are employed in the same job category”.

[SomeGuyCalledTom]

They're quite useful at producing useless graduates with useless ideologies.

[TadCurious]

I don't look at "Gender Studies" as a legitimate academic field. I think those departments on college campuses are more like political enclaves with a very thin pretense of academic rigor.

[Anonymous]

They are worse than worthless. They are harmful in many ways.

[MCheetah]

Of course they're worse than worthless; it's paying tens of thousands of dollars to tell the world you're stupid, mentally weak, and entitled.

[Anonymous]

They are now DEMANDING that the Chemistry department be renamed to the Femistry department in order to encourage ugly hate filled girls to take more "boys" subjects

[Anonymous]

The "arsey feminists" sweaters made me smile. Thanks for the heads up, ladies.

[Shamalien]

Ofc their a fking joke how r u going to find a job with that? Investments shud have a return

[kellogg0224]

@Shamalien human resources, peace corps, human services, public relations, social worker, etc

[Shamalien]

@kellogg0224 saturated and bloated beyond belief, have fun competing for those

[kellogg0224]

@Shamalien I don't know who spit in your coffee this morning, but there's enough hate going on in this world. Don't get your panties in a twist bruv.

[Shamalien]

@kellogg0224 Hate? xD it’s called advice kiddo, but go ahead and do whatever you feel is right. Absorb some divisive, culture destroying marxist rhetoric and get on the government payroll spreading this disease throughout society, assuming you manage to find work at all in this very crowded marketplace.

Or you could listen to me and learn a real skill, like writing code. But nevermind me, all my advice can simply be classified as ‘hate’. Brilliant deduction, your professors have taught you well!

[kellogg0224]

@Shamalien Wow thanks sm, I hope you have a happy life.

[Thatsamazing]

No, they are useful and something everyone should briefly pursue, as long as the professors teaching them are good at their job-- which is no different than any other topic or course of any kind.

[Anonymous]

Let them do a world tour spreading their message. They could help places like Saudi Arabia, etc... I doubt they would be hurt, or not taken seriously. Ironically they wouldn’t see evil.

[OddBeMe]

I learned a lot about chicks and the ratio was like 30:1, so dating was a breeze.