Women's studies

Definition

An academic field that draws on feminist and

interdisciplinary methods in order to place women’s lives and
experiences at the center of study, while examining social and
cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and
oppression; and the relationships between power and gender
as they intersect with other identities and social locations such
as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability
 -The basis for the academic field of Women's Studies was laid in the
student, civil rights, and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s, when
women in academia argued that academic knowledge production failed to
recognize gender as a lens of analysis.
-Many women, concerned about the often inaccurate and disparaging
patriarchal narratives about them, seized the opportunity presented to them in the
1960s and 1970s to tell their own stories. Women took advantage of their formal
educated status and the cultural atmosphere of radical, social, and political uproar
to insist on a more systematic and potentially transformative narrative about
women's lives
 Filipina Studies
Spanish Era
• Babaylan was accused of using black magic
• Spaniards took control of their bodies and libido
• Raped and abused
• Didn’t have the right to vote or be considered in politics
References:
Feminism and The Women’s Movement in The Philippines: Struggles,
Advances, and Challenges. – Hega, MD. Et al.
Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies retrieved from:
https://www.slideshare.net/amyhudock/introduction-to-gender-lecture