Men's studies - also sometimes called masculinity studies - is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning men, gender, and politics. It considers broadly issues of male privilege, as well as the anxiety that men in developed countries face as a result of their loss of privilege and clear gender roles in light of the feminist movement. Ironically, some scholars of men's studies also figure the loss of male privilege as a form male oppression. Interdisciplinary work is that which integrates concepts across different disciplines. ... This is a list of academic disciplines (and academic fields). ... This article concerns how a man differs from women. ... Jump to: navigation, search In a variety of different contexts, gender refers to the masculinity or femininity of words, persons, organisms, or characteristics. ... Look up Politics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of the world Political party Political psychology Political sociology Political... Male Privilege Male Privilege or Sexist Privilege, is a popular social concept today denoting a social relation that can exist as a right, advantage, exemption or immunity granted to or enjoyed by male bodied people, or people passing for men beyond the common advantage of women and transgender people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Anxiety is a complex combination of the feeling of fear, apprehension and worry often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, chest pain and/or shortness of breath. ... A developed country is a country that has achieved (currently or historically) a high degree of industrialization, and which enjoys the higher standards of living which wealth and technology make possible. ... A bagpiper in military uniform. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Oppression is the negative outcome experienced by people targeted by the arbitrary and cruel exercise of power in a society or social group. ...

A relatively new field of study, men's studies was formed largely in response to an emerging men's rights movement - itself a response to the real and perceived advantages brought to women by feminism political action - and has only been taught in academic settings since the 1970s. In many universities, men's studies is a correlate to or part of a larger women's studies or gender studies program. Men's studies programs and courses often include contemporary discussion of men's rights, feminist theory, queer theory, patriarchy, and more generally the social, historical, and cultural constructions of men and masculinity. Jump to: navigation, search Mens rights began as a recognisable movement in the 1980s, largely in response to the womens rights or feminist movement. ... Jump to: navigation, search With stylus and tablet, an upper-class Pompeiian, Sappho, demonstrates her privilege: literacy Womens studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gender studies is a theoretical work in the social sciences or humanities that focuses on issues of sex and gender in language and society, and often addresses related issues including racial and ethnic oppression, postcolonial societies, and globalization. ... Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical, ground. ... Jump to: navigation, search Queer theory is an anti-essentialist theory about sex and gender within the larger field of Queer studies. ... Patriarchy (from Greek: patria meaning father and arché meaning rule) is the anthropological term used to define the sociological condition where male members of a society tend to predominate in positions of power; with the more powerful the position, the more likely it is that a male will hold that... Masculinity, is seen to be a virtue in a man, a characteristic or trait which is part of a successful males persona The word masculine can refer to: the property of being biologically male a traditionally male gender role James Sweeneys physique the masculine grammatical gender The antonym...

The American Men Studies Assocation traces the roots of an organized field of men's studies to the early 1980s and the work of scholars involved in an anti-sexist organization called the Men's Studies Task Group (MSTG) of the National Organization for Men (NOM), which included Martin Acker, Shepherd Bliss, Harry Brod, Sam Femiano, Martin Fiebert, and Mike Messner. However, men's studies classes also pre-date AMSA, and a small number were taught in various colleges across the United States throughout the 1970s.

Due to its relative newness and the debate over the purpose or mission of men's studies, the boundaries and subjects of men's studies are always under debate and constantly changing. This is also due to the fact that many male and female scholars of men's studies have varied and often disagreeing politics, including feminism, profeminism, men's rights advocacy, the mythopoetic men's movement, and masculism. As well, some feminists contend that men's studies is unnecessary, as related disciplines such as sociology, history, psychology, political science, and literature are already dominated by the theories and texts of men. Profeminism Profeminism describes a section of the modern mens movement that is sympathetic towards feminist issues and seeks to add a male voice and advocacy towards change in gender relations and to social, political and institutional structures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Masculism is a body of social theory and political movement primarily based on the experiences of men. ... Jump to: navigation, search Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... One of the most famous quotations about history and the value of studying history by Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, reads: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. ... Jump to: navigation, search Psychology (Classical Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of behavior and its relationship to the mind and brain. ... The Politics Series Politics Politics Portal Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Ideology Democracy Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Elections Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Political parties Political party Parties by country Parties by name... Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Classicism in Literature The Universal Library, by Carnegie Mellon University Project Gutenberg Online Library Abacci - Project Gutenberg texts matched with Amazon...

External links

• American Men Studies Association
• Men's Studies Press