Description
Academic, usually interdisciplinary, approach to the analysis of women’s situation and gender relations, as well as to the gender dimension of all other disciplines.
See also: feminist studies; gender studies
Additional notes and information
The establishment of women’s studies confirmed the idea that women are worthy of study in their own right, and led to the development of a feminist epistemology. In itself, the constitution of women’s studies is a political act, connecting women’s and feminist movements, and thus multiplying the options for social change.