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WAGS
WAGS is a student club on campus dedicated to gender studies that meets every week and is open to all students regardless of major. The club regularly holds campus wide discussions on relevant and contemporary gender issues that interest and affect students. Past discussions have included a panel on masculinity, "Gender Roles in Reality T.V.," "Gender in the Twilight saga," "Gender on the Road," and "Femininity, Masculinity, and College Life." Working closely with the Gender Issues magazine Callisophia and presenting The Vagina Monologues every year, the group is active on campus and strives to give students a voice on important issues. WAGS has also started the tradition of organizing and presenting Take Back the Night. The club works closely with the Women's Studies Program to organize and promote the annual Julia Reinstein Symposium.
Some past activities prior to the name change: Gender Issues Group Blog.
Take Back the Night
Book Club Discussion and Dinner
Thursday, November 17
6 - 7:30 pm
Simeon's
Everyone is invited!
The Vagina Monologues - Thursday Performance
19th Century Women Writers: An Informal Panel Discussion
19th Century Women Writers: An Informal Panel Discussion
Nature or Nurture: How much have times changed since 2001???
An important goal of the Gender Issues Group is to make people aware of gender stereotyping. Many people still believe it's a girl's "nature" to want to cook, clean, and take care of babies, while it's a boy's "nature" to fix cars, build houses, and become the President of the United States. The debate rages on - for many people adamantly believe the opposite, that girls and boys have the same nature, but their gender is constructed by their environment (parents, grandparents, peers, the media, etc.)
In 2001 GIG asked students to share their thoughts on how they see their own gender role by reflecting on childhood memories. Was it shaped by their parents? or were their natures determined before birth? The results (see below) were exhibited during Parents' Weekend. How would you answer the question, "How did your parents teach you about being male or female? Did they model stereotypical behavior themselves?"
Students, faculty and staff continue the discussion after the panel presentation.
Becca Kingman '11, Heather Turnbull '11 and Raven See '11 discussed authors Jane Austen, Charolotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell on November 11 in Tifft Lounge.
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