Unlike the two other classes, I had almost no clue about any “revolution” that had taken place in history. While I was unaware of the previous class topics too, I atleast knew what laws are, a few domestic and international laws here and there, and how energy is important in the Middle East, if not exact energy issues and policies. However, when it came to this class, I had no idea of famous revolutions such as the Iranian revolution, Russian revolution, etc. Taking this class I learned in extensive detail about these revolutions, as well as others, such as the Mexican revolution. Furthermore, I learned more technical aspects regarding revolutions too, such as the five critical factors for the appearance of revolutions, and the five reasons that can cause institutional weakness and collapse. I think an example of a revolution that stuck to me the most was definitely women in postrevolutionary Mexico. As a woman, learning about women prevailing beliefs about the masculine foundation gender roles in structures such as political, economical, etc, and how they took on traditionally masculine roles was extremely interesting to me. They took up roles such as being armed with weapons in revolutionary groups, in addition to taking up traditional feminine roles such as helping the injured with wounds, etc. It was great to learn how women diversified their roles instead of being “just” stay-at-home mothers. Furthermore, in post-revolutionary Mexico, a number of women’s rights groups, organizations, and movements took place in between 1968 and 1974, which was famously known as the second wave. All these efforts did eventually lead to institutional changes too, such as better healthcare systems and rights for female students who were also working mothers to obtain degrees and work while studying (which eventually led to an increase in female university student rates too). Thus, learning about revolutions was completely new to me, and made me much more knowledgeable in the area. Furthermore, learning about revolutions that helped increase women rights in Mexico was extremely interesting to me as I have always been intrigued regarding how women rights have progressed in different parts of the world.