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World's first males studies course.

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hazchem · 13/01/2014 02:16

I'm kinda of speechless Males studies course at South Australian UNI
I'm not sure if I'm angry or confused. I feel like really it's unnecessary but don't know if I'm being baised because I think it's good there is women studies although I think most Unis have moved to gender studies now.

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hazchem · 13/01/2014 11:14

"Dadwashere" check out the second link. It's pretty much what the course will cover.

Although I think that lots of course in university have bias towards being the exploration of the male experience.

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DadWasHere · 13/01/2014 10:59

I think most Unis have moved to gender studies now.

(cough) Yea, I am sure it depends on the Uni but 'Gender Studies' could just as easily be renamed 'Feminism 101' in some (many?). You can always learn a lot about feminism in 'Gender Studies' and that's good of course, but about roots and signs of male depression and suicide, anger, inability to articulate emotions, male sexuality, male pride and ego, isolation. Well, good luck finding that in the course.

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hazchem · 13/01/2014 10:52

I'll repeat myself. "I'm not sure if I'm angry or confused."

Doesn't seam like an unreasonable thing to say.

But if you really want to know. we have lost our office of women. It's under the Prime Minsters remit now. So the have a well respect university run a course on men studies as a way of counteracting feminism make me feel cross and confused. How have we come to this and why do we need it.

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ArtetasSwollenAnkle · 13/01/2014 10:08

How can one course across the entire globe make anyone angry? Did you actually mean 'angry', OP? Kick the cat, slam the door 'angry'?

StUmbrageinSkelt · 13/01/2014 09:38

Yes I am dismayed by how plausible it seemed. It was like of course they bloody are, of course they bloody are. The very fact that it seemed possible says a lot about what is going on these days.

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hazchem · 13/01/2014 09:37

StUmbrageinSkelt thanks for finding the uni statement. That sounds much better. I'm particularly pleased with the "particular focus on rural health issues" This is a huge area in Australia that is underfunded and in particular men in these area get less help and have poor outcomes.

Australia feels quite hostile at the moment so I guess I felt that a horrific male activism course seamed oh so plausible.

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AuntieStella · 13/01/2014 07:27

Thanks for posting the University statement.

From what I (vaguely) remember hearing from Aussie friends, the University of Adelaide is a respected place, and their statement shows restraint and clarity in pointing out that their actual short course on specifically male health issues for targeted at HCPs is unrecognisable from descriptions made by others not associated with the university.

It makes the commentators in the first link look rather silly, and careless of actual situations.

StUmbrageinSkelt · 13/01/2014 07:13

They released this statement today
www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/Mens-health-certificate-fills-a-gap--for-allied-health-professionals/#.UtOR41swoTW

It doesn't seem anything like what the media were representing it as.

AuntieStella · 13/01/2014 07:05

Actually, I'd be interested to see what exactly they propose to put on the curriculum.

The quotation about men being put off going to university because of date rape awareness seminars was (unintentionally?) hilarious.

CaptChaos · 13/01/2014 06:02

If it's backed by AVfM, then it's likely to be a balanced and truly academic study of the ishoos the modern man has in an overtly feminist world. Paul Elam is known to be completely reasonable, and not to publish online the personal details of women he just doesn't like very much. Or those uppity Feminazis who dare to suggest that just maybe rape is wrong.

I also have fairies living in my shed.

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