WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

Expand your education--Empower your voice--Enlarge your mind

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on the experiences of women in society and history.  Initially conceived as a method to include women's contributions to knowledge and culture into education, it has evolved into a mature field that draws on feminist theories and scholarship in order to analyze how systems of gender have shaped women's experiences in areas such art, literature, history, the family, science and other dimensions of daily life.  As the mission statement of the National Women's Studies Association indicates, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies has as its vision a world free from sexism and racism.  

At Central, it is a program that you can select as your concentration.  We offer courses that draw on the resources of many different traditional departments, and we also offer two "stand alone" classes: WGSS 200 Introduction to Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and WGSS 400 Feminist Theory.   When you take a course in Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, you will take a course with some of the best and most dynamic teachers on the Central campus.  Browse our course listings, check out what our faculty are doing.  We also periodically sponsor lectures and events (especially in March, National Women's History Month) and hold an annual conference in April.  Any questions?  Contact the coordinator of the program; she would be happy to help.

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WOMEN'S CENTER

Ruthe Boyea  Women's Center

The Ruthe Boyea Women's Center exists to provide resources, to advocate, to inform, and to support personal development. The Center offers a variety of services for and about women. We sponsor educational and cultural programs designed to promote gender equity, knowledge of women's rights issues, leadership, and independence. We encourage understanding and cooperation among women of varied socio-economic groups, cultures, ethnic backgrounds, races and sexual orientations.  We welcome all women and men who enter our doors.

Our Doors Are Open

The Center is open to all of CCSU's community, men and women. The Women's Center values and celebrates the multiplicity of women's lives; recognizes the intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, economic status, and other significant aspects of individual and cultural identity; accepts responsibility for opposing injustice; and commits itself to service to the University and larger communities. Feel free to stop by to see what's going on, or just hang out with the crew. Also, please check out our newsletter, and send in your letters to be published on our site at http://www.ccsu.edu/womenctr/default.htm

Women of all backgrounds can drop in and help one another grow towards personal effectiveness and independence.  We encourage understanding and coming together of women of varied cultures, races and ethnicities, as well as different sexual orientations, socio-economic groups and ages.  Our Center is for and about women so that both women and men are welcome to drop in and use our resources, attend activities or just hang out.