Łódź, Poland

Master's degree in women's and gender studies (GEMMA)

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⇑Master's degree in women's and gender studies (GEMMA) at UŁ Łódź

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: social
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: en.uni.lodz.pl

⇑Test: Is Master's degree in women's and gender studies (GEMMA) the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. You read a report showing that women and men in a particular profession earn different amounts. What do you do?

2. You’re watching a TV series or an advert. Do you notice how women and men are portrayed?

3. Classes, seminars and theoretical reading will all be in English, and you’ll be studying with people from different countries and cultural backgrounds. How does that sound?

4. In a seminar, someone puts forward a view completely different from yours. How do you react?

5. You have to write a paper on how women’s position has changed in a particular area of life. Where do you start?

6. How do you get on with theoretical texts, for example in philosophy or cultural theory?

7. On a placement with an NGO, you’re asked to put together a workshop on tackling discrimination. What do you do?

8. Are you interested in how gender intersects with other factors – age, background, economic situation, disability?

9. Where do you see yourself after graduating?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Master's degree in women's and gender studies (GEMMA)?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Gender
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex (i.e., the state of being male, female, or an intersex variation), sex-based social structures (i.e., gender roles), or gender identity. People who do not identify as men or women or with masculine or feminine gender pronouns are often grouped under the umbrella terms non-binary or genderqueer. Some cultures have specific gender roles that are distinct from "man" and "woman," such as the hijras of South Asia. These are often referred to as third genders.
Gender Studies
Gender studies is a field for interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gendered representation as central categories of analysis. This field includes women's studies (concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics), men's studies and queer studies. Sometimes, gender studies is offered together with study of sexuality.
Gender
Between a real man and a real woman there are innumerable others, some of which are significantly characterized as belonging to the intermediate sex.
Eugen Steinach as quoted in "Eugen Steinach: The First Neuroendocrinologist" Endocrinology, March 2014, 155(3):688 –702.
Gender
People are born female or male but learn to be girls and boys who grow into women and men. This learned behaviour makes up gender identity and determines gender roles.
World Health Organisation, "Gender: definitions" at euro.who.int, 2014.
Gender
We [researchers] should keep the environment of boys and girls absolutely similar these instincts would produce sure and important differences between the mental and moral activities of boys and girls.
Edward Thorndike, (1914). Educational psychology briefer course. New York: Teachers College: Columbia University. p. 203.
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