The legacy of feminist movements — from the call for women’s suffrage to the Women’s Liberation Movement and #MeToo rallies — stand as a reminder that Women’s History Month is a story of more than just gender. Issues of race and sexuality are emblematic of March’s intersectional history.
Prof. Jane Juffer, literatures in English and director of the feminist, gender and sexuality studies program, spoke to the complex history of Women’s History Month in an interview with The Sun. She commented on the University’s efforts to inform its students about the importance of gender studies, as well as the necessity of a curriculum that addresses its complexity.
“One of the most important things is to say that gender studies is really not just about women,” Juffer said. “That was the mistake that feminism made for many years, just assuming all women were the same,” referring to third-wave feminism, a 1990s backlash to the second-wave’s privileging of heterosexual white women.
