Male Studies vs. Gender Studies 2

Reframing the Narrative: What Male Studies Offers That Gender Studies Cannot

In the vast and ever-evolving landscape of academia, Gender Studies has carved an important space – examining the intersections of race, sexuality, culture, and identity, and critiquing the systems that shape human experience. These courses, often grounded in sociopolitical thought, ask important questions about power, expression, and equity.

But as valuable as this lens is, it tells only part of the story.

At the Foundation for Male Studies, we believe it’s time to complete the picture.

‍Male Studies does not exist in opposition to Gender Studies, it exists in response to a long-standing void. It offers a complementary, necessary, and deeply human perspective: one that places the biological, psychological, emotional, and developmental realities of males, across identity spectrums, at the center of inquiry.

Where Gender Studies explores how men function within systems, Male Studies asks: what is the male experience in and of itself? Not the theoretical man. Not the culturally constructed one. The actual, embodied, developing male – from infancy to elderhood, from the classroom to the clinic, across family roles and cultural expectations.

‍A Discipline of Depth, Not Division

Male Studies is not about exclusion – it is about exploration.
It does not ask who is male enough to be studied, but rather: What does it mean to live with male biology, male conditioning, or male-coded expectations in a world still unsure how to support them?

Whether it’s the question of:
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“Why do men die sooner from all causes?”, or “Why do males from adolescence to old age comprise 80% of all suicides?”, or “Why are boys underperforming girls at every level of education?”, “Why is male mental health a neglected area of study?”, or “What changes need to be made in our workforce to accommodate men displaced by technology?”, or “Why do 50% of all marriages end in divorce?”, “Why are 40% of children in the US growing up without contact with their fathers?

Male Studies is directed toward developing a-political and academic underpinnings, a science of the Male, as a path to devising social and societal policies and solutions.

In every age, men and women have suffered equally, only in different ways. It is time to focus on the unique difficulties of the male half of the human equation — for the benefit of all — boys, men, girls, and women.

Male Studies adds the missing piece to Women's studies and Gender studies.

Male Studies brings a "wholism" to our attempt to understand the human condition.

Male Studies is the a-political, scientific and academic search to understand the Male at all ages and stages for benefit of all. It is an endeavor, and an idea whose time has come.

When we make space for the full complexity of male identity, from biology to belief, we don’t just uplift men. We elevate humanity.

Join us and make it happen.

You can help us in four ways:

Call or write to universities and colleges, and ask them to include a Male Studies program;
Create an endowment for a named Chair and a Department of Male Studies, in a major university or college;
Volunteer some time, to write newsletters such as the Chronicle of Male Studies;
Help our cause by giving a donation of any size by visiting our Donations Page:
https://www.malestudies.org/fatherhood-inclusion-donation

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Reframing the Narrative: What Male Studies Offers That Gender Studies Cannot

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