{"id":11658,"date":"2021-03-15T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T18:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/css\/?page_id=11658"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:44:13","slug":"value-of-a-gwss-degree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/gwss\/value-of-a-gwss-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Value of a GWSS Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":0,"parent":462,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11658","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"background_image_type":"custom","background":{"ID":9600,"id":9600,"title":"Processing - by Favianna Rodriguez","filename":"Processing.jpg","filesize":840098,"url":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/gwss\/value-of-a-gwss-degree\/processing\/","alt":"Processing - by Favianna Rodriguez","author":"425","description":"","caption":"Processing - by Favianna Rodriguez","name":"processing","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":11658,"date":"2020-09-25 23:25:29","modified":"2023-04-04 17:44:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1500,"height":1144,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing-300x229.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":229,"medium_large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing-768x586.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":586,"large":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing-1024x781.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":781,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","1536x1536-width":1500,"1536x1536-height":1144,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","2048x2048-width":1500,"2048x2048-height":1144,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":300,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":229,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":400,"gform-image-choice-md-height":305,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/09\/Processing.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":600,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":458}},"background_vertical_alignment":"center","title":"","bold_title":"Value of a GWSS Degree","content":"","component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}},"primary_content_copy":"<p>Studying Gender, Women&#8217;s &amp; Sexuality Studies (GWSS) at EWU offers students a diversity of perspectives on a wide variety of topics, including intersectionality of race, class, gender, disability, religion, and sexuality. GWSS offers a meaningful path for students who care about social change. Along the GWSS path, students will develop a sense of empowerment and community. The GWSS major develops students&#8217; critical thinking skills and teaches about all forms of oppression. Students will learn the ways in which gender and sexuality are central in identity formation and how they influence systems that impact our lives. This major is a great fit with a second major or a supporting minor. We offer choice in your academic plan through many elective options as you work through our major requirements. Our faculty are from a <a href=\"\/cahss\/gwss\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">variety of disciplines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more<\/strong> about the &#8220;history, praxis, and implementation&#8221; of Gender, Women&#8217;s &amp; Sexuality Studies in the open source book, <a href=\"https:\/\/uw.pressbooks.pub\/happy50thws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Persistence is Resistance: Celebrating 50 Years of Gender, Women &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevant statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>69% of executives rate diversity and inclusion as an important issue. That percentage has increased from 59% in 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/us\/en\/insights\/focus\/human-capital-trends\/2017\/diversity-and-inclusion-at-the-workplace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>57% of employees think that their company should be doing more to prioritize diversity among its workforce. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/employers\/blog\/diversity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>84% of social science grads were employed 3.5 years after graduation vs. 78% of STEM and 79% of arts and humanities grads. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2013\/10\/131028114723.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>75% of millennials indicated that part of the value of a degree is an opportunity to pursue passions and contribute to society. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bentley.edu\/news\/cultural-competence-could-be-key-your-workplace-success-or-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inclusive companies are 1.7 times more likely to be innovation leaders in their market than non-inclusive companies. <a href=\"https:\/\/joshbersin.com\/2015\/12\/why-diversity-and-inclusion-will-be-a-top-priority-for-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inclusive companies have 2.3 times higher cash flow per employee over a three-year period than non-inclusive companies. <a href=\"https:\/\/joshbersin.com\/2015\/12\/why-diversity-and-inclusion-will-be-a-top-priority-for-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"link-cards","module_background_color":"white","title":"GWSS is Valuable","subtitle":"","cards":[{"card_title":"GWSS matters because...","copy":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;GWSS matters because power inequities exist within every social and political structure, and patriarchy and misogyny are central causes of those power imbalances. Patriarchal structures result in different outcomes, given one\u2019s race, sexuality and class status, but women\u2019s subordination is the commonality. Patriarchy compromises physical autonomy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","button":{"title":"Read Full Article Here","url":"https:\/\/msmagazine.com\/2020\/02\/24\/i-cant-believe-im-still-making-the-case-for-gender-women-sexuality-studies\/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialWarfare","target":"_blank"}},{"card_title":"All college students should take a GWSS class because...","copy":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All college students should take a gender studies class because it equips them with the understanding and awareness of how gender impacts their daily lives. While the treatment of women in society has significantly improved, there is still much progress to be made. Women still face disproportionate rates of violence, sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","button":{"title":"Read Full Article Here","url":"https:\/\/www.statepress.com\/article\/2018\/09\/spopinion-everyone-should-take-gender-studies-classes","target":"_blank"}},{"card_title":"Major in GWSS because...","copy":"<p>&#8220;Majoring in Women\u2019s Studies allows you to challenge these intersecting oppressions and address the systemic problems that create them, and it instills a huge sense of compassion for disadvantaged, oppressed groups. And we all know that compassion leads to justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;When you choose this major, you become an agent \u2014 not a bystander \u2014 in the process of bringing humanity one step closer to equality.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","button":{"title":"Read Full Article Here","url":"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/hilary-watchler\/2012\/04\/5-reasons-you-should-major-in-womens-studies\/","target":"_blank"}},{"card_title":"Overcoming societal expectations...","copy":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Society has fixed standards and rules to validate both masculine and feminine identities. We are expected to perform these individual roles and reproduce the very conditions that perpetuate it. Starting with the clothes we wear, the spaces we occupy, the jobs we do, and the languages we speak, everything is gendered. This encoding of our daily life and habits directly impacts our sociocultural and economic status in society. Gender studies, therefore, is a study of production, reproduction, and resistance to norms that produce inequality between men and women.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","button":{"title":"Read Full Article Here","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/genderstudies\/why-gender-studies\/","target":"_blank"}}],"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","module_background_color":"off-white","copy":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GWSS and Employment<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSince it covers so many different subjects, you have a broad range of job opportunities; you\u2019re not tied to a specific field like you would be with a marine biology or accounting degree. With whatever job(s) you end up having, you can apply what you\u2019ve learned from Women\u2019s Studies to any situation \u2014 it\u2019s not so much a career choice as it is a life choice; you\u2019re adopting a new perspective that you\u2019ll use in every relationship, every job, and every circumstance.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcatalog.com\/hilary-watchler\/2012\/04\/5-reasons-you-should-major-in-womens-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hilary Watchler for Thought Catalog<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>GWSS graduates often work in:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Business<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Government<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Law<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media, public relations, journalism, and communications<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social change and social service-oriented non-profit organizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>GWSS graduates also often go on to attend graduate school in:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, and Chicanx Studies<\/li>\n<li>Communications<\/li>\n<li>Gender, Women&#8217;s &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Political Science<\/li>\n<li>Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Social Work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","no_wrapper":false,"component_options_toggle":false,"component_options":{"disable_component":false,"nickname":"","identifier":"","navigable":false}}],"page_hide_sidebar":false,"secondary_nav_menu_type":"parent","page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11658"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17720,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11658\/revisions\/17720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/cahss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}