American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[Snuffleupagus]

Amazes me how soft the Dems are, attacks all over the place on Biden with impeachment talk because his son took advantage of his name before his dad was even president but yet not a peep from them when Trumps son-in-law with zero political experience was named as a participant for the middle east peace process and returned with a personal $2 billion investment from the Saudi's Like seriously, WTF is that?

Biden needs to go and a Dem with some spunk in his balls needs to take over or that nation is doomed to the ######s from the GOP.

[chockfullofgoodness]

Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

Amazes me how soft the Dems are, attacks all over the place on Biden with impeachment talk because his son took advantage of his name before his dad was even president but yet not a peep from them when Trumps son-in-law with zero political experience was named as a participant for the middle east peace process and returned with a personal $2 billion investment from the Saudi's Like seriously, WTF is that?

Biden needs to go and a Dem with some spunk in his balls needs to take over or that nation is doomed to the ######s from the GOP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX0wEBAxY1o

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by rubecube

If real world application is the delineation point for majors, say goodbye to medieval studies, religious studies, and film studies.

I have a minor in religious studies. It's helped me greatly in internet arguments over the years, so there's that.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by rubecube

If real world application is the delineation point for majors, say goodbye to medieval studies, religious studies, and film studies.

Religious studies has real world application, albeit kind of narrow, in both government spheres (i.e., diplomatic roles and departments that interact with minority populations, especially in lots of places outside of North America) and historical research connected to tourism (i.e., it's in the same boat as things like archaeology). Film studies obviously has real world application in the film industry.

Gender studies, of course, has critically important real world application in every field of endeavour, according to those with expertise in gender studies.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Well fortunately you could still go to the New College of Florida and get your degree in…you guessed it….Religious Studies. Phew.

Which is also a bull#### degree.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

Which is also a bull#### degree.

Well, I actually wasn’t suggesting that in my post. Since religion does shape a massive amount of the worlds belief system it’s important to study and understand. I was of course pointing to the fully expected and obvious double standard being applied by Florida republicans on this one.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by photon

They're actually freaking out that having a special counsel is Biden protecting his kid somehow. Despite Weiss being a Trump appointed prosecutor and only being held over because getting rid of him would have actually looked like favouritism.

Earlier in the year the GOP was asking why the DoJ hadn't appointed a special counsel. Now they're complaining that they have.

That's the fun part of abandoning reason, everything that happens is part of your conspiracy!

Jeff Sessions is owed an apology, he was just trying to protect Trump by appointing a special counsel.

[PsYcNeT]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1690143731226480640

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by chockfullofgoodness

I'm curious to know what one does in the real world with a degree in Gender Studies.

Maybe pair it with some sort of mental health based degree and help all the people who are struggling with this stuff in their lives?

[Matata]

I searched "gender studies" on indeed, none of the results were strongly related to it and none of the job descriptions i looked at stated that having a gender studies degree was an asset. If I saw it on a resume, as an employer, i would consider it a negative.

[Lanny_McDonald]

The majority of people don't have jobs specific to their degree. Almost 60% of Americans don't have a job related to their degree. This is an improvement from a decade ago when that number was just under 75%. What your degree is in is irrelevant for most jobs. Yes, there are jobs where a specific education path is required, but that is usually determined through an advanced degree rather than a bachelor degree. A bachelor degree is just proof that you can dedicate yourself to a long-term goal and learn how to think critically (at least it used to be). Any degree is proof of that.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Matata

I searched "gender studies" on indeed, none of the results were strongly related to it and none of the job descriptions i looked at stated that having a gender studies degree was an asset. If I saw it on a resume, as an employer, i would consider it a negative.

I have to admit I'd view it negatively as well. My preconceived notion about somebody with a gender studies degree is they'd be yappy, annoying, argumentative and always focussing on bs instead of just getting the job done. Like, it feels like they'd be a job to employ instead of an asset as an employee.

[Sliver]

Oh, and humourless and no fun.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Sliver

I have to admit I'd view it negatively as well. My preconceived notion about somebody with a gender studies degree is they'd be yappy, annoying, argumentative and always focussing on bs instead of just getting the job done. Like, it feels like they'd be a job to employ instead of an asset as an employee.

Originally Posted by Sliver

Oh, and humourless and no fun.

So you definitely have a gender studies degree. I would assume graduated summa cum laude.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Of course they did. Least shocking news ever from the party of law and order.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1690708608051290113

[Coach]

Literally everything he's ever accused anyone else of, he has done.

As soon as Trump makes a claim against anyone, the Trump Org should be immediately investigated for the same claim as a matter of due diligence.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Coach

Literally everything he's ever accused anyone else of, he has done.

As soon as Trump makes a claim against anyone, the Trump Org should be immediately investigated for the same claim as a matter of due diligence.

So you’re saying he had a sexual affair with a motorcycle gang member? Wouldn’t surprise me.

[Itse]

At least in Europe, fields like gender studies are rarely anyone's major, it's something people study on the side because of relevance to topics they're already interested or just curiosity.

It's useful stuff for if you end up in any job where for example you engage in discussions over policies or parts of society that relate to gender issues, so anything from NGO-work, politics, media, academia/research, social work, arts, marketing...

"What's the point of gender studies" is really like asking "what's the point of studying history" or "what's the point of studying the society". While obviously in a perfect world you wouldn't need a specific department for this topic, we don't live in a perfect world and a lot of this stuff has not been studied nearly enough in the past.

Over time hopefully departments of gender studies will make themselves redundant, but pretty sure USA isn't there yet.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, I can think of three people that I personally know who studied gender studies, and all have done very well in their lives. One is in IT somewhere, not sure where, probably unrelated to gender studies, but the second is a lawyer specializing in family law and children's rights more specifically, and she's quite influential in her field, "heavily involved in drafting new legislation in her field" kind of influential. The third majored in Asian studies and while she's not there now, she at one point very specifically got a job as a game designer / writer at Bioware because she was someone who could write for both an Asian and a Western audience (something western companies often struggle with), and her background in gender studies was also seen as a bonus because back then Bioware was still in the RPG business, and their games had an audience which really cared about for example that your characters BDSM-relationship to a bull-man was written with enough female gaze and understanding of consent

[MoneyGuy]

It’s looking like it’ll be a horrible week for Trump, so a great week for the rest of us.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Gender studies, of course, has critically important real world application in every field of endeavour, according to those with expertise in gender studies.

I think you're confusing gender studies with engineering. Just ask them.