Any member who studied Gender studies as major subject ?

[UmmeAbiha]

is there any member who studied Gender studies as major subject ?

[RajaFakhar]

i have done msc sociology and i read many subjects one of them is Gender Studies

[UmmeAbiha]

i have done msc sociology and i read many subjects one of them is Gender Studies

Can you please elaborate the difficulty level of new css syllabus of the subject gender studies ? i want to know in how much time it can be covered well and any book recommendation ?
syllabus is as
PAPER: GENDER STUDIES (100 MARKS)
I. Introduction to Gender Studies
Introduction to Gender Studies
Difference between Gender and Women Studies
Multi-disciplinary nature of Gender Studies
Autonomy vs. Integration Debate in Gender Studies
Status of Gender Studies in Pakistan
II. Social Construction of Gender
Historicizing Constructionism
Problematizing the category of “Sex”: Queer Theory
Is “Sex” socially determined, too?
Masculinities and Feminism
Nature versus Culture: A Debate in Gender Development
III. Feminist Theories and Practice
What is Feminism
Liberal Feminism
Radical Feminism
Marxist/Socialist Feminism
Psychoanalytical Feminism
Men’s Feminism
Postmodern Feminism
IV. Feminist Movements
Feminist Movements in the West, First Wave, Second Wave and Third Wave
Feminism, United Nation Conferences on Women, Feminist Movements in
Pakistan.
V. Gender and Development
Colonial and Capitalistic Perspectives of Gender
Gender Analysis of Development Theories; Modernization Theory, World System
Theory, Dependency Theory, Structural Functionalism.
Gender Approaches to Development: Women in Development (WID), Women
and Development (WAD), Gender and Development (GAD); Gender Critique of
Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs).
Globalization and Gender
VI. Status of Women in Pakistan
Status of Women’s health in Pakistan
Status of Women in Education
Women and Employment
Women and Law
Revised Scheme and Syllabus for CSS Competitive Examination-2016
VII. Gender and Governance
Defining Governance
Suffragist Movement
Gender Issues in Women as Voters
Gender Issues in Women as Candidates
Gender Issues in Women as Representatives
Impact of Political Quota in Pakistan
VIII. Gender Based Violence
Defining Gender Based Violence
Theories of Violence against Women
Structural and Direct Forms of Violence
Strategies to Eliminate Violence against Women
IX. Case Studies of:
Mukhtaran Mai
Mallala Yousaf Zai
Shermin Ubaid Chinoy

[admissable]

Very interesting outline..no need of any book as these r general topics...depends on ur interest...i think a month is more than enough..as its a discipline of sociology so its difficult to get max.marks......

[UmmeAbiha]

Very interesting outline..no need of any book as these r general topics...depends on ur interest...i think a month is more than enough..as its a discipline of sociology so its difficult to get max.marks......

person without its background surely need a book or some other material ..

[admissable]

ohh...if this is the case,then i would advice u to drop this subject and search for another one.....coz without having any background of a subject would make it impossible to cover several topics wd a single book..