Women: What are "Women's Issues"?

women's issues can include the following:
motherhood, relationships, illnesses that affect only women, self-esteem, etc. Its really too much to list here. Try googling it to see what comes up.

Women's issues are issues you have because you are a woman, or issues that you experience differently because you are a woman. More concrete examples will tend to be discrimination and gender-based violence, at the warmer end it may relate to female fashion, feminist philosophies, grrl culture (chick flicks etc) and motherhood.

I would note that many university departments have now moved from "womens studies" to "gender studies" and some work is now being done on masculinity and mens issues--which are of course issues you have because you are a man

If you've browsed entire bookstore sections on women's issues, you should have a good idea what they are. Since you wanted our personal takes, I'll say I'm a woman but I don't really know what women's issues are. It sounds like a very broad category. If I'm looking for information on an issue I'm dealing with, I generally look for that specific topic and don't pay much attention to how it's categorized. But I guess almost anything could become a "women's issue" or a "men's issue" if the treatment of the subject matter is gender-specific.

i believe the real question is:

what's not an issue for women?

why do they have to make such a big deal about everything?

Bravo said:

i believe the real question is:

what's not an issue for women?

why do they have to make such a big deal about everything?

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LOL! Wait, no.

Bravo. . .go sit on the naughty chair. Don't give me those sad eyes. Go.

Key Women's Issue as per my perspective:

Where to get the best chili dogs
The nutritional value of Coors Light
The shoe section at Marshall's
Nascar
How to procure a scaffolding gratis so that I can paint that window in my family room
How to pay the mortgage
I have to remember to pick up dill, cilantro and avacados before Saturday
Mulching
Good go-kart programs for six-year-olds.

Skyraven said:

women's issues can include the following:
motherhood, relationships, illnesses that affect only women, self-esteem, etc. Its really too much to list here. Try googling it to see what comes up.

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I think icerose pretty much covered all the "serious" stuff that gets played with a straight face.

The less serious stuff includes:

astrology (woman are far more pervasive consumers of astrology than men)
fashion (about 65%-75% of all fashions are marketted toward women and men get far less attention as well as far less floor space at the mall)
romance literature (men consume porn --visual and photographic often with few or no written words involved; but women consume romance literature, having almost no pictures (maybe the front cover), and very dialogue-heavy)
gossip (women want a STORY, they are far more likely to read a tabloid than men)
spirituality/religion (women are far more likely to attend church or somehow ascribe to a higher power)

Try watching about 15 hours of Lifetime Television and sample their program lineup. It's a far far far cry from Sci-Fi Channel or Spike TV or even History Channel.

There is a thread in Office Party called The Girlie Thread....check it out.....loads of ""women issues" discussed in there. Relationships, bad menstrual cycles, pregnancy, idiotic husbands/boyfriends, all of it.

Bravo said:

i believe the real question is:

what's not an issue for women?

why do they have to make such a big deal about everything?

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Why do men always chime in on threads asking for women's input? Huh? Can you guys not read?

Rest assured the annoying habits of men are just as, well, annoying as the annoying habits of women. In that there is true gender equality.

My two cents....

I bet more women read mags. that deal with 'issues' then men do.

And let's face it. It is always about money. I bet more men read the skin/sex mags then women do. That might be the place for men to read about their 'issues'. (lol)

Bottom line is what will sell the most.

Dario D. said:

I'll notice you don't say "sex-specific"... I like that. I'm sick of everything nowadays referring to male/female-specific things as regarding sexes. "What is your sex?" "The sickness affects both sexes." "We need to get this cat sexed." Dang-nabbit, would it break your face off to ask me my gender? I'm certain that the people out there who lend an odd look to this outweigh those who insist in saying "sex" nine to one... outside of any medical setting.

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I didn't even think before I typed.

Bravo is a women's issue.

Bravo said:

i believe the real question is:

what's not an issue for women?

why do they have to make such a big deal about everything?

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CACTUSWENDY said:

My two cents....

I bet more women read mags. that deal with 'issues' then men do.

And let's face it. It is always about money. I bet more men read the skin/sex mags then women do. That might be the place for men to read about their 'issues'. (lol)

Bottom line is what will sell the most.

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Men don't read. They only look at pictures..

Seriously here are my women's issues, past and present.

Believe this or not it's true. I was turned for several jobs when I was first married, because "You might get pregnant."

I had to quit one of my jobs when I became pregnant because they didn't want pregnant women working in a fashionstore.

Now that I'm older... I'm too old.

when my daughter was missing the police wouldn't take me seriously until my husband went to the police station with me.

Menstral problems.
Menopause problems

Raising a teenage granddaughter...when I should be enjoying life...

Not making the same wages as a man for the same job.

Gaining a pound when I flirt with a candy bar.

PMS- Putting up with Men's Stupidity. just kidding.

Breast Cancer

Uterine Cancer

Colon Cancer

My grandmother and mother both died from colon cancer. No breast cancer in my family. However whenever I go to the doctors they want me to get a mamogram... and never ask about a colonoscopy.. I had to almost beg a doctor to get one ordered for me.

I know mamos are important... and I do get them, but it bothers me that doctors over look other health risks.

Everyone thinks that because you have a vagina you know where everything in the house is located...

I have a lot more... but I need to get sleep..

night night...

Joycecwilliams said:

I know mamos are important... and I do get them, but it bothers me that doctors over look other health risks.

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Exactly. I tried to get a physical once because I just felt like shit ALL OF THE TIME. Wouldn't give me one. I wasn't old enough. A man goes in with sore balls, he gets a physical. At any age.

Yup, "women's issues" are actually "men with issues about women giving women crap all the time"

I have issues!

Where are all the hot men at?

Who stole the baby oil and handcuffs?

Why do they not make motorbikes I can get my feet down on?

OK technically they aren't specifically women's issues. But I think of myself as a person, not a gender. A book on 'women's issues' might well bore me senseless. As far as I can see men have similar issues to address ( apart from say uterine cancer, but then they get prostate cancer instead). A book on just issues, well that'd be ok.

Believe this or not it's true. I was turned for several jobs when I was first married, because "You might get pregnant."

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Someone tried that with me once ( my first marriage) -- I said I wasn't any more likely to get pregnant when married than I was single, cos I was getting it less. I got the job

Plot Device said:

Try watching about 15 hours of Lifetime Television and sample their program lineup. It's a far far far cry from Sci-Fi Channel or Spike TV or even History Channel.

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BUt but but, I watch Sci Fi, Spike and History and I don't watch Lifetime. What doest that say about me?

Dario D. said:

Whimsical note:

I'll notice you don't say "sex-specific"... I like that. I'm sick of everything nowadays referring to male/female-specific things as regarding sexes. "What is your sex?" "The sickness affects both sexes." "We need to get this cat sexed." Dang-nabbit, would it break your face off to ask me my gender? I'm certain that the people out there who lend an odd look to this outweigh those who insist in saying "sex" nine to one... outside of any medical setting.

Thanks for your take, by the way. (and to everyone else)

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People and animals have a sex. Boats have a gender.

sassandgroove said:

BUt but but, I watch Sci Fi, Spike and History and I don't watch Lifetime. What doest that say about me?

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That you and I would make great TV-buddies. (Although I don't much like Spike TV.)

Oh I only watched Spike when Blade was on. I was just goin' for the funny. I heard a rumor they canceled it because too many women watched it. Does it occur to them that some women were watching it WITH THEIR MEN?! UGH. And that women spend money, too.