Male Studies: The Course Catalog

Here's something American higher education needs. The Washington Post reports that Wagner College will be hosting seminars on "the declining state of the male, stemming from cataclysmic changes in today's culture, environment and global economy." Could this be the start of a Men's Studies department? they wonder.

I can just imagine the course offerings in ten years:

MALE/HIST 369: Free Love in the Oval Office
We will explore the declining state of the American president. Following the '60s era of "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" through the '90s "blue dress" media frenzy, we will analyze the president's reversion to the monogamous family-man.

MALE/LIT 301: You Will Read Bret Easton Ellis, and You Will Like It

Midterm includes stabbing random homeless man in the eye.

MALE/KIN 352: Advanced Golf Technique

Prerequisite: BUS 302 Become Famous Enough to Make Millions and Date Millions.


MALE/MUS 312: Male Studies in Music
Note: This course will recycle the same syllabus from MUS 311: History of Western Music.

MALE/SOC 407: Men-imism
This advanced theoretical seminar deconstructs women's rights movements in America, as well as the "masculine mystique," the "gays," and the perpetuation of the "glass floor." Be sure to bring necessary materials to the first class for Men's Libation and jockstrap-burning.

Oh, it's real!