Masculinity and femininity, often referred to as gender, have evolved throughout history and are still evolving.
Gender is a feature of all known cultures.
It is subject to continual reinterpretation and wide cross-cultural variation. Understanding the gender dynamic of any given subject is not only fascinating in itself, but often provides important clues about other fundamental characteristics, tensions, and changes within and across cultures. Gender Studies has developed as an innovative area of research and pedagogy, with the mission of advancing cultural understandings of gender structures and representations, and their impact on knowledge and policy. G ender Studies courses are interdisciplinary in content and approach. This means that the Gender Studies Courses at Indiana University explore issues related to women and gender across academic disciplines.