Gender matters. Everything about our society tells us we are women and men first, not people. Sometimes that's fine; sometimes it gets in the way of fair treatment.

Stetson is committed to valuing women's voices, ensuring that University policies and practices are not discriminatory, and distributing resources equally between men and women. In the Women & Gender Studies Program, students and faculty ask hard questions about gender, power, and unearned privilege, and examine gender in the context of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and class.

Together, we're committed to making Stetson a place where each one of us can thrive.

"The silence and denial surrounding privilege are the key political tool... They keep the thinking about equality or equity incomplete, protecting unearned advantage and conferred dominance by making these taboo subjects." Peggy McIntosh Guest Lecturer Stetson, Spring 2001 Author of White Privilege and Male Privilege