Threshold Concepts

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Throughout my academic experience I can hardly say that women have been a part of any of my class curriculum compared to as men. According to “Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies” by Christie Launis and Holly Hassel, they explain “In short, students - and some younger faculty as well- may have two different kinds of experiences today: A majority may still be where we were thirty years ago, unknowingly in a male-centered curriculum; a minority may think that women have always been a part of the curriculum” (p.19). This proves a point on how unaware we are about women not being included in a curriculum. Coming to realize, I was aware of what was happening but I didn’t think much about it. Perhaps it was because in my English classes,

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