- Gender Studies investigates what it means to be a woman/man/other gender identities in society at different times and places. You will look closely at the impact of gender, sex and sexuality on people's lives at home, cross-culturally, at work, in public policy, in the media, on the streets ,and in the classroom. Student can undertake study by completing a major within a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Social Science, combined with a second major or as a general interest.