This article examines three reasons for ongoing tensions between men's studies and women's studies. First, women's studies scholars claim a privileged place in gender studies. Second, both women's studies scholarship and men's studies scholarship emphasize gender differences that militate against cooperation. Third, the politics of women's studies and the politics of men's studies often clash. The article concludes by suggesting that these ongoing tensions may actually be beneficial to men's studies.
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