[Right Wing Professor]

Your explanation does not account for the fact that even in advanced science classes, taken only by majors, the grades are generally lower than in women's studies.

[petitfour]

Hubby and I were just discussing this. One of his theories for this is that because women's studies is a relatively new department, there are not the same standards that you have in other well-established departments such as Chemistry or Biology. With Chemistry and Biology, undergraduates take classes that have set curricula and grades are based on a mastery of that material. With Women's Studies, profs are still deciding what are must-reads and must-know kinds of things.

On the other hand, it could be that Women's Studies departments are packed with liberal profs and liberal students, and they're all in one big love-fest.