Gender Studies as an academic discipline seeks to understand and analyze the complexities of gender, its formation, and its impact on individual identities and societal structures. Within Gender Studies, there exist various theoretical frameworks that seek to explain and address issues related to gender, such as feminism, critical race theory, postmodernism, and queer theory. One significant perspective is the liberal perspective, which focuses on the concepts of equality, individual rights, and the dismantling of systemic barriers to achieve gender parity. Historical Foundations The liberal perspective on gender equality has roots in Enlightenment philosophy, which emphasized individual rights, reason, and the importance of equal treatment under the law. Thinkers like John Locke, Mary Wollstonecraft, and later John Stuart Mill were instrumental in shaping the ideas that underpin liberal gender theory. Wollstonecraft's seminal work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792...