The transition from ‘women studies’ to ‘gender studies’ suggests that our societal norms are changing and that our society is adapting and accepting these new ideas. The main problem with ‘women studies’ is that the word ‘women’ is too broad because ‘women’ is used to describe anyone who identifies themselves as one. For example During argues ‘Women’ is too large a grouping to be analytically useful.” He is stating that ‘women’ too expansive to be logically useful. The word ‘women’ also suggests that all women are the same and that we all share the same experiences. An example of this is that not all women are able to bare children and this affects their perspective on being a woman. The change from ‘women studies’ to ‘gender studies’ means