Feminism among Social Work Students

assessed the feminist behavior and identification of two samples of MSW students using the Feminist Behavior Scale, which was developed specifi-cally for the study. The students ’ responses indicated that they had little awareness of feminist issues and did not identify themselves as feminists. The study also found that the MSW curriculum does not focus on the psychology, history, or oppression of women and that MSW students have few opportunities to write papers that reflect feminist issues. The implica-tions of these findings for a profession that is dominated by women and that frequently provides treatment and other services to women and their families are discussed. Although many colleges and universities have women’s studies courses and majors, few have attempted to include feminist per-spectives in their general course work. The inevitable result is that exposure to feminist perspectives is still largely achieved through a process of self-selection