A "gender-studies course" criticism isn't a claim that the underlying subject doesn't matter. (Everyone can agree that gender matters!) It's a claim that they don't think the course is going to teach broadly applicable concepts and patterns of thought; they expect that you'll be presented with some particular orthodox concept of privacy, and that the class will be about learning how to correctly recite it.
I can't say whether they're right about your school's course specifically, but it's certainly something I can imagine.
I can't say whether they're right about your school's course specifically, but it's certainly something I can imagine.