Blog 8

This chapter is about activism and change.  Which I think is the biggest part of all.   This book has been a very intersting book.  I would say this has been one of the most interesting classes I have taken thus far in my college career.  There were many topics I was so interested in and so many topics I had never thought of in the way the book demonstrated them.  There are so many things that individuals should stick up for and help represent correctly.  I have watched many of those shows where someone is pretending to be hurt or something else etc seeing how many people would respond. Would you?  I think now after seeing how important it is to be an activist and stick up for our rights i will.  I think I would have before to a certain extent but now i feel enpowered learning more about the rights and issues women have had over the long years behind us. 

Blog 7

This blog is about 2 different chapters. the first chapter is about resisting violence against women and the second chapter is about politics and laws.  The first chapter is very hard to read and take in.  its so sad to hear about all the violence that takes place with women. It is horrible the nature of some men who have no care in the world how to treat women, they would rather hurt them to get what they want.  How do men have no conscious? It is not just  men that create crimes but it is men that create crimes on most women.  The women that are prostituted without there own control is astonishing.  How it would feel if that was your daughter would be absolutely heart breaking.  The second chapter is about women in politics and how far we have came from the beginning of time when women couldn't even vote and now women can run for president.

Blog 6

This chapter is about women and popular culture.  i love pop culture.  well i love music and i love television and i love all the advanced technology   we have these days.  i like poetry but i myself am not into it.  i think you can learn alot these days from all of the things above.  music can ease your mind and bring you into new  happppiness.  poetry can do the same and bring you hope into your life.  all the technology these days make everyones lives alot easier.  i think the technology these days also take the personalness away from our lives.  now you can text instead of personally calling and hearing someones voice.  you can chat through facebook now instead of contacing people.  which is is good that you can keep in touch with people you have not touched base with in years but it also takes away the personalness you give when keeping in contact with someone through actually talking to them.  the new technology through facebook and myspace i believe can also bring drama into you life, having your life well for everyone to see. i think music is a big part of pop culture and a big part of alot of peoples lives.

Blog 5

This blog is associated with chapter 7 and different family lives.  There are many different types of family’s.   The family types and styles have changed over the years.  There are many more children born to unmarried women these days.  It is not as scary to have a family without a man in it as it used to be. And there are many more divorces than years ago.  Women are standing up for their happiness. It is astonishing that 50% of marriages end in divorce these days.  There are different families with different social classes, sexualities, and race groups.  All families have their different ways to manage their lifestyles and their families.  Power is a big part of a family unit.  And how that power is used in the family is used is a struggle with some families.  Mothering is a big responsibility and joy in the family life.   There is a norm within society of what a mother is supposed to be like.  But in reality the norm is not really reality.  There are many different ways to be a mother.   Every women just has to find her own way.

blog 4

This blog is over 2 different chapters.  The 2^nd chapter is over reproductive rights.  This is a chapter that hits close to every woman.  First the most important topic is healthcare.  I strongly believe we should have a nationalized health care plan.  Everyone everywhere should have healthcare.  Every woman is either using some sort of birth control or is reproducing children or is not in need of anything. We need these forms of birth control methods so that the population does not get extreme.   The abortion topic is one that can cause a debate. I myself think it is your right to choose what happens with your body.  I could say many things but I don’t want to debate, people have strong opinions on this subject.  All the health concerns with women are very scary.  But hopefully with time they will find cures for all.  There seem to be many more colored women’s issues than I had thought.  The 1^st chapter is over body image.  It is sick how women are publicly shown that they are supposed to look like the Barbie doll.  That is not realistic and it’s not good to show the younger children out there that they need to look like that.  That is how eating disorders start.  You are who you are, and your body was meant to be how it was.  But if you want to change it, that is your right, it is your body. You should be comfortable in yourself, being who you are.

sexuality blog 3

This class and the readings have been so interesting thus far!  This chapter was about sex, power and intimacy.  The readings gave me insight to my own relationships.  It let me see so many differences in between men and women.  They way men and women think differently, and have different wants and needs.  Not every woman is the same and not every man is the same but many women and many men do have the same sort of wants and needs.  I think every individual will truly never be happy until they find themselves and can be comfortable being themselves no matter what the cost.  Funny there shouldn’t be a cost at being you.  But these days there is.  No matter what can of sexuality you are, what kind of sex you like, romance whatever, let that be you! Be comfortable being someone different, if that’s what you think you are. Who is the really the same? No one.  And what is normal?  I know society has its idea of what is normal, but society is wrong.  I think more and more as the years pass and the generations move on, being you and no matter what way that it is, is becoming more acceptable.  For years it wasn’t.  No matter what role you play we all deep down want the same thing, to give and receive love.  So to find the right path for you to do that, you need to figure out what you want and need and be comfortable asking for that.

judging others blog 2

The reading articles for this week were very interesting. It brought out many more opinions in me than the week before. To talk about oppression and homophobes makes you sit back and realize you do have many privileges you take for granted. Really with all this reading it made me see how much society judges everyone in it. You’re judged for not having sex but you’re judged for having sex. Either way you turn someone is judging you. You just need to be strong positive individuals. I wish everyone everywhere thought of peace and happiness but the world doesn’t work like that. But also the individuals that are in hate groups were a strong subject this week also. It’s hard when reading all these articles to not judge the others yourself and have a heated opinion. You can have a heated opinion but when you judge these people you become just as bad as them. It’s hard for me not say judgmental things right now about all these people that I think are horrible for being so cruel to others who you mostly don’t know. Just like the racist individual. The judge on a class or color or etc that they not know the people just the judgment of their class or color. It’s hard with the racist topics because I think a lot of people out there are racist in their own little way but don’t really know it or realize it. I think that is what I have come out of these reading this week and recognizing how I really treat others and to remember I don’t want to be judged so watch the judging myself.