Prof M,I just wanted to tell you what a remarkable class this was and I would highly recommend it. The format it was taught in was excellent. I think this class should be a requirement not an elective because it contains facts that are an essential part of life. This has been my favorite class; I took it as an elective and expected to just take a minimal amount of knowledge away from it but the truth is that the facts I’ve learned have helped me realize so much about my every day life. I look at the world a little different now and have already engaged in changing my personal behaviors because I am more conscious of them now. And i can't forget to mention the technological aspect of the class that has taught me about wiki pages and blogs. This is information I can use for future classes and will come in handy. Thanks for everything and have a great summer. I hope I have the pleasure of working with you again sometime in the future.Neeru
June 27, 2009 10:55:00 AM PDT
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Eureka 6
My Eureka moment came to me yesterday when I caught wind of a rumor at work that one of my friends was having an affair with a coworker! When I heard the rumor I had to address my friend Karen whom I’ve known for 11 years so I was pretty upfront with her. She was floored when I came right out and said, “So I hear you are getting freaky with James?” She said their was absolutely nothing going on between them and I do believe her. Not that it’s any of my business anyway. What made me stop and think was how our society is so backwards that a woman and man can’t even have lunch together without people jumping to conclusion of their something going on romantically. I know I sated previously that men and women cannot be friends but in some cases they can…some people have the capability. I have gone to lunch with men before and certainly hope there are no rumors about me!
Lastly I wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting all of you and that I enjoyed sharing my deepest thoughts with all of you.
Prof. M- This was an excellent, excellent class and I would highly recommend it. I planned on taking this class just to fill an elective and look at what you have accomplished. All that I have learned over the past six weeks will stay with me for a life time.
Lastly I wanted to say it was a pleasure meeting all of you and that I enjoyed sharing my deepest thoughts with all of you.
Prof. M- This was an excellent, excellent class and I would highly recommend it. I planned on taking this class just to fill an elective and look at what you have accomplished. All that I have learned over the past six weeks will stay with me for a life time.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
response to Sarah - Week #5
Hi Sarah,
Your right, I saw that movie a while back and never thought about it like that. Many people still do believe that joining the army will prove that you are a man because you are willing to put your life on the line for others and fight for your country. The media, movies, TV, radio, magazines just keeps on pumping society with these gender norms and there seems to be no hiding and no escape. I also get exactly what you are saying about 30 year old men still living at home. I think it’s a huge difference in the mentality of the generation. I think the newer generations just don’t want to work as hard and just want to be spoon fed but all the underlying gender norms are still there. You might be onto something with men losing sight to manhood causing them to feel a need for a movement. Another major role for men was to be the primary bread makers but now in today’s time most woman are bringing home a paycheck to right alongside their men so maybe they need to prove that they still are manly men.
Your right, I saw that movie a while back and never thought about it like that. Many people still do believe that joining the army will prove that you are a man because you are willing to put your life on the line for others and fight for your country. The media, movies, TV, radio, magazines just keeps on pumping society with these gender norms and there seems to be no hiding and no escape. I also get exactly what you are saying about 30 year old men still living at home. I think it’s a huge difference in the mentality of the generation. I think the newer generations just don’t want to work as hard and just want to be spoon fed but all the underlying gender norms are still there. You might be onto something with men losing sight to manhood causing them to feel a need for a movement. Another major role for men was to be the primary bread makers but now in today’s time most woman are bringing home a paycheck to right alongside their men so maybe they need to prove that they still are manly men.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Eureka #5
It’s already time for Eureka #5!! Boy time is flying by…well I had a couple of Eureka’s this week and the one that stuck out the most was the baby shower I went to over the weekend. The baby shower was for the birth of twin girls. As I sat in the back and watched the mother open all her gifts it struck me. What is up with the gender norm of dressing twins alike? Every box she opened had an identical set of the same outfit. I know I always thought it would be cute to dress twins alike but when I had my twins they were opposite sexes so I never had the chance to do so. What are we teaching those kids by dressing them alike as soon as they are born? Then one of the gift boxes she opened was a set of three bibs; one said hottie, the next said babe, and the third said sexy. All the guest were chuckling over the bibs they thought it was the cutest thing they ever seen. Meanwhile I’m just appalled at the gender norms at such an early age to be teaching these innocent kids these words? I will never buy anything with that kind of language written on it. I think those ladies need to take this class!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Week #4 response to Mario
Hi Mario,
I can’t agree with you more regarding school work, work, and family work. I’m exhausted. Why is life so exhausting? Why do I want more? Anyway that’s a topic for another day… You know from my previous blogs that this class has been an eye opener for me and that I am really starting to analyze my actions. To my surprise I totally fit the gender norms society has binded us to and through my actions I have been encouraging them. I think about how I have been treated at work and the pet names the men walk around here calling woman and they think there is nothing wrong with it. I see the woman managers here being tougher on their staff to prove a point to the male managers. I have a daughter to who is 3 years old and I hope society gets a wake up call prior to her entering the work force.
I can’t agree with you more regarding school work, work, and family work. I’m exhausted. Why is life so exhausting? Why do I want more? Anyway that’s a topic for another day… You know from my previous blogs that this class has been an eye opener for me and that I am really starting to analyze my actions. To my surprise I totally fit the gender norms society has binded us to and through my actions I have been encouraging them. I think about how I have been treated at work and the pet names the men walk around here calling woman and they think there is nothing wrong with it. I see the woman managers here being tougher on their staff to prove a point to the male managers. I have a daughter to who is 3 years old and I hope society gets a wake up call prior to her entering the work force.
Week #4 response to Chris
Hi Chris,
I can’t believe what I’m reading. I unfortunately don’t have much time to keep up with television or the news. I always knew there was some pay discrimination but not like this. It’s sad to really step back and look at the inequality between men and women in our society. I think it’s a great idea that women and men join forces to conquer the unfairness between genders. What gets me is that before this class most of us didn’t even care or realize what was going on right under our noses for our entire lives.
I can’t believe what I’m reading. I unfortunately don’t have much time to keep up with television or the news. I always knew there was some pay discrimination but not like this. It’s sad to really step back and look at the inequality between men and women in our society. I think it’s a great idea that women and men join forces to conquer the unfairness between genders. What gets me is that before this class most of us didn’t even care or realize what was going on right under our noses for our entire lives.
Week #4 response to Sarah
Hi Sarah,
I couldn’t agree with you more. My blog and DB post this week pretty much said the same thing. I don’t think men and women can be friends without one of them having an emotional connection or sexual connection with the other. I think that even if the issue is addressed it is hard for people to try and control their emotions. And if I meet someone and I tell them I’m married I shouldn’t have to say anything else, they should automatically know that I am not interested in anything more than a platonic friendship. I have had a few male friendships go sour where I had to just end the friendship all together because it would end up hurting him or me in the end. I had a guy that I was friends with that wound up going thru a divorce and venting to me daily and in the end confessed his love for me to me? I was like, “WHAT”? I’m happily married, I have 2 kids…I’m not looking for anything. I give the people that have opposite sex friendships a lot of credit.
I couldn’t agree with you more. My blog and DB post this week pretty much said the same thing. I don’t think men and women can be friends without one of them having an emotional connection or sexual connection with the other. I think that even if the issue is addressed it is hard for people to try and control their emotions. And if I meet someone and I tell them I’m married I shouldn’t have to say anything else, they should automatically know that I am not interested in anything more than a platonic friendship. I have had a few male friendships go sour where I had to just end the friendship all together because it would end up hurting him or me in the end. I had a guy that I was friends with that wound up going thru a divorce and venting to me daily and in the end confessed his love for me to me? I was like, “WHAT”? I’m happily married, I have 2 kids…I’m not looking for anything. I give the people that have opposite sex friendships a lot of credit.
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