Week # 4 Commet to Shaina

It is shame that we have to see the visiion of what women "should" be. Like if I drink that Orange juice I will look like that and not have a care in the world. I will be jumping around singing. I will tell you why she is all happy...because she got paid to do that. If someone pays me I will since in a spoon. LOL I learned in Psych of Women all about how the media uses body image and weight to get to women. It awful! I am not saying we should be fat BUT we shouldn't be told what to be!
June 12, 2009 6:01 PM

Week # 4 Eureka Moment

So my eureka moment came to me when I though about how I really don't have that many male friends. I use to be one of those girls who had guy and girl friends and was equally close with them. Then I looked at my younger sister who has like all guy friends and only 1 close female friend. I realized she has so many guy fiends because all the girls don't like her because she is friends with these guys. I was equal with my friends where she is one of the girls who the guys love to hang out with But their girl friends hate. Haha! So my moment is this....girls and guys can be friends BUT can you have both??? This is the million $$ question.

Week #1 Post

When I started to read yesterday everything seemed so interesting and the reading came easy. When I got to page 23 I felt like my mind started to wonder. I was reading "Social Views of Intersexuality" and alls I could think of was the most recent Real World on MTV. There was a girl names Kaitlyn on the show who was born a trangendered. She was born a male and became a female by choice. She even had surgery to make her genetalia female. This article really made me think because the said when infants were born with both gentalia they did "normalizing surgery" to make them either male or female. This was my Eureka Moment. It was so unbeleivable to me that they parents or doctors would decide what sex the infant would be. Instead of letting them grow up and either decide on their own to get surgery or to live as an intersexed person. It got my thoughts going on how mean some people were to that girl Kaitlyn on MTV. They would not let her just be what made her feel comfortable it was like she had to appease the world and make them comfortable. I hope to learn more about it as the class goes on!!

Week # 2 Comments

My Comments to Shaina Week #2

Shaina,I totally agree!! I felt like the show slmost fed into all the hype going on. From what I see kate is on the road alot and why isn't that shown?? Not to mention she is a tad rough on John. They seem to forget all the previous seasons and how people reacted to how mean she was to him. I do get she has to be organized and stern to keep things moving with 8 kids but sometimes she was just plain out mean. I feel like one season they are going against Kate for being too strong or even "manly" and taking charge and now this season it is taking a blow at manhood and what Jon is doing wrong. It is a shame because when the show started it was a nice, intersting show to watch because of their unique situation now it is just another show overtaken by sterotypes and the media.
May 26, 2009 6:40 PM

My Comments to Week 3 Posts

My Comment to Mario Week 3

Mario,I totally agree. I like my last name and it will always be apart of me. i assume when I get married I will change my last name. BUT I DO NOT want to be defined as "so & So's" wife or MRs. Whatever!! Tell your daughter I said Way To Go!! Congrats on getting into Rider's MBA!
June 5, 2009 1:48 PM

My Comments to Week 3 Posts

My Comment to Prof. M
I seen that show a few times with my mom. I usually laugh the whole time. I think any of those shows where they are fighting for someones love along with 20 other people is crazy. Notice how most of them never work out. Don't get me wrong I watch them because they are entertaining and hilarious. Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, I Love New York and all the others are crazy. Really the show is there for the star to become popular not for love. This "Cougar" may pick one but I am sure the producers are "guiding" her so the most entertaining people stay as long as possible. I totally agree that you can't really be in love unitl you are 1 on 1 with someone.
June 5, 2009 10:45:00 AM PDT

Eureka Moment #3

SO.....My Eureka moments for the first 2 weeks came from the reading...Not this week! After doing my DB posting for this week I was talking about it with my boyfriend. He and his family are big soccer fans so I knew he seen it. We got into the discussion about women and men and how it is wrong for her to rip her shirt off but not a man. BUT!!!!! In movies and certain HBO sitcoms it is on to show a women with her breasts out for the world to see and even some show women completely naked....why do they hardly ever show men in the buff??!! That is what is sexist! it is wrong for Brandi to rip her jersey off and be in a sports bra but a movie can show a woman full frontal and it is ok? My eureka moment is this...if a woman can be naked in movie or show then she can for damn sure can rip her shirt off after winning an amazing soccer game and run in around in her sports bra! Not to mention why do the men get to see all these naked women in movies?? We need some men action too just so we can even the score. LOL I will never forget the first time I watched Old School! So I heard it was funny I was about 18 or so and my cousin (12) and my sister (13) were with me as well as my dad and step-mom. i should of known it was bad when the play screen had boobs on it...but we went on with it. By the time it was half way through I was mortified and my father had yelled me and left the room. My sister says, " Why is it only girls who are naked?" I thought to myself yea why is that? At that point my dad returned but only to shut the movie off and yell at me again :)! But from that moment on whenever I see naked women I wonder where are the men? It is ok to show 100 pairs of breasts in a movie but a penis is out of the question?? If it is rated R or whatever and a women can be fully naked then why not a man? I mean they can rip there shirts off all day but a women who does it makes a huge splash in the media. Fair? I think not!