when i looked at the other women's studies classes, i thought that women in sports would be an interesting class to take. i am really confused with my life right now, and don't know a major to choose, so the reason i'm taking women's studies is because it is a gen ed. my work history is just simply working at a quick stop, two offices, and i was a babysitter. my history in gender comes mainly from sports. i played softball and none of the boys would ever come to our games and cheer, even though we went to all the ones we could of theirs.
the readings were interesting. i especially enjoyed the one about black women and their struggles. not because i like them to struggle, but because i don't know very much about them. i graduated from a class of only eight people, and there was only one black person in our entire k-12 school. so it was different to read a packet that was just about them.
Monday, February 16, 2009
week three assignment
i learned from the movie that it was a lot harder for the women than i originally thought. my favorite scene from the movie was when they were in the streets with the pickets, it is always something that i have admired out of anyone; and it especially moved me in the film.
(do not have fife yet.)
(do not have fife yet.)
Sunday, February 1, 2009
interview
Interview a woman over age 45. What was their experience of gender? What is their history with feminism? Define feminism? Describe one experience in your life that made you conscious of gender.
I chose to interview my grandmother, who is 59 and has lived in a very small town her whole life.
1. What has been my experience? I have never gotten paid as much, & worked twice as hard. I've been twice as kind. They are the dominant sex, I guarantee you. Even though they are physically stronger they are not mentally stronger. They use their physical strength to overtake us.
2. I didn't ever burn my bra, or anything like that. But I was always for it. But not gung-ho for it. I got it, and here I am. What I did was blow my future, but it is okay. I love my life.
3. When I think of feminism I think of Gloria Steinem, and how they were not really in touch with my life and what feminism really was. I just rolled with the flow and did what I had to do. I raised two kids and they turned out alright. I was never a flower-child.
4. The first experience I had was when I was 7 years old. I had a little brother, and the first time I saw his pecker, it looked like it really hurt. If you want to get general, that is how I remember first seeing gender in its true form. It was when my little brother was born.
The reading was really different, I'd never thought of psychology in feminism.
I chose to interview my grandmother, who is 59 and has lived in a very small town her whole life.
1. What has been my experience? I have never gotten paid as much, & worked twice as hard. I've been twice as kind. They are the dominant sex, I guarantee you. Even though they are physically stronger they are not mentally stronger. They use their physical strength to overtake us.
2. I didn't ever burn my bra, or anything like that. But I was always for it. But not gung-ho for it. I got it, and here I am. What I did was blow my future, but it is okay. I love my life.
3. When I think of feminism I think of Gloria Steinem, and how they were not really in touch with my life and what feminism really was. I just rolled with the flow and did what I had to do. I raised two kids and they turned out alright. I was never a flower-child.
4. The first experience I had was when I was 7 years old. I had a little brother, and the first time I saw his pecker, it looked like it really hurt. If you want to get general, that is how I remember first seeing gender in its true form. It was when my little brother was born.
The reading was really different, I'd never thought of psychology in feminism.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
here's a fact:
more people are killed by falling coconuts every year than sharks.
we kill 70-100 million sharks each year.
and for what, you may ask?
soup. yes. soup.
sharkfin soup can sell for $300 dollars a bowl, but the sharks are the apex predators in the sea, not to mention they are beautiful, magnificent creatures.
if we eliminate the shark, we throw the balance of the whole ecosystem out of whack.
yao ming has even sworn off the soup, which is an asian delicacy. surely you can too.
sharks have been around since before the dinosaurs.
let's keep them, okay?
www.stopsharkfinning.net
more people are killed by falling coconuts every year than sharks.
we kill 70-100 million sharks each year.
and for what, you may ask?
soup. yes. soup.
sharkfin soup can sell for $300 dollars a bowl, but the sharks are the apex predators in the sea, not to mention they are beautiful, magnificent creatures.
if we eliminate the shark, we throw the balance of the whole ecosystem out of whack.
yao ming has even sworn off the soup, which is an asian delicacy. surely you can too.
sharks have been around since before the dinosaurs.
let's keep them, okay?
www.stopsharkfinning.net
week one assignment
hi, my name is saraya grove and i am currently a freshman at the university of oklahoma. i am doing this blog for my women's studies class, so there will be different things covered.
first i will tell a little more about myself. i am obsessed with sharks, and making the ocean a better place to live; altough i really don't know how i can make that possible, it seems like a topic not many people care about. i also like playing card games (especially poker, pitch, and razzle), hanging out with my friends, watching episodes of friends and jon & kate + 8. actually, i am very easy to get along with because i enjoy many things and i try to see the good side in everyone.
i took women's studies this semester because i am fairly interested in the topic, i like debating, and it also fills my western civilization credit. another thing was i thought it would be easy, but dr. pendley has already proved that wrong. i am glad that i took it because i already enjoy being in the classroom with the other students, even though i don't even know them hardly at all. i think it is always good to get to know someone in a debate-type class, because you'll know exactly what will tick them off, and you'll know then not to do it.
there are some questions i have about women's studies in general, though.
1. why are a lot of men skeptical about feminism?
2. why do a lot of feminists think that abortion is okay?
3. what are the things i will get out of this class, more specifically, will i learn anything useful?
4. how is feminism different around the world?
5. why is it encouraged for guys to have many sexual relations, but discouraging if a woman has sex before marriage?
6. does feminism have much to do with the divorce rate?
7. why do people automatically tag feminists as lesbians?
and in response to our reading for this week, i would like to say:
chapter one was a lot about the history and how we have come so far, but the young women today are just letting it go to crap again.
it seems like being feminist has stopped being 'in', so therefore; girls around my age don't care about it anymore, which is really depressing. nowadays, most girls WANT to be the women from the fifties, (a non-working women, what many call a "trophy-wife"), but just because celebrities are doing it doesn't make it okay. and, even more, they don't even want to have their own children, they want to adopt from foriegn countries. women don't care about voting anymore because they have way too much shopping to do to stand in the polls for a few extra minutes of their life.
chapter two was about women getting the right to vote, abortion, "women's work", birth control, wage gaps, and generally just a lot of things that feminism is about; and why it should not be considered a bad thing.
although i am one of the people against abortion (i think if you are stupid enough to get yourself into that situation, you have to stick with it), i also think the man who impregnated her should have responsibilities too. even though childbirth is something that can be harming to the human body, abortions are killing human babies. i don't believe in killing anything, especially a human.
first i will tell a little more about myself. i am obsessed with sharks, and making the ocean a better place to live; altough i really don't know how i can make that possible, it seems like a topic not many people care about. i also like playing card games (especially poker, pitch, and razzle), hanging out with my friends, watching episodes of friends and jon & kate + 8. actually, i am very easy to get along with because i enjoy many things and i try to see the good side in everyone.
i took women's studies this semester because i am fairly interested in the topic, i like debating, and it also fills my western civilization credit. another thing was i thought it would be easy, but dr. pendley has already proved that wrong. i am glad that i took it because i already enjoy being in the classroom with the other students, even though i don't even know them hardly at all. i think it is always good to get to know someone in a debate-type class, because you'll know exactly what will tick them off, and you'll know then not to do it.
there are some questions i have about women's studies in general, though.
1. why are a lot of men skeptical about feminism?
2. why do a lot of feminists think that abortion is okay?
3. what are the things i will get out of this class, more specifically, will i learn anything useful?
4. how is feminism different around the world?
5. why is it encouraged for guys to have many sexual relations, but discouraging if a woman has sex before marriage?
6. does feminism have much to do with the divorce rate?
7. why do people automatically tag feminists as lesbians?
and in response to our reading for this week, i would like to say:
chapter one was a lot about the history and how we have come so far, but the young women today are just letting it go to crap again.
it seems like being feminist has stopped being 'in', so therefore; girls around my age don't care about it anymore, which is really depressing. nowadays, most girls WANT to be the women from the fifties, (a non-working women, what many call a "trophy-wife"), but just because celebrities are doing it doesn't make it okay. and, even more, they don't even want to have their own children, they want to adopt from foriegn countries. women don't care about voting anymore because they have way too much shopping to do to stand in the polls for a few extra minutes of their life.
chapter two was about women getting the right to vote, abortion, "women's work", birth control, wage gaps, and generally just a lot of things that feminism is about; and why it should not be considered a bad thing.
although i am one of the people against abortion (i think if you are stupid enough to get yourself into that situation, you have to stick with it), i also think the man who impregnated her should have responsibilities too. even though childbirth is something that can be harming to the human body, abortions are killing human babies. i don't believe in killing anything, especially a human.
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