Ok, so I am doing a huge project/paper on this book I read -- You Just Don't Understand - Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen. The book basically describes the differences in women and men's conversational style -- genderlects.
Women's Style:
Communication is a way to cultivate, nurture and maintain relationships Read More »
Some will argue that the portrayal of homosexuality on television means that our culture has opened up enough to accept gays and lesbians. While this may be true for some, one may also argue that it is the context in which they are seen, that truly determines that. If done so by marketing stereotypes, then a realistic view isn’t attainable. Read More »
This summer at UCLA I was introduced to the idea of performing gender. That is, the ways that we daily act out our assigned – or assumed as the case may be – gender roles. Performing gender comprises many things, ordinary things that many of us take for granted and do not second guess. For women this would be things like shaving your legs, wearing make-up and jewelry. For men this would be things like consistently wearing pants and the grooming of your facial hair. Read More »
Can someone tell me why there aren't enough people that are criticizing John McCain on his VP pick. I say this because it is the obvious thing to do for such an idiotic decision. And i mean crticize him for the real reason, which is that Sarah Palin has no idea what she's doing. It's obvious why McCain picked such an obscure person for his VP position-gender. Read More »
I know most women want to have an equal voice, but I think that using a candidate's gender to raise them up, but then using the feminine nature associated with that gender against them, like Sarah Palin, is an example of a hypocritical standard we have for woman. Read More »
Growing up I always felt different. Most of the time it was subconsciously, but every time I would be at a family function, I could feel eyes on me. When someone asked me what I "was" as if I were a thing... I felt like I didn't belong. Like I wasn't like everyone else. Read More »
Some of you may be heading to college in the fall. There is an endless numbers of decisions to be made and things to think and worry about. Will I like college? Will I do well? Will the food be good? Will the professors be nice? Will I get along with my roommate? Who will my roommate be?
What if you could choose a member of the opposite sex as a roommate? Read More »
A million years ago, during my undergraduate years, one of my assignments was to watch a surgery (pre-op, intra-op, and post-op) and write about it.
My class mates jumped at the first appendectomies they could find, but I wanted something interesting. I asked around about upcoming events and one nurse failed to let me down.
“There’s a vaginoplasty happening in about an hour.” Read More »
