Gender Roles

Thursday, September 23

Monday, September 13

Wednesday, September 8

Saturday, September 4

Wednesday, September 1

Hot model found out to be a guy

http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/09/02/sexy-model-kayo-satoh-confesses-im-actually-a-man/ do u guys believe in this!?!?? this girl looks so pretty used to be a guy!!!

Tuesday, August 24

ah - both women and men could learn

to be self reliant and learn some trades, just as I was speaking about yesterday

Monday, August 23

In South Africa, women now rape men

A 24 year old man was kidnapped and gang raped for 3 days.

"The issue of women raping men is now one of the major problems in South Africa. In fact, it is a source of embarrassment to us"

Article

Sunday, August 22

men's habit that women do not like

here they are. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/women-despair-over-mens-toilet-habits-2059174.html
ok, then, men: what are the daily living habits of women that you do not like?

Friday, August 20

OK here is the Q: due 2 PP last day of class

what ONE finding or concept about gender "hit you" pointedly - and really made you think about and act towards gender in a new way. You get 2 pages, and that includes your name and title.

First specify the finding or the concept.
Next bring in 2-3-4 other sources (discussion, videos, lectures, format of class, reading) that compliment or highlight your choice. Also associate the idea/concept with "real life"- either private or public life or both.
Finally - sum it up and reveal how it does and will henceforth affect your life.

wow seriously they make these for kids now?!?!?!

Thursday, August 19

I didn't finish my whole presentation because i ran out of time. This is some info that i would have like to presented. "The ruling fundamentalists have differing opinions on their official position on the sex trade: deny and hide it or recognize and accommodate it. In 2002, a BBC journalist was deported for taking photographs of prostitutes. Officials told her: “We are deporting you … because you have taken pictures of prostitutes. This is not a true reflection of life in our Islamic Republic. We don’t have prostitutes.” Yet, earlier the same year, officials of the Social Department of the Interior Ministry suggested legalizing prostitution as a way to manage it and control the spread of HIV. They proposed setting-up brothels, called “morality houses,” and using the traditional religious custom of temporary marriage, in which a couple can marry for a short period of time, even an hour, to facilitate prostitution. Islamic fundamentalists’ ideology and practices are adaptable when it comes to controlling and using women."

Also this is how females get sold abroad: "According to several activist organizations, traffickers ferry their victims overseas illegally on forged passports or "legally" through forced marriages, sometimes abusing the Islamic tradition that allows a man to have four wives. A trafficker "will marry four, he will take them to Syria, it's legal, and divorce them there, and he comes back and does it again" Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1890728,00.html#ixzz0x2BG8F37

Pictures of women in prison in Baghdad

Sex trade

Wednesday, August 18

Matriarchal Societies

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mosuo-One-of-the-Last-Matriarchal-Societies-36321.shtml

The Mosuo people are one of the few matriarchal societies left. It is interesting to see how the dynamics of the relationships they have with the opposite sex differ from those in most patriarchal societies. In their society sex is practiced freely and to them, what we consider to be a normal marriage is heresy. Another interesting point brought up in the article is that in their language there is no word for rape, and it is not due to the fact that it does not exist (it's just not as common). Video on Mosuo Culture

Homosexuality in the Torah

In class today a couple of you asked us what the Torah said about homosexuality ...some info I gathered on the topic from various sites. My Jewish Learning: An important point to make ..... Wikipedia: The subject of homosexuality in Judaism dates back to the Torah, in the books of Bereshit and Vayiqra. Bereshit (Genesis) treats the destruction of the cities of Sedom and Amorrah by God. Vayiqra (Leviticus) forbids sexual intercourse between males, classifying it as a to'eivah (something abhorred or detested) that can be subject to capital punishment under Jewish law, although Halakhic courts are not authorized to administer capital punishment in the absence of a Temple in Jerusalem and the entire judicial system as mandated by Jewish Law.

The issue has been a subject of contention within modern Jewish denominations and has led to debate and division. The current view of Orthodox Judaism has been to regard homosexual intercourse as contradictory to Judaism, since it is categorically forbidden by the Torah. However, homosexual orientation, if not acted upon sexually, is permissible since the Torah only forbids homosexual intercourse, not homosexual desires. However, Reconstructionist Judaism and Reform Judaism do not hold this view and validate homosexual intercourse. Conservative Judaism's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which until December 2006 held the same position as Orthodoxy, recently issued multiple opinions under its philosophy of pluralism, with one opinion ...Homosexuality in the Torah Further information: The Bible and homosexuality

The Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, reflects the Judaism of ancient Israel and serves as the primary source for traditional Jewish laws and values.
The traditional viewpoint is that the Torah mentions homosexuality twice in the book of Leviticus (JPS):וְאֶת-זָכָר—לֹא תִשְׁכַּב, מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה: תּוֹעֵבָה, הִוא.Lev.18,22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
וְאִישׁ, אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אֶת-זָכָר מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה—תּוֹעֵבָה עָשׂוּ, שְׁנֵיהֶם; מוֹת יוּמָתוּ, דְּמֵיהֶם בָּם.Lev.20,13 And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Homosexuality in religous stories -Tom'sHardware
http://mourningandcelebration.com/blog/?p=310 David Brody discusses ...homosexuality bible torah jewish gay homosexual needs interpretation Video de davidbrody

Intersectionality- Jewish Lesbian Teen

Sexy Women are Seen as Objects, Studies Find

SEX OBJECTS

Tuesday, August 17

world's first genderless person

he ... she ... se? ... hse?

Thursday, August 12

Quote from The Crock of Gold

"Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more."

Wednesday, August 11

Overstated or your experience?

sexual harassment at work

Men and partnering

L OO K at this!

Sunday, August 8

Article: "Study: Attractive Women Overlooked for Certain Jobs"

STUDY: ATTRACTIVE WOMEN OVERLOOKED FOR CERTAIN JOBS
So what, now I have to write either "attractive", "mildly attractive", "average looking" on my resume depending on the job? Lol!

if guys were girls

IF GUYS WERE GIRLS

stereotype! but hilarious nonetheless.

Friday, August 6

women

and how they dress -- and when I heard about another study of this two years ago, but this one acts like it is a discovery

Thursday, August 5

the heart, the mind, and the penis

Tales Of Mere Existence

Wednesday, August 4

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

The Misconception: In romance, opposites attract.

Tuesday, August 3

Article: "How Does Birth Order Affect Relationships?"

LINK: "How Does Birth Order Affect Relationships?"
Quote :

" 'Your personality is directly related to how you interact with other people,' says William Cane, author of The Birth Order Book of Love, since the first people you interacted with were your parents and siblings. Figuring out your own birth-order personality, and that of your significant other, is simply one strategy you can use to assess your compatibility..."

Sounds a bit like astrology to me, but women's magazines, web sites always seem to have some form of it. I wonder why? Anyway, it's a fun read and I thought it was interesting because it doesn't have any gender designations in regards to the birth order and the personalities that correspond to them.

Article: "More Couples Sleeping Apart: Is this Healthy?"

LINK: "More Couples Sleeping Apart : Is this Healthy?"

The article answers with the following quote

" To get to the bottom of it, we asked Tina B. Tessina Ph.D. (a.k.a. Dr. Romance), psychotherapist and author of Money, Sex, and Kids: Stops Fighting About the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage, for her take:

'Sleeping apart can contribute to the disconnect that plagues many relationships,' Tessina says. 'It just makes it easier to avoid each other, when what's really needed is connection and contact. There are solutions to snoring and restlessness -- a memory foam mattress will stop restlessness from being felt by a partner and snoring can be helped in a number of ways.' "

Then it gives the reader reasons why couples should sleep together in the same bed.

I think it's relative to the couple. My girlfriends and I had a conversation about this and most of them, specially the married ones, including myself, don't mind sleeping separately from our significant-others on occasion. They said it shouldn't matter because a couple's connection should not just be based on the ability to sleep together - and what if the couple work different shifts? Besides, they said, we see our significant-others everyday haha. What do you think?

Women like men in Red

Men: wear Red on Monday

Monday, August 2

switching rolls

Ma Vie en Rose

You can use movie in paper and/or presenttion - sibling, parental, grandparent, peers, neighborhood, school, medical profession, media, and workplace influence on gender.

What he really means...

http://yahoo.match.com/y/article.aspx?articleid=11997&TrackingID=526103&BannerID=686128

Why do women like to dress up in a provocative way? Why do they feel good about it? Is it beacuse the attention they get?

Sunday, August 1

Women officers in Kabul

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-31/afghan-women-train-to-be-police-officers/

Gender Papers

Opening paragraph(s) should introduce the topic briefly and touch on each article as its way to shine a light on the topic .... Middle section (maybe 3-5 paragraphs) should "go with" one article in particular and focus on your experience in life, public or private. The focus will be on what stands out for you in one of the articles, but the best papers will weave in the other articles as "spices." .... The final paragraph will sum up, give implications, and the "what am I going to do about it."

Since you have citations, there should be a references section.