Thursday, June 25, 2009
Response to Maissa's Week #6
I do think there is a good deal of cultural ignorance involved, but perhaps it may just seem like men ask in such a manner because they are men. The women may not come off like the men do because it may seem more comfortable coming from someone of the same gender. I also think the men who do ask may come off as more ignorant because of what is engendered into their upbringing as viewing women as objects rather than people of different cultures/ways and with the subsequent sensitivity to those different cultures/ways. I know two wrongs don't make a right and I am being judgmental in my own wrong way by stating, but I can bet most of the men who do ask are not so much curious as they are either ignorant or asking out of criticism of something different. Personally, I would not be so bold to ask. Even if I did not know, I would still feel it an insult to ask publicly like that or make a comparison to something else like a nun's habit. I think it is rude, if I am interpreting the situations correctly.
June 25, 2009 2:19 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Feminism and Meninism Lacking in Today's Media?
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Responser to Teandra, Week 5
Firstly, I think it heavily depends on the custody rights/issues and how the relationship with the mother is. I can see where it becomes a sensitive issue not so much of gender, but rather trust in where his money is going and exactly how much is being allotted for his child. I do think, as discussed in more depth in this weeks discussion board, that this scenario is related to child support/custody issues that occur in the courtroom. In my opinion, many men are discriminated against in the courtroom and then the subsequent aftermath shows a bitter, depressed man seemingly incapable of seeing his children, or at least enough of them, but then having to turn a good deal of his money over to the mother. I have to say, if I were in that poor guy's shoes who had lost a wife, a kid(s), essentially a family, and then money, I'd be just as frustrated and bitter. All in all it is a sensitive issue and while it may be about money right now and specifically, overall it is a sensitive issue for fathers, especially for those who aren't deadbeat dads, and it is one that according to the media and our state of society, women have the supreme advantage in.
June 18, 2009 9:15 AM
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Week #5 Eureka Moment -For Sex and the City viewers
Sex and the City certainly takes advantage of the cable television sitcom and, ever so uncensored due to its HBO platform, shows that women have taken a far leap from the typecast role of model homemaker. This show depicts four successful women in modern New York City whose extra-professional goal is to find a worthy man. Sex and the City surely denotes a great independence and freedom that women have. As the women dissect and examine their relationships and desirable male counterparts, they form an iron bond and use one another to vent, confide in, and find assurance in their personal philosophies. Though the show may accurately represent female, upper-class, single life in the big city, it paints misconstrued ideals of the male and female relationships. Any viewers disagree? The main and focused point of the show, and its saving grace, is the emphasis of strong female relationships with one another and the importance of friendship.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Week #4 Eureka Moment
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Week #3 - Response to Robin's Week 2 Comment
- Nik B. said...
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Throw all the rules out the window. There is always some level of androgyny in every relationship, I believe. In mine, I clean and cook, but my girlfriend also still loves to do elaborate Thank You and holiday cards and collect a plethora of shoes only worn once every leap year. Times have changed drastically in that case and more often than not, I really think the traditional rules don't apply so strictly. There are many mixes and matches.
- June 4, 2009 2:48 PM
I very much agree with you. Perhaps this type of behavior is common in bars, of all places, since the attendance there has the potential to attract that type of behavior especially when the influence of alcohol is thrown into the mix. Bar behavior could easily be another blog altogether. Anyway, I think the bottom line is security. A lot of woman, and I hope I don't cause an uproar with this one, place security above other qualities in looking for men. I am speaking of the masses. However, I also feel that once women find that security, they then feel more in control of the relationship compared to the man. I think this may be referred to as a Stone Age behavior since the latent behavior has almost been claimed to be ingrained since the prehistoric era.