gender roles

Gender roles in relationships can be a sensitive subject to talk about.  Some people prefer a traditional style relationship, while others lean towards an egalitarian relationship.  In today’s day in age it is less common to see the fully traditional relationships.  I feel it is more beneficial to share equal roles while in a relationship, while I still believe that there are some things that are more on the lines of man work, or women work; such as mowing the lawn, I believe that is something that men should do.  I am all for egalitarian relationships, but I do still enjoy some traditional aspects, such as the male treating the women out to dinner because I enjoy pampering my women when I can.

Sex Ed.

Sex education is a very under emphasized aspect of a childhood education.  With the ever changing society, I feel there is a need for increased sex ed.  I know from my own experiences in the New York School system we did not have a big sex ed program.  We had the usual 5^th grade gym class day when the boys and girls were separated to watch their own movies; other than that their was brief talk about sex ed in 7^th or 8^th grade health class.  We have a lot more teen pregnancies now a days and that shouldn’t be, people need to be educated about ways to prevent that.   At my graduation (of a school of 300 in my class) their was a separate row near the front for girls that were pregnant just incase any problems came up and they needed help; no that is crazy.  I think that schools should increase the amount of sex education that is given, as well as a greater effort from the parents.  Parents need to take part in educating their children as well.

Rape

Rape is a very dishonorable thing to do; with all these innocent women being raped in times of war, their should be more that the women can do for help.  The soldiers who perform these evil acts should be penalized more severely.  It seems outrageous that troops of men can go through a village raping women and not get so much as a slap on the wrist.  I think more action needs to be taken against the soldiers around the world that commit rape, it is an illegal act, yet so many people get away with it on a day to day basis. 

human trafficking

Human trafficking is a topic that I was never to familiar with until the presentation on Tuesday.  Before than, when I thought of human trafficking the first thing that would come to mind is coyotes, and the trafficking of people into the United States across the Mexican border.  This concept that they discussed was appalling.  It is shocking to know that such things happen among humans especially with the U.S being a region that takes part in it.  You would think as one of the largest crimes, their would be more done to prevent human trafficking. I hope that their will be a day that this is not such a big issue and the law will begin to enforce this issue more strictly. 

in the work place

After reading material world by Valenti, I observed some very interesting statements that she made.  Valenti made some very interesting comments on society and women; women’s equality is still not quite where it should be.   One thing that she said that stood out to me the most was the whole glass ceiling concept and the fact that women on average only make 76% salary compare to what a male does in the workplace.  It is shocking to see that there is such inequality still in this day in age among the workplace.  I believe that something should be done about this disparity; with today’s society we should not see such evident divisions among men and women in the work place.

relationships

The other day I was thinking to myself about generalizations and expectations within relationships.  I was wondering why that in relationships there are certain expectations that occur.  Such things that I was thinking about are why their are certain time restraints that society puts on relationships, such as you have to be dating for a certain time before you can tell your partner that you love them.  Why is it that people might think it is to soon to say a little four letter word.  If you know what love is, and you know that is how you feel, why cant you express these feelings? Is it solely due to the fact that you have not been dating long enough?  Why is it that people feel scared to throw the phrase out their, because they are not sure if their partner will get scared away?  Society has put this pressure on us in relationships, that we must follow a certain process and if we deviate from that path it would be frowned upon.

what a girl wants

The movie what a girl wants was a very interesting topic that brought up allot of heated debate throughout the classroom.  There were many things stated in the movie that made a lot of sense, and there was also some thing’s that shocked me to hear coming form 10 and 11 year olds.  I was amazed to hear that a 10 year old girl figured she would be encountering the pressures of sex as a 13 year old.  That statement just caught me by surprise.  It is amazing how much influence the media has on teens and the whole population in general.  The media age has changed society drastically, altering gender roles and identities in ways we have not seen before.