Blog One

Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives (Lorber and Moore):
1. B. An idea from this reading that I completely agree with is Lorber’s and Moore’s statement that, “…male and female bodies are indeed different, but they are, for the most part, made that way by social practices and expectations of how girls and boys, women and men, should look and act,” (Page 4 Lorber and Moore). I agree with this because the moment the baby is born and the doctor determines the sex of the child, they are automatically put into the pink or blue category. From that point on, society has a major influence on what they will wear, what toys they will be playing with and what type of job or career they are going to be going into, although after many years, the expectations of men and women in the workforce have altered and moved away from the social norms.

Gender Queer (Wilchins):
1. B. The debate over the two different sayings in the article about your internal thoughts and beliefs and societies nonverbal conversations back to an individual is very strong. Everyone should be able to live with the, “This is who I am, this is how I feel about myself, this is how I want you to see me,” type of attitude instead of being pressured and bullied by society’s idea of who you can and should be. Everyone should be able to express themselves freely without the feeling of needing to hide who they are from society. Society puts major pressure on individuals to be a certain way and it creates many to be depressed because they have to hide who they truly are.

How Do You Know? (Green):
1. A. A new and different perspective that I found interesting was that, “It’s your gender identity that’s in the driver’s seat.” Before this class, gender and sex just kind of blurred together for me, and now understanding the differences between the two, it makes it easier to get a better understanding of what they are saying. Gender identity is a new concept for me, and it does make sense. You cannot control how you feel inside about whom you believe that you are. If you feel like a woman, but are a man then that’s who you are and no one should tell you any different. You should be able to express it freely without any pressure from society.

“Night to His Day” (Lorber):
1. B. I believe that we all subconsciously look at each individual and if they find someone doing the wrong “gender” we are all are a little bit shocked. His example of the men taking care of their children is a new concept that we have not seen that often in society. The man was always supposed to be the breadwinner and the woman, the caretaker of the house and the children and now gender has been recreated.

2. B. Gender Queer:
One of my friends is very open about whom he is and his sexuality. He does have the attitude of “this is who I am, this is how I feel about myself, this is how I want you to see me,” and I applaud him for it. When I first met him he was very open about everything and I was skeptical about him, but once I got to know him he truly amazed me. He is a great friend and it only goes to show that by judging people before you get to see what kind of person they really are on the inside does have many draw backs.