Blog Post 3: American Lifestyle
In America, we really don't have a defined patriarchal or matriarchal society; it all depends on the family and their social/financial situation. For instance, a cliché American family has a working father and a stay at home mother that takes care of the two children. But that's the only cliché family. There are other families who consist of a single mother that have to take care of her child(ren) by working and doing "men jobs." Looking at each other as the opposite sex, men and women think that the other sex has it easy. Men think that women just cook and clean and do the jobs that aren't up to speed with what men can do. Women think that they have it hard with slaving throughout the house, taking care of the kids, driving them everywhere, as well as working one or two jobs just to be able to make ends meet with food or clothes and college funds. The reality is both sexes have equally difficult jobs, but they don't take enough time to appreciate what each other has to do. The difficulties for being a man in modern society is that we are perceived as brute and simple while the difficulties for being a woman is that they have to deal with alleged "sexism" as well as raging hormones. Stereotypes for men are being simple (as said before) and dumb. Stereotypes for women are that they belong in the kitchen and basically have to submit themselves to their husbands. Truthfully, neither of those are really true. Some of the smartest people in the world's history were men AKA Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, etc. And independent women include Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, etc.
One discussion question that Yolanda and Carlos would feel strongly about would be mine, that I did not have time to share previously, "Do you think the way that Carlos mistreated Yolanda as she was a child affected the way she grew up and who she is today?" I think that Yolanda would say Yes because all of the neglect lead her to be very self leading and ignorant of others' opinions. Carlos would say No probably because he believes that women and girls are used to that kind of treatment and must subdue to the dominant male.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
7 Questions:
1. I think that Albert Einstein is more impressive. First, the magician is doing 5 simple tricks- they are things anyone can do. And no one knows that the tricks are done using real magic. Albert Einstein has made incredible scientific discoveries that seem like magic to uneducated people. So obviously Albert Einstein is more impressive; he actually did something worthwhile.
5. I would absolutely swallow the pill. First, I have never heard of Alice in Chains, so I wouldn't know if they are bad or good. Also, if I'm going to be with my true love, love triumphs all. Also, if I am really going to be with my true love, why would I want their collar bones to be broken with a crescent wrench?
7. Clearly, as editor of the New York Times, I am going to write about the discovery of the long awaited Loch Ness Monster. Shooting a sasquach in the leg is interesting but if there is one then there are others. There is only one Loch Ness Monster. And the President having thyroid cancer is pretty much irrelevent; not as many people are going to read about that as opposed to the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
12. If the wizard made the random person on the street a little more attractive with one dollar of "power", I would probably give him about one hundred dollars. The only reason for this is because I can only pay him once and I want to get the most out of my experience. Plus I'll be extremely attractive so I'll be able to attract someone with a lot of money. So it'll all work out in the end.
16. Because the future described by this optical orb thing is inevitable, yes I would probably watch the game. If I am going to become obsessed with Canadian football eventually, why not start now? The only reason to not watch the game is that I have other stuff to do, but it really doesn't matter because eventually my "other stuff to do" will be the CFL.
19. Well this is actually really easy to solve since I am a good liar. I would simply say that I was sprinting to get the TV remote because my favorite show was on, and I didn't see them napping on the floor and tripped over them, accidentally kicking them in the rib cage.
20. Obviously I would want to see the film made by Columbia Tri-Star. There are major Hollywood actors playing my friends and me, the plot has more action and interesting events, as well as more people will recognize me because the film was based off of me. The other film sounds realistic, but I've seen it before.
1. I think that Albert Einstein is more impressive. First, the magician is doing 5 simple tricks- they are things anyone can do. And no one knows that the tricks are done using real magic. Albert Einstein has made incredible scientific discoveries that seem like magic to uneducated people. So obviously Albert Einstein is more impressive; he actually did something worthwhile.
5. I would absolutely swallow the pill. First, I have never heard of Alice in Chains, so I wouldn't know if they are bad or good. Also, if I'm going to be with my true love, love triumphs all. Also, if I am really going to be with my true love, why would I want their collar bones to be broken with a crescent wrench?
7. Clearly, as editor of the New York Times, I am going to write about the discovery of the long awaited Loch Ness Monster. Shooting a sasquach in the leg is interesting but if there is one then there are others. There is only one Loch Ness Monster. And the President having thyroid cancer is pretty much irrelevent; not as many people are going to read about that as opposed to the discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
12. If the wizard made the random person on the street a little more attractive with one dollar of "power", I would probably give him about one hundred dollars. The only reason for this is because I can only pay him once and I want to get the most out of my experience. Plus I'll be extremely attractive so I'll be able to attract someone with a lot of money. So it'll all work out in the end.
16. Because the future described by this optical orb thing is inevitable, yes I would probably watch the game. If I am going to become obsessed with Canadian football eventually, why not start now? The only reason to not watch the game is that I have other stuff to do, but it really doesn't matter because eventually my "other stuff to do" will be the CFL.
19. Well this is actually really easy to solve since I am a good liar. I would simply say that I was sprinting to get the TV remote because my favorite show was on, and I didn't see them napping on the floor and tripped over them, accidentally kicking them in the rib cage.
20. Obviously I would want to see the film made by Columbia Tri-Star. There are major Hollywood actors playing my friends and me, the plot has more action and interesting events, as well as more people will recognize me because the film was based off of me. The other film sounds realistic, but I've seen it before.
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