This weeks in class interview was about rating words as either masculine or feminine in attempts to understand public opinion. My partner was a female, as am I. And, I think surprisingly, we differed a good amount on each of our ratings. I realize I rated the words fairly stereotypically. For example, I rated the word athlete almost completely masculine as well as defends own belief. On the other hand, I admire my partners different outlook. On these words, she was more neutral and even rated defends own beliefs as mostly feminine. My partner would not be considered the "typical" feminine woman, but I believe that is something that I would like to strive for.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Re: Practice In Class Interviews
Yes. But you don't have to submit them every week of the semester. Please consult the syllabus for details.
From: "Terese Riojas" <terese2009@mail.fresnostate.edu>
To: tkubal@csufresno.edu
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 1:57:28 PM
Subject: Practice In Class Interviews
To: tkubal@csufresno.edu
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Subject: Practice In Class Interviews
Are we supposed to submit the practice interviews we do each week? Do they go towards our grade?
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Margaret Klassen
This week's interview was not a typical interview. It was more cut and dry answers, with little opinion. I read my interviewee a series of words and asked them weather they thought they were mainly feminine, masculine, or 50/50. My interviewee elaborated a little about why or why not they felt about a certain word, but for the most part it was a clear answer. The interview was interesting to see what words were perceived as feminine or masculine or even both. Most of the traditional words that were associated with femininity still seemed to remain the same, but most of the words associated with masculinity could be seen as both 50/50 .
Monday, September 29, 2014
Fw: Weekly Participation?
On Monday, September 29, 2014 1:38 PM, Timothy Kubal <tkubal@csufresno.edu> wrote:
Post to the blog by sending it to
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For this week, my partner and I discussed whether or not male circumcision and female genitalia mutilation is considered a human right violation. We both came to the consensus: female mutilation is absolutely a violation, whereas male circumcision can go both ways. The mutilation of female genitalia is meant to be oppressive to women. It is practiced so that women aren't able to enjoy sexual pleasure. This makes the inferior in countries where this takes place. It is exercised to control women. I honestly found it sickening that this act is practiced today. As for males, my partner was more or less against circumcision. Due to the fact that it is typically done at such an early age, this removes any chance for objection on the male's part. There are some advantages to having this done, whereas there aren't any advantages for having a woman's private parts mutilated.
Re: update
Note that I'm reposting this to the correct email address tkubal2.2009.gender@blogger.com
Also, note that you need to use your own icati account to record your interview.
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Interview 9/24/14 Sara Frazer
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Circumcision and Human Rights
Cara and I completely agreed about how devastating female circumcision is worldwide. We were both surprised that male circumcision is becoming less and less common in society. We feel that it is a violation of human rights to mutilate genitals especially to young children and babies who don't know any better. The fact that the U.S is the top country to perform in hospital circumcisions after birth to baby boys also surprised us. It is comforting that the rates are dropping from 95% in 1960 to only 54% today. Cara and I both agreed that if we were to have baby boys that we would wait until they're older to make that decision for themselves. I never really realized that it is a violation of human rights to give circumcisions to little boys without their consent. I've always believed that it was for medical and hygienic purposes that foreskins were cut off. We've always been more sympathetic toward the young women who've been cut, and never realized how it's the same for boys.
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Sunday, September 28, 2014
weekly participation
Lacey Missaghian
Weekly Participation: November 24th 2014
For this weeks interview the discussion was focused around the question of, Is female genital mutilation and male circumcision a humans' right abuse? After taking some time to understand how one could even relate female genitalia mutilation to male circumcision we came to the conclusion that we ourselves have a biased opinion on the subject. Male circumcision seems so normal in our culture that we don't even think twice about it where female genitalia mutilation, well I think speaks for itself. We do have to keep in mind that to some people female genitalia mutilation is done to preserve a woman's purity. After reading the story in our books about the Sudanese girl we both realized that though it seems so obviously horrifying and cruel that the mothers motives weren't to hurt her but to keep her clean. Being a mother myself I can completely understand wanting the best for your baby even if it hurts. I'm just so grateful that I live in the society I live in and I am educated to the degree that I can question and think rationally before performing life changing procedures such as that.
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Jose Guerrero
My interviewee said that it all depends on what culture you grew up in and what cultural beliefs you have if you think circumcision is against human rights. She said that what ever we practice here in the states compare what they due in a tribe in africa they might think it is cruel to what we do to our boys. but to us here is the states we see what they do and we think its not right and could be abusive to the kids. It all depends on your culture and beliefs.
Sosse Kendoyan
I conducted an interview on September 24th and my question to my interviewee was: "Is circumcision of men and women a civil rights issue? " According to my interviewee, male circumcision might be a civil rights issue but at the same time male circumcisions are performed for medical reasons and cleanliness issues. As for the circumcision of females is definitely a human rights issue because female circumcision is strictly taking away women's sexual pleasure. She wanted to say that female circumcision is part of certain cultures, but that doesn't mean that it can't be a civil rights issue specially when circumcising a female they are not using anesthetics or sterile equipments, they're just chopping it off with a razor. Female circumcision is a civil rights issue.
Weekly Participation: Female Circumcision
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In our discussion on whether female circumcision or male circumcision was a violation of human rights or if these ideas stemmed from ethnocentrism, we both agreed that the severity of female circumcision, and practices such as removing the clitoris in order to reduce sexual pleasure, make it sort of a human rights issue. The issue of non-consensual major surgery (especially when said surgery is elective, not a medical imperative) would be argued nowhere else. The girls involved are too young to consent, and the ritual itself is specifically in place to control female's bodies, to make sure they don't sleep with anyone before they're supposed to, and we both agreed that that makes it a human rights issue; it isn't just a ritual of initiation. It's a ritual in place to control female sexuality.
-Alexandrine Garcia
Weekly Participation
Weekly Participation
Brandon Guthier
Timothy Kubal
M/W 5:30-6:45pm
Sociology: Sex and Gender
September 28,2014
This week's conversation had to do with the topic of circumcision and whether or not it should be deemed as a human rights violation for people to be allowed to have one. In this week's interview, both my interviewee and I agreed that it was hard to pick a side on this topic at first. However, my interviewee eventually stated that he believed that it was a right that should be left up to the individual. He also pointed out that it could differ based on the person's age. For example, at a younger age, people are usually told by their parents or other family members the decisions they should make. This interviewee believed that this is not the case when you get older. As an adult, you should be allowed to make your own decisions. Therefore, my interviewee came to the conclusion that the allowance of circumcision should be a choice left up to the individual and not the government or society.
Cuevas
karla cuevas
The interview question for my interviewee this week was is male circumcision and female genitals mutilation a human's right abuse? My interviewee replied by saying that she considers both of them to be a humans right abuse, but men circumcision is not as drastic as females genitals mutilation. Men circumcision is done for medical reasons it helps to prevent infections. Having a circumcision does not take away the sex pleasure. As for the women genital mutilation, there is no medical benefit out of it. My interviewee goes on to say that women get taken away the sex pleasure leaving them only as baby makers.
Quintanilla
Cynthia Quintanilla
Is male/female circumcision a human rights violation?
The person I interviewed felt that circumcising infant males was akin to taking away their life. Certainly they are alive but the choice was made for them. A part of them was taken away without consent. Yes, she believes male circumcision is a human rights violation. Female circumcision is done for more atrocious reasons. Not for hygienic reasons but to discourage women from having sex and only "succumbing" into temptation to procreate. The person interviewed felt that circumcision should be left to consenting adults.
In class interview
During my in class interview the interviewee and I spoke about circumcision and if it is against human rights. Male circumcision was considered to keep the penis free from infection but my interviewee mentioned that in America we have fresh water and soap but it might work for a third world country where there are less resources. We also spoke about female circumcision. My interviewee said that it is against human rights while I said you can't judge a culture on their views because what they believe is righteous to their world view. We concluded that cultures are going to do what they believe is right unless it becomes a globally known issue and Westerners get involved. That westerners have a different view of what's right and wrong and will intervene if they have to. And that different cultures are gonna continue to practice their rituals.
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Álvaro Sosa
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Is female genital mutilation and male circumcision a humans' right abuse?
On September 24, 2014, my interviewee answered this question in following manner. "I think so. Yes, I would say yes for the most part." He said that he is little bit conflicted when it comes to male circumcision since the circumcision usually takes place when the male is a little baby and has no harm/outcome to the future sexual life of the baby other than a decrease in the possibilities of getting sexual diseases. My interviewee strongly believes that for the other case female genital mutilation (FGM), it is indeed a humans' right violation. FGM not only hurts the women physically but it truncates permanently her sexual life or what it could have been her future sexual life. The FGM has no actual proof to be done with a good justification. "FGM has a lot more examples of humans' right abuses where people are trying to control, degrade, and harm women. So I do call that a humans' right abuse." It is true what my interviewee says. These FGMs are a human's right abuse. Therefore to compare male circumcision with a female genital mutilation is out of the scheme. Male circumcision is not a humans' right violation but some men claim that because it is unnatural, it is an abuse. As a culture, male circumcision, is not an abuse but if done as in the book mentions that some tribes where afraid of one because they were practicing male circumcision on them when they are not part of their culture, then it is an abuse. Female genital mutilation has no true reasons to be perform on little girls, adolescents, or women and therefore it is straight out a humans' right abuse.
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Heather McDermott, Participation
McDermott
When asked how she felt about male and female circumcision, my respondent replied that she never really thought about the male circumcision too much. She said that it's become so much a part of our culture and had religious and medical reasoning behind it that it's become the norm. She also pointed out that it's done in infancy and probably doesn't hurt them as much or they get over it faster compared to it being done during puberty. Furthermore, she stated that, although she doesn't know if there's any research on it, the foreskin doesn't really add or take away pleasure in any way. However, in regards to female circumcision she doesn't agree with it at all. She understands that people claim that that kind of attitude is ethnocentric since we don't understand the culture. But she says that if you go and ask those women what they think about it and if they don't like it or agree with it then how can it be ethnocentric? Her major reason why she doesn't agree with it is because the reason people give when doing it is to control the woman's sexual pleasure and ensure that they don't enjoy sex. On top of that, since it's not done in a medical facility or sterile environment and it's usually the tribal leader who picks up a piece of glass and does it, it can lead to serious infections within the woman's body. She doesn't believe others should get to decide on whether or not to circumcise any part of a woman's body, she especially, could never imagine someone doing something like that to her. This correlates with our current reading on how there are those in other cultures throughout the world who actively do female circumcisions and it's just a natural thing to do to their women to stop their promiscuity and see nothing wrong with their actions. There are those that see the "US perspective" of female circumcision as being a human rights abuse are just being ethnocentric and have no understanding of how their particular culture works or the reasons for why they do the things they do.
Icati Transcription
Do you think that female and male circumcision is alright?
Well I definitely don't think that female circumcision is right. Just because of the reasons that they do it. They are saying in the reasons it's so the women don't get pleasure out of having intercourse and why should you be able to take something away from someone to begin with. The male circumcision I guess I just never thought about it. It's something that's been a part of our culture and it has religious reasons and they find medical reasoning behind it: the foreskin was fused, because mothers weren't cleaning it properly and then I guess it just became part of the culture, they never thought twice about it. But the female circumcision I mean everyone has something to say about that because of the main reasons, they say it right there, women aren't supposed to be able to enjoy sex.
I'm kind of back and forth on that one. It's like you said the female thing is not done when their babies and it's not done in a medical facility. Most of the time it's the tribe leader getting a piece of glass off the ground and just "sfft" so there's infection and it's not sanitary. It's so barbaric like we're taking this from you. With males it's, I don't know as far as I know the foreskin doesn't add pleasure or take away. I don't know if there's statistics, but I've never heard anything, but we all know with the clitoris there's sensation and they're saying they're taking it away so women won't want to have sex. So it's like why do you get to decide that?
I know people say we're ethnocentric and we don't know their culture and I guess there's a lot of cultures that can say that we as females are wrong, but I don't think in any way what they do to abuse young girls, I mean ok we're ethnocentric right so then go over there and ask the women and ask them "do you like that cut off of you?" "did you enjoy that?" "did you think that was nice?" and if they say no then how can we be ethnocentric? It's like with males saying they don't want it, I guess later on they get upset because their parents made that choice for you, but I don't think any woman would be ok with having something cut off of their bodies and their not under anesthesia it's going to hurt big, but with babies it's the same as giving shots and they take their blood and they poke them and pierce the baby's ears, there's a lot of things we do to babies that they don't like but it's for their own good. But doing something like that to a woman, I can't imagine having something done like that.
Mellott
Interviewer: Kalena Mellott
This week for the classroom interviews we were asking our interviewee (in a discussion type of interview) whether or not circumcision of men and women is a civil rights issue. During the discussion we talked about the book and also about the story of the young woman who was circumcised herself against her own wishes. While having this discussion interview the interviewee that I was talking to felt that circumcision of females was in fact a civil rights issue, due to the fact that there is no health benefit for the woman to be circumcised. However, circumcision of men was not a civil rights issue because the interviewee felt that it was done for a health concern. Furthermore, the discussion was brought up of the time in which the circumcisions take place on the female and the fact that it is done later in life. The interviewee felt that this was a problem because it causes a lot of problems. The interviewee further felt that while there are cultures who feel this is part of their culture, the interviewee could not understand how that could be used as a reason that they could do circumcisions on women.
Response to Take Back The Night, Kim Simonds
Response to Eduardo Gutierrez
I really enjoyed your post; more so, because you are a male and the way you expressed how more men have to become aware of these issues. Not only for the sake of women, but that of a males as well. As stated in class and in our textbook, men also are victims of rape. Just imagine how hard it is for women to speak out, multiply that by 10 for males to speak out. I think that different educational institutions, especially in High School, this type of event would hopefully open the eyes of male and female students.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Man Claims That Doctors Mistakenly Amputated His Penis [feedly]
Man Claims That Doctors Mistakenly Amputated His Penis
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Kenyan men hide from circumcision [feedly]
Kenyan men hide from circumcision
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A Botched Circumcision Calls Attention To Kenyan Ritual [feedly]
A Botched Circumcision Calls Attention To Kenyan Ritual
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Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists [feedly]
Egypt: Deadly risks, but female genital mutilation persists
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UNICEF Report On Female Genital Mutilation Holds Hope And Woe [feedly]
UNICEF Report On Female Genital Mutilation Holds Hope And Woe
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Hernandez, Sara W/P #1
Sara Hernandez
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This week in class we discussed whether someones sexual orientation is based on nature or nurture. We spoke about how gender expectations vary based on different cultures, and the inequality between the genders. One main thing that we discussed, and did an interview on was about Female circumcision. For the interview we asked our interviewee what they thought, and felt towards female circumcision. My interviewee though that if its for religious purposes then practicing female circumcision was who they are, and what they believed in, however he though that it was cruel, because of the way they did the circumcision. He mention to me that he didn't know that female circumcision took place, and honestly I wasn't aware that this ritual took place neither. My interviewee wondered what is the whole purpose people practiced female circumcision. He said that its wrong and that its cruelty towards innocent young girls that don't know or understand at that point in childhood, and have to go trough that pain.
weekly participation
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Stephanie Grieb
For the interview this week, we were asked to discuss between us and the interviewee whether circumcision for both male and female is a violation of human rights. The interviewee stated that it makes more sense for men to be circumcised than for women to be because she said that in a class she took, she learned that circumcision for men eliminates half the chances of them getting a disease because it makes it easier to clean whereas the female parts is self-cleaning so it violates women's rights to be circumcised because it isn't necessary; cultures only do this so they won't feel pleasure. However, circumcision doesn't take pleasure away from men; it actually helps them.
Weekly Participation
Stephanie Grieb
For the interview this week, we were asked to discuss between us and the interviewee whether circumcision for both male and female is a violation of human rights. The interviewee stated that it makes more sense for men to be circumcised than for women to be because she said that in a class she took, she learned that circumcision for men eliminates half the chances of them getting a disease because it makes it easier to clean whereas the female parts is self-cleaning so it violates women's rights to be circumcised because it is not necessary; cultures only do this so they won't feel pleasure. However, circumcision does not take pleasure away from men; it actually helps them.Homeless Vets: They're Not Just Single Men Anymore [feedly]
Homeless Vets: They're Not Just Single Men Anymore
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With Dark Humor, Anger And Empathy, Women Respond To The NFL [feedly]
With Dark Humor, Anger And Empathy, Women Respond To The NFL
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Q&A: The Mis-Education Of African-American Girls
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MTV show adds intersex character [feedly]
MTV show adds intersex character
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VIDEO: Women 'pay the highest price' in war [feedly]
VIDEO: Women 'pay the highest price' in war
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Could this stop frat rape problem? [feedly]
Could this stop frat rape problem?
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F.B.I. Confirms a Sharp Rise in Mass Shootings Since 2000 [feedly]
F.B.I. Confirms a Sharp Rise in Mass Shootings Since 2000
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Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State [feedly]
Iraqi Woman Activist Killed by Islamic State
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How water gets in the way of a girl's future [feedly]
How water gets in the way of a girl's future
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The Woman Who Walked 10,000 Miles (No Exaggeration) in Three Years [feedly]
The Woman Who Walked 10,000 Miles (No Exaggeration) in Three Years
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Victims speak out on doc who preyed on patients [feedly]
Victims speak out on doc who preyed on patients
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A fat girl gets naked [feedly]
A fat girl gets naked
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Thursday, September 25, 2014
Re: Nesenia Gonzalez
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Nesenia Gonzalez <gonzalez200640@mail.fresnostate.edu> wrote:
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/MariaCabrera/MariaCabrera-15136571043-20140911-1410398652.618.mp3Today in class for our interview my interviewee was asked to tell me how her life would be if she was the opposite sex. She said that she would be able to not she does her emotions as much as she does right know that she is a girl. At parties she would not be called slut or be judged for being art the party.For me my life would be different because i would not have my mom asking me to have kids and get married. I would not get judged for dating people. I would be like my little brother because he acts like me and looks like me.
Eskelsen Weekly Participation
This week's interview topic was about male and female circumcision. The interviewee was asked if she thought that male and/or female circumcision are forms of genital mutilation. The interviewee responded that she thought that genital mutilation is indeed horrible and stated what she knew about female circumcision. She said she was surprised to learn from the readings that female circumcisions are often performed by women, not so much men, as she had thought. She also stated that she feels that male circumcisions are part of a cultural norm. She told a story of her friend who has joined a group that is against male circumcisions and tries to educate the public about why male circumcision is bad. She then recounted the story in the textbook of the woman who told her experience of female circumcision and shared how horrible she thought the experience sounded.
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Cara Eskelsen
Nick Nakashian Weekly Participation
Nick Nakashian
Chapter 3 dealt with the idea of gender difference and gender inequality from culture to culture as well as the varying interpretation of gender in some cultures. In many cultures that have a strong presence of gender difference, sexual inequality usually followed with a male dominated and female suppressed society. In some African cultures where male dominance is high as well as sexual segregation, female circumcision is a commonly practiced ritual. During my interview my interviewee and myself discussed whether of not female circumcision was a practice that frankly should be practice. My interviewee felt that it served no purpose other than to further male dominance in the society and had no practical means, therefore should not be practiced. When asked I asked my interviewee if she felt it was ethnocentric to feel this way, she responded that if there was no real benefit to the procedure and it was causing these women harm (which it often does) then it transcends into a global humanity issue. Also the chapter discussed cultures that allow members to sometimes freely move between genders with a high respect for the act. However, here in American this is something that is often times not met with the same respect. Such is the case in a recent rule mandated by face book, which requires to use their legal names or face their profiles being deleted, this has been met with strong backlash from the drag queen stage community because their show names are often female and these men have developed personalities around their stage names.
9/24/14 sex and gender mw 5:30-6:45pm
Margaret Klassen
In this week's readings the author talks about different African tribes and the different sex habits, or rituals that they have. Our current event or topic in class was on genital mutilation for both men and women. The two subjects relate, because in the text book the author talks about how some tribes practice female circumcision as a way to ensure that a women is faithful to her husband. During my interview it was discussed that in our society we are more excepting of male circumcision, and that it is a part of our American culture. While female circumcision is seen in a negative light and is considered genital mutilation, so reasons discussed were that it is not done when the child is an infant, it is not done in a medical and safe setting, and it is done as a way to control the females sexual pleasure.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Kayla Forte
During our in class interview we discussed the topic of circumcision. The question at hand was whether or not we believe female and male circumcision is a violation of human rights? I interviewed a white female who is a sociology major. My interviewee stated that she thinks female circumcision is a violation of human rights. She believes it is a form of abuse. She believes this because in circumcising a female, you are only taking away her chance of pleasure, there is no medical reason to do so. For males however, she believes that this is used for a medical use that pertains to hygiene. My interviewee also stated that she has seen documentaries on female mutilation in the form of circumcision and it was very brutal. This is often done to teenage females in their prime of puberty. When it comes to male circumcision, most of the time it is done either immediately at birth or short after. The females have to go through more pain and suffering which makes it a form of abuse.
Male and Female Circumcision
Interviewee's opinion on male circumcision in the United States is that it is a non issue and isn't mutilation as it doesn't interfere or change daily life and the decision to complete the procedure isn't just based on the male perspective. Unsure if the practice will continue to decline or the religious reason will keep it in society. Female circumcision in Africa is a completely different situation and procedure from the male circumcision practiced here in the United States. Female circumcision is mutilation due to the physical dangers, the physical damage it does, and it's a practice completed on the females based only on the males wishes and domination.
Mari Labit
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/MariLabit/MariLabit-18052108084-20140925-1411609127.397.mp3
Mari Labit
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/MariLabit/MariLabit-18052108084-20140925-1411609127.397.mp3
Simonds
Kimberly Simonds
For this interview, my respondents question is, "Is it a violation of human rights if a parent chooses female circumcision or male circumcision?" The interviewee has not thought about this in real life terms, however, she recalled an episode of criminal minds where this situation (female circumcision) was in the story line. The interviewee claims that male circumcision is more hygienic than medically necessary. Furthermore, the interviewee stated that if she were to give birth to a son, she would have her son circumcised, due to it being more hygienic. Finally, the interviewee claims, in regarding to female circumcision, that men get more pleasure, when pleasuring their female partners. So the lack of practice of female circumcision in the U.S. is a positive one.
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
Weekly Participation - Ricardo Navarro
Are gender roles created biologically or socially?
My interviewee believes that Gender Roles are solemnly created through social interaction. She feels that gender roles were created far back in history. Males have been dominant because they have created rules and explanations that evidently sculpted society. Now society sculpts the individual based on these rules that were created by men in the first place. She also believes that biology has an effect on how men are created but has no affect on how they act. For example, she believes that men are stronger and bigger (for the most part) but that the size has no effect on orientation. This is true because a man can be large and still be feminine. Though male and female have different reproductive organs, there is no difference in gender roles. Only those roles created by society.
Erin Cavazos - Weekly Participation #1
Erin Cavazos
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/ErinCavazos/ErinCavazos-18159275619-20140918-1411004524.1147.mp3
This week during class we discussed if gender was more biological or sociological. When I asked my partner what he explained that he believed it was more biological. He believes this partially due to the fact that men naturally grow bigger. There are some women who are going to be naturally more fit than men and some men who are naturally going to be scrawny. However, the majority of men are naturally built to be more masculine than women. As a result men take on the role of being the "protectors" while some women seek to find men to provide that protection. He admits that society does have a big impact on gender but it is primarily biological.
Eskelsen Weekly Participation
In this week's interview on September 17, 2014, the interviewee responded to the question, "Is gender more socially or biologically based?" The interviewee stated that he was not completely sure and that he has heard both arguments, but overall believes that gender is more biologically based. He specifically gave an example of a previous roommate who said he was homosexual. This roommate said that ever since he was a young boy, he knew he was attracted to males, and that there was never any doubt in his mind that his attraction to men was biological. Because of this ex-roommate's explanation, he has always believed that gender is biologically based more so than socially based.
Cara Eskelsen
Forte, Kayla
In class, we have been going over the distinctions of gender and whether it is based on sociological values or biological means. In the textbook, they also go over the comparison of basing gender on social or biological means. I interviewed a Caucasian female on Wednesday to discuss her beliefs on gender values. The interviewee stated that she believes gender is based mostly on social values. There are some distinctions that are based on biological means but most of them are learned through our culture. I, the interviewer, also believe that gender is based on social factors. As a college student, we experience many things in our daily lives, especially gender roles. I believe that we are in a prime time of our lives where we get to develop and shape who we want to be. There has been a lot of speculation in the media that has to do with gender identity. There was a recent article where the Department of Motor Vehicles would not allow an individual to take his ID picture because he was wearing make-up. The reason they fought this was because they said we had to be represented how we look in our everyday life. For this particular individual, he identified himself as a woman and he looked like a woman every day. I spoke with the interviewee about different aspects of gender and why we think the way we do. She claimed that she believes we identify with a specific gender based on culture and the society we grow up in. This is also true to say that we learn how to act based on our surroundings and the way that we learn and grow. There is a view of hegemonic masculinity that goes against this and says that there is only one way to act masculine and that is how men should act. The same goes for females and the idea of emphasized femininity. The idea is based around how women should act and in doing so appeal to the needs and desires of men.
Kayla Forte
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Allen
Anna Allen
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My interviewee and I discussed whether gender was brought about by society or by biology. We concurred that it was a societal influence—that if a person is taught that one behavior is normal in a certain society, they are more likely to exhibit those behaviors. Humans are adaptable creatures. The interviewee made the argument that, especially with the way that gender is evolving on a societal level here, it's becoming more and more obvious that it is a social construct. Much of what decides our representation of our genders is the way we interact with not just our families, but at school and other such places; anywhere we interact with people.
This is in concurrence with the general opinions of what we are learning in class. Biology, while it certainly a significant factor in our lives, is not what governs our behavior; it is society. In her speech at the UN headquarters in New York, Emma Watson points out the issues related to this issue, saying that "In the UK suicide is the biggest killer of men between 20-49; eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary heart disease. I've seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what constitutes male success." This fragility would not be the case if there was not a societal expectation of men that is contrary to people's personalities; conflict between personal expression and societal expectations should not be as stark at it is currently. This conflict affects women as well, pressuring them to conform to more feminine pursuits and behaviors, even if their own personal inclinations would lead them elsewhere.
McDermott
Heather McDermott Participation
When asked if gender is biologically or socially determined my respondent stated that she believed it's a little bit of both. She indicated that there are certain social aspects that make you the way you are depending on how you are raised and that it develops you in little ways in regards to the way you view yourself and the sex you are. However, she believes that biology is the major determinant of a person's gender, that your gender is something you're born with and that it happens at birth. You are born the way you are and the way you're supposed to be. She believes that once you're born you're pre-determined to be that particular gender. Although nurture does play a part in determining your gender, the nature aspect of your gender tends to determine the way you are nurtured. She did point out that there are a few occasions were a person can go 30 or 40 years of their life and then change their mind. None the less, nature and thereby biology is the major proponent of what gender you are and nurture just tends to follow behind it.
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/HeatherMcDermott/HeatherMcDermott-12096617218-20140918-1411004453.1134.mp3 (The recording got cut off part way through)
Sosse Kendoyan
I conducted an interview on September 17th and my question to my interviewee was: "Is gender biologically or socially learned?" According to my interviewee, gender is mostly socially determined, but sometimes it can be a mixture of both sociological and biological. Specifically speaking of gender she believes that societies have different gender roles and that categorizes into different genders. Other than society, my interviewee believes that there are many cultures and according to each culture men and women are expected to act differently. She thinks that it's sociologically determined because of society and cultural differences that have different roles for different genders. She also mentioned that there are some things that are biological because men and women act different. She gives an example of men being physically stronger than women, but that's only because of they're biology.
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Quintanilla
The question posed to the interviewee was: Is gender biologically or sociologically determined?
The interviewee answered that gender is socially constructed and that biological men and women adhere to their assigned gender roles for fear of ridicule or persecution. She went on to say that today people are more accepting of people stepping out of their gender box. She mentioned men going to get mani/pedis, though it is under the guise of a "couple's thing." Women are able to take part as a sports fan, even though she may be looked on with skepticism. While biology plays a part in muscle formation and other physical differences, ultimately society, by means of messages we send, are what determine the gender of a person.
Cynthia Quintanilla
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Diaz
Marisa diaz
On Wednesday the 17th we conducted an interview discussing whether gender is biological or socially learned. My interviewee and I both agreed that biology and social ways both contribute to how someone's gender is perceived. My Interviewee discussed the ideas that all though we are born of a certain sex, does not determine whether or not you are looked at as feminine or masculine but that it is also our culture and social groups that begin labeling things as masculine or feminine. My interviewee also brought up the idea that sometimes when we see parents rising a child who is male and begins to play with Barbie's and dolls they get told that toys such as those are meant for girls. This is an example shows that all though we are born of a biologically male or female it is the society that you grow up in that determines whether something is feminine or masculine this is one way we can see that gender is not solely learned biologically but that social aspects also have a huge in pack on shaping gender.
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/MarisaDiaz/MarisaDiaz-12143474457-20140918-1411004497.1144.mp3
Sosa
Álvaro Sosa
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On September 17, my interviewee responded to the question: "Is gender biologically or socially learned?" She said that she believes that gender is a mixture of both biological and social interactions. Biological because among the sexes and while developing the internal genitalia produces different chemicals that make women or men to identify themselves with those who experience that same chemical reactions but that is too simple to be true, and thus the social interaction among men and women is another variable to be consider. I also believe that society or the close institutions in our society have an impact in the formation of gender because they have existed before us and thus usually follow a pattern that may or may not change among generations. Even when humans have created the definitions of a men and women, it seems that after some point in time the definitions create us and thus we no longer define them.
It's Not Just Ray Rice: Dave Zirin on the NFL's History of Condoning Domestic Abuse [feedly]
It's Not Just Ray Rice: Dave Zirin on the NFL's History of Condoning Domestic Abuse
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A Survivor's Burden: Columbia Student Carries Mattress on Campus Until Alleged Rapist is Expelled [feedly]
A Survivor's Burden: Columbia Student Carries Mattress on Campus Until Alleged Rapist is Expelled
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"We Will Not Be Silenced": Students Denounce Rape at Columbia as Schools Face Scrutiny for Inaction [feedly]
"We Will Not Be Silenced": Students Denounce Rape at Columbia as Schools Face Scrutiny for Inaction
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"We Will Not Be Silenced": Students Denounce Rape at Columbia as Schools Face Scrutiny for Inaction [feedly]
"We Will Not Be Silenced": Students Denounce Rape at Columbia as Schools Face Scrutiny for Inaction
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An NFL Wife Tells Her Story: Intimidated Spouses Followed "Code of Silence" Around Domestic Abuse [feedly]
An NFL Wife Tells Her Story: Intimidated Spouses Followed "Code of Silence" Around Domestic Abuse
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Jessica Williams tells men who think catcalling is a good idea... [feedly]
Jessica Williams tells men who think catcalling is a good idea...
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Marisa Tomei has become a skateboard [feedly]
Marisa Tomei has become a skateboard
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A Sociological Guide for Succeeding in College [feedly]
A Sociological Guide for Succeeding in College
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Why Don’t More Women Commit Fraud? [feedly]
Why Don't More Women Commit Fraud?
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Saturday Stat: NFL Players May Be More Law Abiding Than Other Men [feedly]
Saturday Stat: NFL Players May Be More Law Abiding Than Other Men
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Simonds
Kim Simonds
In my interview, I asked my interviewee if gender was based on biological or if it was based on social. She believes that it is based on social. My interviewee and I both agree that it is based on social. What we are taught from social institutions, especially from our parents. My interviewee claims that her parents played a different role as she was growing up. Her father was more emotional and shy than her mother. Her mother is more confrontational and stern. As the interview went on, in my interviewee's answers, there was a difference from what society claims as socially acceptable. However, while I was growing up, my family was the "traditional" norm of what was acceptable, my father was the disciplinarian, the bread winner, the more strict parent, as where my mother was the stay at home parent, the nurturer and the care giver. I then asked the interviewee if she thinks how her family dynamics made her the person she is today. She said that she is more like her mother, more open and confrontational. After the interview, it shoes how society sees the social norm from my generation to my interviewee's generation. ( I am much older than my interviewee) Times are changing, and that is a great thing to happen.
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/KimSimonds/KimSimonds-14152302983-20140918-1411004441.1128.mp3
Friday, September 19, 2014
Wagner
Brianne Wagner
Although we are taught throughout our educational careers that men and women share some characteristics yet are biologically different from one another and this accounts for many of the differences we notice in our society. Because of this biological way of thinking, our society has become accustomed to attributing many gender differences to the biology that differentiates men from women.
In my conducted interview, we discussed how although the biological differences between men and women do have an impact on some things, it is not correct to fall back on the biological theory for every situation. In terms of bias and discrimination in our society, it is not accurate to assume that biological differences between men and women are the reasons behind it. Yes, men have more testosterone than women, but to believe they make every decision based on that testosterone, or their instinct to produce offspring is oversimplifying things. Women are emotional creatures but to attribute every emotional decision to biology and not to human behavior is simply unfair.
Many of the differences in the roles of our society are not caused by our biological differences but from the resources that are available to us and to the opportunities we are able to obtain. Both of these factors are dependent upon the roles that society expects us to fall into.
Biology can be used as reasoning for the physiological and chemical differences in men and women and even some of the sociological aspects, but many of the differences between men and women's roles in society is based on society's expectations.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Graves
Chelsea Graves Weekly Participation
In my interview, my interviewee and I discussed whether gender is biological or socially learned. We both agreed that we don't think people are necessarily "born" with their gender. Although we are all born of a certain sex, our gender is mostly shaped by the world around us and how we perceive it. My interviewee shared that they think gender is something that would be hard to change. It depends more on whether the person is more masculine or more feminine. They mentioned that how the person is brought up is very important. We both have not known someone personally who has gone through a change in gender and we agreed this would probably have an impact on how we think about it. My interviewee also mentioned that they find it abnormal to go through something such as, feeling as if you were a different gender than your sex. In our parents' time, it wasn't discussed as much and people were taught that they were born either a boy or girl. However, in the present day, people are beginning to push that boundary. As more people cross that line, there will be a lax in steadfast rules regarding sex and gender.
Nakashian Weekly Participation
Nick Nakashian Weekly Participation
During my interview, my interviewee and I discussed whether or not gender itself and later homosexuality was a trait that is biologically innate within us, or a socially learned behavior. We quickly agreed that gender was a socially learned trait, seeing that there are qualities of either gender that a member of the opposite can agree with, leading them to identify with their biological opposite. However when we discussed homosexuality, my interviewee and myself felt that it was a biological trait, or rather something that a gay individual is born with rather than assuming the trait later in life because of societal influence. The chapter also spends a significant time on explaining where homosexuality comes from. There was a large study done on monozygotic twins, or twins from the same egg. This study suggested that there is a large possibility that if one twin is homosexual, the other is as well, showing that it is an innate feature, rather than a characteristic learned from the forces of society. However, is gender the same way, a force of nature that cannot be changed? Sociologists disagree with this idea, and so does the now famous teenage Chase Culpepper, who is a man but wears makeup and was shamefully forced to remove it at the DMV for his driver's license photo. Unlike what the readings in the chapter and biology tells Chase about masculinity, he feels comfortable and natural outside the norms of society and has suffered embarrassing backlash because of it.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Labit Weekly Participation 1
Discussing how people think about gender and if it is based on biology
or social interactions produces many answers. However, it seems that
it is a question that does not easily produce a definitive aspect. The
interviewee's answer on this particular subject was based strongly on
his upbringing, as I'm sure are most things we do and ideas we have,
stating that gender is strongly influenced by social aspects (how our
parents and families raise us with ideas of what it means to be a man
or woman) but there can be biological input as well.
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M. Labit
or social interactions produces many answers. However, it seems that
it is a question that does not easily produce a definitive aspect. The
interviewee's answer on this particular subject was based strongly on
his upbringing, as I'm sure are most things we do and ideas we have,
stating that gender is strongly influenced by social aspects (how our
parents and families raise us with ideas of what it means to be a man
or woman) but there can be biological input as well.
http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/MariLabit/MariLabit-18052108084-20140918-1411004453.1135.mp3
M. Labit
Monday, September 15, 2014
Extra Credit
Kayla Forte
Gender is a very interesting concept. It makes life complicated in some ways and simplifies it in others. As a female, I grew up with a kind of tom-boy attitude. My mom made me play every sport because she said I wouldn't know what I liked unless I tried it. As a young child I played t-ball and soccer. As I reached about eight years old I started to play basketball. As I aged, my taste in sports changed and now I am a soccer player and a dancer. I tried everything from cheerleading to flag football. When I was five my mom married my step dad and I gained an older brother. I always wanted to hang out with him and his guy friends. When I was 7, my mom had my little sister, things changed then. I always wanted to play with her with barbies and dolls and make up and play dress up. I never felt pressured by either of my parent to act or behave a certain way; they just wanted me to be happy. Now that I am older and on my own, my parents worry about me even more because I'm their little girl. I have noticed things like they let my brother go out all the time but are stricter when it comes to me. They think because he is a male that he can protect himself better and he is less likely to be a victim of a crime.
When I talked to my interview partner, she had the same views as me. She had grown up wanting to go into the army, but she felt that she didn't have the image because she was a female. She changed her dreams because of this image that we have made of females going into the army. She had grown up with two brothers and one sister, however; she has always gotten along with her brothers more than her sister. She has a daughter of her own and she says that if she had a son she would see how things would be different in how she raised them. She also believes that being a female in her major, which is sociology, makes it more challenging for her. She sees that more men are working in her field and that is why she went back to school so she can better her chances of making it in her career.
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Extra Credit
Gender is a very interesting concept. It makes life complicated in some ways and simplifies it in others. As a female, I grew up with a kind of tom-boy attitude. My mom made me play every sport because she said I wouldn't know what I liked unless I tried it. As a young child I played t-ball and soccer. As I reached about eight years old I started to play basketball. As I aged, my taste in sports changed and now I am a soccer player and a dancer. I tried everything from cheerleading to flag football. When I was five my mom married my step dad and I gained an older brother. I always wanted to hang out with him and his guy friends. When I was 7, my mom had my little sister, things changed then. I always wanted to play with her with barbies and dolls and make up and play dress up. I never felt pressured by either of my parent to act or behave a certain way; they just wanted me to be happy. Now that I am older and on my own, my parents worry about me even more because I'm their little girl. I have noticed things like they let my brother go out all the time but are stricter when it comes to me. They think because he is a male that he can protect himself better and he is less likely to be a victim of a crime.
When I talked to my interview partner, she had the same views as me. She had grown up wanting to go into the army, but she felt that she didn't have the image because she was a female. She changed her dreams because of this image that we have made of females going into the army. She had grown up with two brothers and one sister, however; she has always gotten along with her brothers more than her sister. She has a daughter of her own and she says that if she had a son she would see how things would be different in how she raised them. She also believes that being a female in her major, which is sociology, makes it more challenging for her. She sees that more men are working in her field and that is why she went back to school so she can better her chances of making it in her career.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Extra Credit
Álvaro Sosa
As a Méxican who was raised by women, my aunts. I can tell you that they made it clear that being a man was different than a woman. It got to a point in which I hated men and consequently myself. I could see men and find their flaws but there were not just any flaws. These were the flaws that directly damaged women such as alcoholism. I was never able to see the good things men did or to question why they did it until I was taken out of the positions of my aunts. That happened when I immigrated to the U.S.
I had no father because he was killed when I was four years old and so this made me very susceptible to others and also because my mother left to the U.S. that same year to find a job to have the means to support her to children, my brother (the older one) and I. I remember to cry a lot. Every time that I was yell at by my aunts, I would just cry and say nothing. Then they would say "You are not a girl to be crying; Do not be gay;" (of course this was in Spanish). They would use more homophobic terms each time.
When my brother was yell at he would respond back and even if he was hit, he would lough instead of cry but because he would lough instead of cry they would hit him until he actually cried but the tears were not tears of pain but rather anger of not being able to hit back. Clearly there was something different among us. My brothers self-steam was demolish through beatings and mine through insults.
At the kitchen we were never encouraged to learn how to cook. We were never encourage to wash the clothing we used. Our cousins who were girls on the opposite were encourage to do all the above. Until this day, I still don't know how to cook even when I adore eating and live with roommates who don't cook either. It seems like there was something implanted or program to be this way. Certainly, If I were born a female under the same conditions very little of me (as male) would exist.
On Wednesday September 10, 2014, I interviewed an African American Fresno state student. The respondent said that his life would be different if he was born a female. The natural an obvious difference would be biological. His interaction with society would remain almost unchanged. His private life and closeness to his parents would not change either. He said that he was raised in the same manner as his sisters making it safe to say that the only main difference would be biological.
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Gender Switch
Ricardo Navarro
During this assignment, I learned many new things about the opposite genders view on life. I am a male and my interviewee is a female. I know she does not represent all females but her ideas were very interesting. She felt as if her life would be extremely different in some areas of life and not much different in others. For example, if she was born a boy then her father would push her pursue stereotypical male majors. Right now she is pursuing animal science but felt if she was a boy then her dad would make her do something like business. Her family's amount of love would also be different, she thinks that the majority of mothers love their sons more. Fathers love their daughters more because they have to protect them. So, she thinks her parents roles would flip and her mom would love her more. In contrast, she felt that her social life would not be much different because she treats all her friends equally. She said right now she hangs out with her boyfriends friends and her female friends so she is equally friendly around all people.
My beliefs on gender switch are somewhat the same. I believe if I was born a female, life in general would be more difficult. I think females carry many more restrictions on them than males. When it comes to parental guidance, generally males I know and including myself, have less rules placed upon them. Compared with the girls in my family I am given more freedom. For example, I had a curfew to come home at 7pm when I was in grade school but when I went to high school, my curfew was removed. On the other hand, my sisters had curfews to come home up until they turned 21. It seems that a stigma exists that men can take care of themselves more than women can. It is like females are seen as the weaker sex so they have more restrictions placed upon them to "protect" them. I also feel that school would be much harder as a female because they have more stereotypes against them. For example, in school athletics, male basketball games are greatly more popular than females basketball games. Even though it is the same sport being played. Genetically and in some cases, males may be stronger but both sexes play at the same skill level. Overall I believe gender inequality is very extreme today but I also believe it is changing for the better, thanks to those female activist who are fighting for it.
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