participation

Ileana Corral

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With this interview and the assigned readings, they both relate in which they both talk about the issue with gender inequality in the workforce. The chapter describes how women in the workforce are getting paid less than the other gender, in this case the men. More women are going into the workforce but they are still having problems climbing up the ladder of promotion. In the interview I asked the interviewee how the genders differ at work and it seemed to me that the women at his workplace were always working and if they were caught not doing anything they would get in trouble but when the men were not working the boss will not say anything, this happened at his second job. His first job, there were more women in the workplace but they did secretary jobs and he did the maintenance job, but here the women were always doing something as well. What I see here, the chapter describes how men in the workplace can have more freedom than women, that women always have to be on their toes and men, they get the special treatment especially if the boss is male.  

In class participation

In my interview I asked my interviewee if women and men differed in their work place, how does gender matter, if their salaries were different, and how did their parents divide the work load in their home? The interviewee mentioned that they worked at a firm where women were receptionists along with holding higher positions as well. The salary seemed to be different for the receptionists since they didn't have college degrees. The women that held a higher position seemed to be quite and kept to themselves. They weren't harassed but when I asked if they might have been from previous jobs the interviewee then went on to say that one of the women gave up their higher paying job to move for her husband's job. Which was something we had been talking about in class. She accepted less money so that her husband could have a better job. When I asked about his parents he said before his parents were divorced they both worked but his dad made more money. His mother actually didn't want to get married right away but was forced to do so, which is why she didn't finish school. Overall, I took from this interview that women tend to be forced by men to follow them in their pursuits in our male dominated society. 

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Ashley Trembley

Weekly Participation

Lacey Missaghian

November 5th

How men and women differ in the work place was our topic for interview this week. My interviewee is a female and currently isn't working but with good reason. Her last job was at a Mexican restaurant where she worked about three days a week and made pretty good money. She stated how she had no choice but to quit. From what I got was that she was feeling uncomfortable with comments that her boss was telling her. Her boss was an older married man and would tell her inappropriate things while she was working. Though she did seem to enjoy her job and made good money doing it I don't think she morally felt right about it. We both had similar job situations. Both working at a Mexican restaurant. We talked about how the servers were mostly women and bartenders were typically men. We came to the conclusion that the possible reasoning behind the distinct gender job differences was because those who tend to sit at the bar drink more and fearing that women wouldn't be able to handle over intoxicated men the way another man could maybe that was the reason behind it. Over all we could relate to one another in a sense that even when you didn't show up to work all dolled up and ready to mingle with the customer you were expected to because your job was to serve drinks and with that and the fact that we are females it's as if there's some unwritten part of the job description that flirting is a must.

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Brianne Wagner: gender inequality in the workplace

The interviewee and I discussed the work environments that we both work in. When I asked the respondent if she has experienced any sex segregation or gender inequality at her job. She described her position and her coworkers positions and explained how all of the people in the positions above her are male and have much more seniority and pay than she does. She also explained that the other people in the positions equal to her are paid more and one is a male but she explained that the only reason they are paid more is because they have more experience and more seniority. The interviewee also explained that occasionally the males expect her not to be able to do the work she is trained to do, such as heavy lifting. We both believed this to be an effect of the gender ideologies that society has projected upon people. Despite this, the respondent described her working environment as a place where there is not too much gender inequality other than what is done unconsciously. 

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Jose Guerrero

In class we asked our interviewee about gender in the work place and gender roles in the work place. She said she works at Mcdonalds and there only females workers work in the front taking orders or in drive through taking orders. Male employees are usually working the grills in the back or get sent outside to clean the parking lot or was the outside of building with a pressure washer. She stated that she is the only female that knows how to work the grills. One time she asked her supervisor why couldnt she work outside using the pressure washer he told no because he said thats a male job and she would get dirty doing so. she informed him that she could handle the job and she would be willing to do it, but she was still denied from doing so. That i found interesting because it seems like there is gender discrimination in every workplace. 

Sosse Kendoyan

An interview was conducted on Wednesday Nov. 5th in class and the question for the interview was What if anything should be done about the economic inequality between men and women? According to my interviewee, she thinks that there should be something done and that a lot of it has to do with letting people see each other's salaries. By letting people particularly in private companies see the differences in wages, there would be a lot more equality. The reason why is because the men are not going to have higher salaries as much if the females know what men are making. When they go in for interview, they would know what they need to fight for. Also, another thing that should be done is to have child care provided by the business with a longer maternal/paternal leave once a child is born. 

Sosse Kendoyan

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Hernandez, Sara W/P #7

This week in class we talked and discussed gender in the work place and, gender roles. We were ask to interview a classmate and ask them how gender defers in their work place?  My interviewee said that there is gender inequality in her work place, because she is never allowed d to be late to work or else she would get yelled at and one of her co-workers is late most of the time yet he doesntever get in trouble . My interviewee this it isnt fair because she is in time always and its not fair for her to get in trouble and for her boss to let her other coworkers slip by because they are guys. She also talked about how her dad makes more than her mom and she told me how her mom says that women complain to much, that everyone gets paid the same, and that women should just suck it up and live with the inequality, which I though was pretty interesting.

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Class-Interview

Álvaro Sosa

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The interview response starts at seven minutes and five seconds.

            On November fifth, 2014, the interviewee chose to answer the question, "How do men and women differ in your workplace?" She has worked in different areas. She has worked in architecture, interior design, and the military. When working for the interior design and architecture, her bosses were males and a lot of them were also gay men. Specifically her direct boss was gay. Some employees were also gay. She understood that one must have a sense of humor there because on the second day of work her boss told her "Your ass looks really good in those pants." She did not took this as an offense because he was married to another man and he had an honest smile on his face. Her boss also reacted and asked whether she was going to sue him as he laugh in a way that was not malicious. She also thinks that if it had been someone else perhaps that other women could have taken that as sexual harassment and actually filed a complaint, and her bossed could have been in trouble. The secretary was female and had been with the company since their launch into the market. So the interview in such domain felt good because there was a balance between males and females. On the other hand, when she had the opportunity to be a trainer for military cadets, it was a different experience because the field is dominated by men. Her physique is small. So she had to project the authority that her position deserved. Otherwise she would have been disrespected like some of her female colleagues were because they were women. Those colleagues were called bitches. She has never known cases were males were treated in the same way. The way in which she achieved her authority was by lowering her voice and keeping her head up and projecting herself as fearless. She has never experience the discrimination of males in the work force due to her sex. But she has being hit on by males but again she shows them that they are there for a different reason and they desist. 

Weekly Participation - Peter Rice

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This week, we had an option of 3 different topics. My interviewee and I chose the topic of what should be done about economic inequalities that exist between men and women. My interviewee discussed mostly about how difficult it is for something to be done. She discussed how unfair the current laws are, making it so that plaintiffs in a case involving wage discrimination only have standing if they sue within 90 days of the discrimination. More often than not, victims don't know that this inequality exists until months down the road. She went on to say that men are usually happy to watch their own kind's backs when it comes to matters like this. It is intentionally repressive and meant to keep women out of power, and men in power. Men are happy to be making more than women, and will go to great lengths to keep things that way. We then discussed our confusion about how something would even be done in the first place. We were both uninformed when it came to the initial spark of the movement, whether it's something that needed to be done locally so it would spread nationwide, or whether Obama could simply correct it with the simple signing of a document. We both agreed that something needed to be done, but we were unsure of where something like that would start.

Allen

Anna Allen
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The interviewee with whom I spoke said that in regards to gender, her workplace was very interesting.  All the people at the top of the ladder were male, and that she is the only female manager in her store, of maybe two in all of the Fresno stores.  She has to do a lot of heavy lifting and stuff, and when they got a new district manager (an exchange of a male for a male), he started questioning her and how she was doing her job, though she's very highly recognized for her work.  She doesn't think he's being deliberately sexist, but he has this mindset that any women in their store can't do their job.  She says he will never point out anything positive unless he feels he has to.

She says she knows all the pay for her coworkers, and for all her male coworkers doing the same job as her, they're paid $0.25 more than her.  One of her coworkers has been offered his own store three times, and even though she is working the same position for the same amount of time, she has never been offered that same position. 
She says her manager will still question her several times a week, and not just her, but all the women in their workplace.  They're training a new girl, and he's giving her a really hard time, and when the interviewee was undergoing the same training, she went through in a couple of weeks, but with this district manager, this new girl is going on a couple months.  The interviewee says that it's very obvious how he treats women.  When a worker came back from maternity leave, he told her she couldn't pump, and all the female workers were horrified.  The girl ended up quitting.  Now the one they're training is pregnant, and the interviewee is interested in how that will play out. 

She has confronted this manager about how he treats her, what with her experience, and he has been a lot more respectful toward her, but she says he still has these ideas that they can't do what men do.  She says it's very frustrating.  All the other men she works with are very respectful, but this one and the ones in the upper ranks seem different.  She thinks they're not doing it on purpose, but that it's just kinda how it is. 

Marisa Diaz

During our class interview on Wednesday me and my interviewer decided to discuss the question What if anything should be done about economic inequality between men and women? My interviewer discussed that both men and women should take a stand against inequality. We discussed some idea that where brought up in class when stating man who stand up of the feminist movements are more likely to get someone to take a look at what is being done wrong. My interviewee stated that because some women are not bold enough themselves to say anything they just tend to keep quiet and not approach the problem of inequality that is being done. The topic came up that although we have laws that prohibit discrimination there are not constructed in a way that help women who are getting  paid less in the same job, where a man is getting paid more, and that with better laws and with some help and support from men we can try to end the economic inequality.

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McDermott Participation

Heather McDermott Participation

When asked about what could be done about the economic inequalities between men and women my respondent said that first and foremost the government needs to be more involved in wages. She talked about how we have the Civil Rights Act and Equal Pay Act, but they aren't enforced and they should be. Since there is an audit on companies for their taxes there should also be an audit on their wages. Also she said that there needs to be more transparency with wages since you can't know there's a wage gap when companies don't allow wages to be talked about. Furthermore, she said that we need to get rid of the idea that men and women are unequal which will be hard since it's ingrained in our society. She points out that when women take over a man's position they are paid less and doesn't understand why this is acceptable. She also stated that heavy fines should be implemented to companies who don't give equal pay to their workers similar to what happens when they aren't being environmentally friendly. Also she believes that men should take more responsibility with the second shift since it's unfair to expect women to do all the work. She said that in a perfect world we would all be equal, but we aren't. However, the one thing that should be equal is the job we do and the amount we are paid to do it.

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Participation

Karanvir Gill 

 

This weeks question was about the gendered division in the workplace for my interviewee' parents, and the consequences that were produced because of them. My interviewee had an expected answer to my question. His dad had priority in determining where to live because of job, but it was a grinding process.  The dad had to work up his way on the ladder and consequence of this was that he could not spend much time with his son. In regards to his mom, she had to take care of the children and housework, but this did not impede her commitment to work. She continued her teaching at a high school successfully. This actually helped out her because her children, my interviewee, went to the same school to where she taught. So part of her job as a mom, checking up on her son's grades, was accomplished in school. A consequence of her completing all these tasks was that it was stressful, but it worked out in the end. 

Weekly Participation 11/9/2014

Brandon Guthier

Timothy Kubal

Sociology: Sex and Gender

November 9, 2014

Weekly Participation

           

This week's weekly participation question that I chose was: How did your parents deal with the division of work and what were the consequences for both parties? In this interview, my respondent replied by saying that when his parents got married, it was his father who had the priority over the family. With him having the priority, it was the father's decision to put the company ahead of everything else. Even though the mother wanted to go on and pursue her own career, my respondent stated that she was forced to sacrifice it and tag alongside the husband, because he made more money than her. However, over time, my interviewee's father saw his company shut down, and the mother ended up working along the same business lines that the father was able to find. The changing point of power happened when my interviewee's father became sick to the point where he was no longer able to provide for his family the way he used to be. As a result, the respondent's mother became the person who brought in the most income and she worked her way up to becoming a registered nurse. Decisions of all kind now have to go through her rather than the father.

            As for the consequences that both sides had to endure due to this division of work and this struggle for power, the interviewee's mother was always forced to put the father's best interests ahead of her own. Explaining that his family has always been very traditional, after the father was longer the main provider for the family, my interviewee's mother and family had to deal with some criticism from other family members. The interviewee explained that in a traditional family such as his, others look down on a woman who makes more than a man. That therefore presented a consequence of the division of labor present in that family and an obstacle that the interviewee and his family would have to overcome.  

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Eskelsen Weekly Participation

This week's discussion was on the gendered world of work. The interviewee responded to the question, "How do men and women differ in your workplace, and how does gender matter?" The interviewee responded that there are a lot more female employees in her workplace, a retail setting, and female managers, like herself, with a male supervisor. Interestingly, though, she stated that her supervisor does have female bosses. She said that gender does matter in her workplace because employees tend to listen better to her supervisor compared to herself or her fellow managers. She was then asked if she believed that the fact that her workplace is retail has anything to do with why there are so many female store managers. She said yes, that she believes that because it is a retail store, there are so many female managers.

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Cara Eskelsen

Class 5/11 Gender in workplace

Labit

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The interviewee has experience when it comes to men and women being treated very differently in the work place. Working in the agricultural setting men and women are segregated from one another from the start. Different tasks are given to employees based on if they are a man or a woman. Certain jobs do require physical strength that the average woman would require more time or personnel to complete compared to men. The main reason given b the interviewee for the segregation was to deal with sexual harassment in the work setting. He stated most of the bosses were men. He did share a story when the boss was a woman at a flea market type situation. This didn't stop sexual segregation. The men were hired to do heavy lifting in unloading the trucks and the women were given the job of selling the product. He was an exception as he had a history with the boss and was trusted to work at the booth. He also said there was one woman he saw hired once. She was very big and strong as he recalls. He also shared a story of his own mother who was a single mother and took on jobs that were labeled as mens jobs and she was viewed, as any woman who did this, as more masculine. 

Quintanilla

Cynthia Quintanilla

Does gender matter in your workplace? 

The interviewee said she works in retail and both men and women share the work. Everyone unloads the delivery truck and everyone organizes. She has had a female manager and a male manager. There are a few differences though, she said that the male manager gave more of the work to men, she believes it is because her manager thought them more capable. Her female manager spread the work more evenly, expecting more from the women workers than did the male manager. The interviewee said that although all workers help unloading the delivery truck, only men get into the truck to throw boxes onto the belt. She said usually men (in exception of herself) throw the truck and women grab the boxes from the belt to organize them in the storage room. She also mentioned that the male manager seems reluctant to ask women for help, particularly when it relates to moving heavy items. The interviewee said that she doesn't need to work hard but rather work smart. She said that there ways to move an object that do not require brute strength, they simply require a smart way to move it. 

The chapter discussed sex discrimination (as seen in the interviewee's story about given less tasks than men because her male manager saw them more capable) and sex segregation (like how only men throw the truck and women organize the delivery). The chapter also discussed sexual harassment and the wage gap. The interviewee did not mention salary or harassment. 

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Graves Participation Assignment

In my interview, we discussed how men and women differ in the workplace. My partner had experienced some differences where he worked at a pizza place. He said, his female manager wouldn't let any female employees work in the back with the men because she thought the males might get distracted or cause trouble. However, my partner explained this only felt like she was judging the men prematurely, primarily on the fact that they were men. He felt as though she was treating them like animals, as if they couldn't control themselves. He explained that he thought only a female manager would do that because she would be more aware of men's behavior toward women from experience. On the other side, having a male manager can be a downside when they don't take care of the problems going on in the workplace. He went on to say that if there was conflict among employees, a male manager would tend to ignore the problem and not really get involved, whereas the female manager would go to the employees personally and try to solve the problem. Therefore, the workplace with the female manager had better communication among workers and overall a better environment. My interviewee stated there are pros and cons to each side.

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Chelsea Graves

Nick Nakashian Weekly Participation

Nick  Nakashian

During my interview, when asked how the roles between men and women typically differ in the workplace, my interviewee felt that women most often assume positions that support higher-ranking male roles. Their roles are not the prestigious roles, but rather the ones behind the scenes. Later we discussed if there was anything that could be done to improve economic differences between men and women, my interviewee felt that the harder women push and the better they set themselves up then they would have the best opportunities. Women should be more head strong and willing to push themselves into a field and push themselves to the top. Her parents both worked full time and both contributed to household tasks.

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Weekly Participation 11-5-14

Stephanie Grieb

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This week we had a choice of discussion three different topics for our interviews.  The interviewee chose to talk about the first question, which was about whether the interviewee has experienced gender differences or not.  The interviewee (female) stated that in one of the two jobs she works in, whenever there is a male worker working  the same shift as her, he would often volunteer to do most of the lifting  which the interviewee stated that it felt as if it makes her look bad in front of the manager.  As she spoke of this scenario, it made me think of what was in the chapter for this week; that men are often looked at in society as people who are more "capable" of doing heavier work which is part of what causes gender segregation in the work place.  From this, men are often given more opportunities for promotions than women and better job positions than women.

Mellott Sociology 131

Kalena Mellott

This week I asked my interviewee what they thought should, if anything, be done about the wage gab that happens in the workplace.  The interviewee felt that women asking for better wages and not accepting what was offered first to them would be one way in which this gap could be decreased.  The interviewee said though that in order for the gap to completely disappear people need to be able to discuss their wages if they want to.  The law should be written so that men and women once employed have the right, even if they do work for a private company and not the government, to tell others about the wages that they earn so that everyone knows what the going wage is.  The interviewee concluded with the idea that better access to free or reduced childcare at the place of employment at either the mother or fathers job would also make for better wage equality.  Maternity leave may be reduced as mothers would be able to have their children close to them and not have to pay for expensive day care if they want to continue their career while they are raising children.  Also the father would be able to continue working too and be able to help with the raising of the child during the day if the day care was in the same building as his place of employment.

Klassen mw/5:30-6:45

Margaret Klassen

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So in my interview, I asked "in the workplace is there a significance between men and women and the roles they have, or positions they have". My interviewee said that when she used to work at a veterinary clinic that yes there was. She stated that the two vets were men, and that all the other staff were women. The two men had higher prestige in the office, made more money, and had more power. The women however had the lower paying jobs, had less prestige, and had lower paying jobs. The men were in charge of the office, while the women basically ran the office.

Religion and Gender

Michael Olague
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For tonight's interview I read an article which laid out various reasons why Muslim women wear headscarves. All of the reasons were positive with a general theme that headscarves promote Islamic awareness and community while maintaining a sense of religions identity. I gave a brief summary to my interviewee and asked for her opnion regarding head dresses and whether or not there is a latent function of gender inequality underlying the practice of religions attire. Interviewee's opinion regarding headdresses was that women have a choice in whether or not they choose to adhere to religious clothing. She added that although in most cases here in the United States, Muslim women proudly wear their clothing as a symbol of solidarity there are plenty of examples in less than first world communities where religious clothing further perpetuates gender inequality. 

Darnell Taylor- Class 10/29

For my interview this week I chose to interview a friend of mine about an article I found from google. The article was about how there is a mormon woman that was kicked out of her church because she spoke out and is a feminist. She claimed that women should be able to be ordained in the mormon church and spoke out about how that was unfair. Eventually she was denied to become a part of the church again by two different church members, but she plans to appeal all the way to the top. The man I talked to said that he believed that men and women should all be equal in all parts of the church. He said that he feels like men and women should be treated equal in all parts of religion, and that gender does not matter. When I asked him about the connection between men being in higher positions in religion and ben being the heads of the household, he said that there definitely is a connection between the two. This article is exactly what we were talking about in the chapter this week how men and women are not equal in religion and that also shows in houses and the workplace. 

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Allen

Anna Allen
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I asked my interviewee about her opinions regarding an article on religious leaders meeting about gender violence issues.  She said that having the religious leaders on board with helping prevent gender violence, and not just the religious leaders; she stated that everyone in a role-model role should be helping prevent gender violence.  She said that whether or not dialogue was the issue involved in domestic violence was something that would depend largely on the couple involved, as well as the level of violence.  She said that sometimes the violence won't stop no matter what until the abused partner leaves and disappears for a while.  When asked about the idea that if people were following their religious texts, the violence wouldn't be there, she said she hadn't read all the religious texts, so she couldn't really say.  In terms of the Bible, she said it does teach against violence between married partners, despite the presence of a lot of violence in the Bible itself.  She disclaims that she's not an expert on the Bible.  She also says she doesn't know the percentages of those who are religious versus those who are not; she says it might be different for those who don't.

The article discussed: http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161862.html

Class Participation

In my interview I spoke about an article that talked about a group called The Light. The religion has been viewed as a cult that has crazy ideals and beliefs. My interviewee responded with saying that if these types of religions weren't doing any harm then it is ok to believe whatever they want to believe. I then mentioned that the group would abuse their children and didn't pay taxes. That they didn't even have a sign outside their location just like any other church in America. My interviewee then went on to say that since they are being unlawful there should be something done about it but what could be done was vague. That if they just stayed true to the law there would be nothing wrong with believing in different ideas of life. I then mentioned that there would be families who were separated and the interviewee thought that it was sad that things come to that with these types of groups/religions but quite frankly there is not much we can do about it. That these groups are going to do whatever they please at the end of the day. 

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Brianne Wagner: Participation 11/2/14

I read an article by Kate Lovelady where she discussed the phrase "ethical sex". She believes sex is ethical as long as it is a consensual act in which the participants are gaining happiness from the act. The article mentions how the media fails to portray sex in any positive manner and that many people view sex as an act solely for procreation. Lovelady disagrees with this idea and claims that sex is a way for many people to relieve stress and pain and even depression. I summarized the article to my interviewee and asked him various questions about his opinion on the matter. He defined ethical sex as an act that is socially accepted. I had him elaborate on what he meant by socially accepted and he said that as long as the sexual activity was consensual that it was morally accepted. He went on to describe sex as an act for pleasure and happiness and agreed with all of Kate Lovelady's opinions of sex. The interviewee said that sex is not solely for procreation because if it were, the human race would not be using sex as a daily activity or an act to gain pleasure as we do. We would innately be having sex during fertile times as a way to produce offspring. He also described some examples of the media and video games that portrayed sex as a negative activity and said that they do not give us positive details of sex because it is usually portrayed as a scandalous act. Both the interviewee and Kate Lovelady agreed that sex makes us happy and that the world is a better place with more happy people.

Weekly Participation Nick Nakashian

During my interview, I recalled a story regarding subpoenas given to Huston ministers for the opposition to a local ordinance banning the discrimination of gay marriages, and the subpoenas were later withdrawn because it was argued that their First Amendment was under attack. While disagreeing with their views, my interviewee did acknowledge that they have the legal right to voice their opinions. When asked about a related even in Huston, where members of the similar stance on gay marriage believed it was their religious right to discriminate against gay couples in their public businesses, my interviewee felt that it was a violation of ones civil rights and that all people should be allowed public access to goods and services, and despite ones religious practices, you cannot publicly discriminate. 

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In Class interview outside the class

Álvaro Sosa

Inside Manhattan's secret 'cult'

Articles's link: http://nypost.com/2014/11/02/the-secret-society-cult-that-operates-out-of-murray-hill/

Interview's link: http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/Alvaro/Alvaro-19164148360-20141103-1414987376.2106.mp3

My interview shared his opinion in regard to the article Inside Manhattan's secret 'cult.' He believes there are some good things about the cult and there are other things to which he disagrees.  He stated that "If we are in a free country any person should be able to exercise their freedom, exercise their thoughts, exercise their religion as they please for as long as everybody is safe while doing or exercising such religion." He is aware that his view towards Manhattan's secret cult is shaped by principals and morals that were thought to him through his religion. Hence he disproves girls marrying too young. He sees abnormal that the cult must invite someone for the person to belong to the group. Thus he knows that while this cult is not well known today that does not predict its future. A future in which this cult might be the norm. 

Margaret klassen

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In my interview I discussed if men and women are treated equally in religion, and my interviewee said yes and no. He said that women are treated unequally, but that men and women experience religion the same. We also discussed how in general there would also be inequality in religion, because one gender would be favored more or have more power than the other , even if just by a little bit. It is religion that creates inequality, and how religion is interpreted that allows it to continue. the scriptures are old and written so long ago, that they were the old way of thinking yet they still dictate our lives, and how gender is interpreted in religion. These are te old ways of doing things, which is why women are still treated unequally.

Mellott Participation

Kalena Mellott

For this weeks participation I decided to read an article on google news that pertained to our chapter on religion and gender.  The article I read talked about multiple religious groups petitions against the mayor of Houston, Texas who passed a law, without putting it to a vote, for citizen to allow males who identify female to use whichever restroom they choose.  The ministers of the churches who participated in the petitions were subpoenaed and later the mayor withdrew these.  I asked my interviewee how they felt about this and if the interviewee felt that religion should be taken into consideration when making laws and policies for the general society.  My interviewee felt that there should have been a vote and that the mayor was in the wrong.  However, the interviewee also felt that religion itself should not have an active role in creating policy.  Individuals who are religious absolutely have the right to vote, petition, and create policy that can be brought to a vote, but religion should not necessarily be taken into consideration when making law.

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Wenesday participation

For this weeks participation, I did an interview on a female subject on an article about a muslim man who burned a girl. The article stated that there was a man who burnt a little girl who was only 11, just for wearing lipstick. The man has no relation to the little girl, he was only the neighbor. The little girl suffered burnt injuries to over 99% of her body. Now, the parents of the little girl tried to find help from the police but the police did little to help the little girl because she disobeyed the male neighbor. My interviewee said that burning the little girl was wrong to begin with, but most importantly the man has no relations with the little girl. She also said girls are free to do as they wish with their body and wear as much makeup as they would like. The females in this religion wore clothing to cover up their body for their own safety, so that the males are not tempted by the women. 

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Sosse Kendoyan

I conducted an interview to a 21 year old single female. In summary I told her about the article that I had read. The article was about : "What part does religion play in Gender roles at Work?" The author in this article at first gives an example about how men are confident of themselves and they are more likely to apply for a high paying job even if they don't have the qualities to qualify for that job, whereas women think that they're not qualified, and they think about their family and see if it' the right time for them to apply for that job, and they end up not applying since they think that they don't even have the chance to get hired. According to the author, the reason why women can't get ahead in their job and careers is because of religion. In the minds of men and women God has created women as secondary and subservient to the men. I asked my interviewee if she agrees with this article. According to my interviewee , No God did not create women to become slaves to their husband and their families. She believes that this problem s because of old mentality and the word is changing nowadays. She believes that more women are qualified to high paying positions than men, and women are seeking for equality. Women are going after their jobs. My interviewee strongly believes that Go has created both men and women equally. Religion does not say that women need to be slaves to their husbands and families.

 

Sosse Kendoyan

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http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/234372

Weekly Participation 11/2/2014

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Based off of what I told my interviewee about a recent article that I have read about gender and religion and a secret cult in Manhattan, my interviewee stated that the cult's ideas are "ridiculous." My interviewee stated that The Light, the name of this group, is trying to base their ideas and "blind faith" off of ideas that were dated back from as far as four hundred years ago. He also went on to explain that some of their beliefs, such as the prohibition of homosexuality, "will never work," because homosexuality has started to become socially acceptable in today's society. The fact that everything that The Light group members belief is all off of "word of mouth," my interviewee argues that the group is not legit. He said that it lacks facts and anything scientific that would back up their beliefs. The idea of "humans once lived on the Moon" and that the members came from " a master Aryan race" was viewed as "ridiculous" in my interviewee's eyes. Overall, while my interviewee saw the article as "interesting," he declared the ideas of The Light to be "ridiculous" and stated that he expects the group to fail later on down the road.

Participation

Karanvir Gill

My interviewee responded to my article on religion quite strongly. It was about a meeting/conference that is about to occur soon in indianapolis that will be about the science of religion. These people attending are not going to argue about whether or not there is a God, but the economic, sociological, and psychological effects of religion. This naturally carries on to have great controversy, and I asked my interviewee on whether this conference has meaning to it. The respondent described that religion is purely faith based, and that nothing will come out of it when looked at scientifically. He comes from a religious background and believes that it is a waste of time to look at religion through a scientific view.
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McDermott Participation

Heather McDermott Participation

In my interview I summarized an article to my respondent on the topic of gender and religion. In the article the writer discussed how critics against gay marriage, abortion, and women getting birth control are claiming that this is an attack against religious freedom.  They argue that these things undermine religion and that business owners should be able to hire, fire, or refuse to do business with another for any religious reasons. However, the article points out the due to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the long-established principle of America shows that people should treat everyone equally. Furthermore, the author goes further and states that the real danger to religious freedom is when others try to force their beliefs onto others who do not share them. After being told about this article my respondent stated that she believed it was a very good article, and agreed with everything the author said. She said that these people who claim that their religious freedom is being targeted are doing nothing more than being discriminatory against others. When she was talking about how there are some business owners who refuse to offer birth control to their women employees she said that it wasn't fair and religion was just an excuse. If other businesses had to offer birth control then they did too. Also she claimed that people need to stop pocking their noses into other's business like abortion since it has nothing to do with the Church. She said that the decision to abort should be between the individuals involved and their own beliefs. Also, in regards to gay marriage she believes they should be left alone since they breathe the same air we do, drink the same water, and bleed red like everyone else. Overall she agreed with what the author wrote when she said that the real threat to freedom comes from those who try to force others to share their beliefs.

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Eskelsen Weekly Participation

This week's topic was gender and religion, and how gender inequality is perpetuated in religious institutions. I chose an article on the Weber State University website called "The Signpost" that was written by author Simon Furlong. His article, titled "LDS church has more work to do on gender equality," was in response to another article written by Madison Swenson titled "Mormon feminism not an impossibility." Furlong wrote that feminism is about economic, social, and cultural equality for women, not about allowing differences between men and women to be seen, as Swenson wrote. After summarizing the articles to my interviewee, she said that she agreed with Furlong's views of what feminism is and that, while women should have the same opportunities for advancement in religion as men do, there are still innate differences between men and women that should be appreciated in the religious sphere.

Article link: http://www.wsusignpost.com/2014/10/20/lds-church-has-more-work-to-do-on-gender-equality/

Interview link: http://icati.catishack.com/uploads/CaraEskelsen/CaraEskelsen-15595542972-20141102-1414970860.2093.mp3 

Cara Eskelsen

Weekly Participation - Peter Rice

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This week, we were asked to read articles on Google about gender and religion, and later conduct an interview with someone asking their opinions on the topic. I found an article on the Huffington Post about Mormon women being denied entrance to an all-male priesthood meeting. My interviewee was a seventh-day Adventist, so I asked her what her experience was with this, and if there were any similarities. She said that there were some similarities in the sense that many traditional Adventists disagree with having women as elders. In her church, things are slowly changing, and her mother was recently ordained as an elder. There exist many Adventist churches that do not allow this yet, but hopefully will with time. She believes that eventually, this practice will become more widely accepted, and women with find equality within churches. As far as the Mormon religion goes, it is hard to say. Only when their living prophet hears from God that women are to be treated equally, will things change. It seems as if the more traditionalist ideas found in many religions are slowly dying out, and women are granted more rights and better access in churches. As the time changes, standards in religion change as well.

Eduardo Gutierrez participation

I read an article about an executive chairperson who used the words of a preacher and religion to spread awareness on gendered violence. She felt this was very important because many people find peace and comfort with religion, and a preacher is a person who many people run to for advice on a failed marriage or any other life stressor. As a religious leader, it is ones role to take place in the change and improvements of ones religious mind. To many, a religious leader is the only person that can clear their problems . Laws and groups have been formed to protect men, women, and children. Region is a place for a marriage or relationship between two beings to come together a form a strong held relationship through religion.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161862.html

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Is there going to be class today?

Kim Simonds

Joining ISIS is about sex, aggression, and not religion.

In this article, the author talks about how joining a religion is not about religions reasons, rather it is about aggressions that come from ones life. People would like to put their points of belief on something such as a religion. When people believe in a religion, it is because they have lost their life's significance. After going through though points in their life, they end up joining a religion to end their misery. In this article, the author argues that people join ISIS for all the wrong reasons. They join ISIS after a hard life just to end their life with fire fight, and suicide bombing.  

The author also goes into saying that women in this religion has it the worst, women are listed and wait for fighters (who are men) to come back and get rewarded. This reward for the men include marriage to any women listed, sex, rape of non-believer women is deemed legitimated. 

The author argues that this religion glorifies men, with all the reward, the prestige that comes with the religion, every young men wants to be part of ISIS. But for the women, they are discriminated against, they have no rights, those who do not believe in their religion are raped, and listed for marriage with a fighter when they come back. 

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http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/210151/reftab/36/Default.aspx

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Darnell Taylor Oct 27

Darnell Taylor

October 27 Replace Class

 

The article I chose to read was about religion in the CSU systems, and how being able to identify with your religion is just as important as being able to identify with your gender. The issue of the article is that there is a group of Christian students that likes to spread the word about Christianity on college campuses called InterVarsity, and they have been removed from being affiliated with any campus within the CSU system. The reason they are no longer able to be a part of the CSU system is because they refuse to sign the non-discrimination policy, meaning that the club is open to all students.

The main issue that is talked about from the member's perspective is that if they are required to allow anyone to run for office positions in the club, and run for president in the club, then someone who is a Non-Christian could become the leader of the club. The students recognize that it would probably not be an issue, but they worry that by signing the document it takes away from the integrity of the group.

Another key part that the article talked about was the fact that the CSU system might want to think really hard about their actions in fear that there might be a lawsuit due to this issue. Most legal experts, though, are not worried about the CSU system being in trouble legally because that is a rule for all clubs who want to be affiliated with the schools themselves. The comment that the article makes about the legality of the document is that "these people are not just wanting to discriminate who is able to run their clubs, they are wanting to discriminate using the government's money and support."

Lastly, the article mentions that this group is making a bigger deal than it needs to be because there is no record of someone trying to "take over" a religious club. So, there is no need for InterVarsity to make a huge deal about signing the document, because someone who is not interested in the same things they are is most likely not going to try and take over their club.

 

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Christian-group-calls-CSU-inclusionary-policy-5853572.php

Sosse Kendoyan

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT

RESPONSE BY EDUARDO GUTIERREZ

SOSSE KENDOYAN

I agree. Take back the night was a very successful event. I personally enjoyed the experience of attending to that event. It was my first time. The songs, the poems, and storied from personal experiences were very inspiring. When one of the girls talked about her horrible experience about how she used to be a victim and now she's not because she overcame her fears… she literally touched my heart. I agree with Eduardo, that men should be aware of these issues. All men have sisters, mothers, wives, and girlfriends…, and no men would wish for his loved ones to become a victim of male violence. More men should attend to these kinds of events. 

Sosse 

Erin Cavazos

Erin Cavazos

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/miller-what-is-the-real-threat-to-religious-freedo/nhtC8/

This article questions the definition of religious freedom and what is to become of it in the near future.  Many claim that same sex marriages are going to ruin religious freedom, but the article argues that this is not the case.  It claims that those who oppose the acceptance of same sex marriage will cause the ruin of religious freedom.  More states are starting to legalize same sex marriages but there are many more that do not.  Many are afraid of how this will affect the church and the people's beliefs.  This article gives examples of people who are determined to keep certain things out of the church. The article talks about a Christian minister who believes that sexual orientation and gender identity is "undermining religious freedom."  This same minister also believes that religious discrimination in the work place should be allowed.  People are set in their ways and do not want to make a change.  This is what is hurting religious freedom.

Weekly Participation - Religion and Gender

Ricardo Navarro

Option 2:

Candidate: Businesses should lose services if they discriminate on religious grounds

An Indiana Candidate named J.D. Ford is running for Senate in Indiana. However, he is an activist for gay and religious rights so he is getting slandered for his beliefs. In one of his interviews he said that companies who use public services should NOT be able to discriminate against consumers because of religious beliefs. An example used was: A Jewish sign maker should not be able to deny service to a gay individual who wants a sign for use in gay activism. Ford also faces many other issues in his candidacy. He is gay but his competition Mike Delph is straight and therefore many conservative individuals within Indiana are backing Mike based on religious beliefs. Last year Ford successfully fended off a ballot measure (made by Mike Delph) which would have permanently banned same-sex marriage within the state.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/28/candidate-businesses-lose-services-discriminate-religious-grounds/18071733/

Stephanie Grieb Option 2

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/miller-what-is-the-real-threat-to-religious-freedo/nhtC8/

This article talks about the religious freedom and discrimination.  As some states are starting to legalize same sex marriage, some people are beginning to question whether this violates religious freedom to those who oppose gay marriage.  However, they are neglecting to take note of those who want gender equality's religious freedom.  Kathy Miller states that if an employer decides to fire all of his or her employees based on their religious beliefs, it would be considered discrimination, not religious freedom.  Therefore, how is opposing gay marriage any different?  Miller then concludes in this article that the issue of those not wanting same sex marriage in their state is more of them wanting to impose their religious beliefs on those who do not share the same beliefs rather than them wanting to protect their own.

Nick Nakashian, Class Participation Option 2

Nick Nakashian

October 26 2014

Class Participation

            A recent story by statesmen.com, writes that American religious freedom is under attack, however the freedom that is discussed is not the freedom that many think of. Due to many changing laws around the country regarding same-sex couples and gender identity, some states have added bars against discrimination regarding sexuality and gender identity. For example the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance passed last spring bars public business against discrimination related to an individuals race, religion or gender.

            However, critics of this ordinance and others like it protest that their religious freedoms are under attack, and this is where the controversy arises. Those that oppose believe it is a violation of their religious right for the state to order them to provide same-sex couples if their religious beliefs say they should. It is argues that an owner if a public business who practices a religion that does not support or recognize same-sex couples or those that identify with the opposite gender, should not be forced to provide those customers with their services. This, the protesters argue, is a violation of their religious freedom. However, on the counter attack, those that support similar ordinances use civil rights legislation, as an example of that would be considered meaningless if people agree with those that oppose the ordinances.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/miller-what-is-the-real-threat-to-religious-freedo/nhtC8/

Online Class Option 2 10/27/2014

History and Overview of Religious Divorce In America; Mormons, Islam, Hinduism

http://www.christianpost.com/news/history-and-overview-of-religious-divorce-in-america-mormons-islam-hinduism-128764/

            This article gives an outline of the history of divorce and its relationship with religious views and state laws. In the sixteen hundreds, legislators and court officials began their search for laws regarding marriage and divorce. In those years divorce rates were very small. Divorce usually happened in the form of abandonment while marriage meant, "A married woman was legally a non-being." Throughout the years divorce rates started to increase as state laws started to replace religious and moral views of the Americans. In some states divorces became an easier thing to do than in others. The religions were affect by this and had to find forgiveness to those broken families. So religions understood then that divorce was an outcome of the growing industry.  So people who divorced did not lose their values because now divorce was seen as a problem of society. Laws for marriage have been changing since their beginnings due to the change in believes through the generation/s. The article mentions that in 50 years what we know as marriage maybe a whole new idea. The religions Mormons, Islam, and Hinduism have recently come into contact with Americans and their views (more or less) towards divorce are stipulated in the article.

Brianne Wagner: Gender and Religion

The article I chose was one discussing a workshop help in Kanifing that was meant to bring together the Muslim and Christian religious leaders so they could take a stand against gender-based violence. The central idea was that all human lives are important and the soul within those lives is equally important and that all people should have an equal respect for one another as well as their souls. The speakers in the conference addressed the issue of the unequal relationships between husband and wife. They believe that their roles as religious leaders gives them the opportunity to be there for people who need counseling and advice and because they are religious leaders, those people who hide behind religion will be able to get a clear understanding of what it means to be Muslim or Christian. Both sides of the religious leaders wanted there to be a peace and a joy amongst the families and homes of married people and without that peace and joy, they cannot rightly perform their daily prayers and thanks. It was commonly agreed at the workshop that both genders should be equally represented and all should speak up so that there was an effective action taken on these issues. Both men and women need to be present and ready to act.

Fwd: Speaker on Sexual Assault as a Civil Rights Issue

The Women's Studies Program, The Fresno Chapter of the California Faculty Association, and the Office of Title IX  are cosponsoring a presentation by Dr. Bernice Sandler titled "'Too Strong for a Woman': Five Words that Created Title IX" on Wednesday, November 5 from 1-2:30 in the Henry Madden Library, Room 3212. Dr. Sandler was the first person to write reports on sexual harassment on college campuses, and she played a major role in the development and passage of Title IX.

Dr. Sandler's talk promises to provide valuable insight into the history of Title IX, as well as a basis for combatting sexual harassment and violence against women at institutions of higher learning—like Fresno State. She frames her discussion by considering how sexual assault is a civil rights issue. Her talk would be enjoyed especially for those students interested in law, policy, and activism .She is a dynamic speaker.

This event is open to the community. Please spread the word!

Jessica Creager Mon 10/27

The article I read, "Christian group fights for identity against Cal State policy", discussed the new policy stating that all groups on campus must not be discriminatory. Specifically, in regards to membership and leaderships roles within the groups/clubs. The previous rules stated that to have a leadership roles within the group, one must possess or believe in the purpose of the group. For example, to have a leadership role within the Christian or Veteran group, one must practice Christianity or have served in the military. The Christian groups are strongly resisting this new policy change, and are refusing to sign the non-discrimination papers, thus losing their funding. Without funding and recognition, they're are losing their credibility and are being charged financially. They believe that if they were to agree to this non-discrimination policy, they would not be what they truly stood for. Where gender comes into this issue is that fraternity's/sorority's where not required to sign this non-discriminatory policy. They can still discriminate on the basis of gender.  Thus, the policy puts non-discriminatory restrictions on religious groups, but does not have non-discriminatory policy when it comes to gender. People can still exclude those on the basis of gender, and action, at the university level, has not been taken. 

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-calstate-clubs-20141024-story.html#page=2

Mellott Gender and Religion

Kalena Mellott

This article was very interesting seeing how the part of our chapter that I have read so far talks about how religion now and religion as it has developed has not promoted equality.  Since this is what I have read of the chapter so far I found it very interesting in this article that in Gambia religious leaders were actually asked to speak at a convention in promotion of more egalitarian.  They were asked specifically to address the gender based violence in marriages that occurs and how it needs to stop.  However, they also talk about how there needs to be a dialogue in order for a marriage to work and that marriages should be happy.  In my mind having religious leaders say that there needs to be more of a dialogue between the husband and wife is a step towards the promotion of a more egalitarian marriage where the woman is seen as more of a partner than an inferior.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161862.html

Religion and Gender

Labit

In Gambia, in West Africa, the executive chairperson of the network against gender-based violence (NGBV), Njundu Drammeh, persuaded religious leaders to speak out against gender based violence in marriage. The two day workshop hosted leaders from both the Muslim and Christian faiths. Both were invited by the NGBV as both religions value the soul, love, and respect of others in a relationship such as marriage. Njundu sought the religious leaders to start the dialogue feeling that when there is violence is present in the home it is because there is some form of personal disturbance going on and when people feel disturbed they often turn to religion. Both of the religious leaders also recognized that sometimes people can hide behind religion when they do not understand what it is really about. The importance of having a dialogue was repeated throughout the article. Both religious leaders agreed that if either of the religions was followed for its intent there would be peace and harmony in the marriages and the homes everywhere (Ceesay, H. 2014).

 

Ceesay, H. (2014). Gambia: She She She - Religious Leaders Oriented On Gender-Based

Violence. The Point. http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161862.html.

Allen

http://allafrica.com/stories/201410161862.html

Anna Allen

The article I read about gender and religion was one addressing a meeting held on October 16, where leaders of both the Christian and Islamic faiths met to discuss domestic violence between married couples.  NGBV executive chairperson Njundu Drammeh addressed these leaders, stating that when there is trouble in marriage, it is their religious leaders to whom they turn for help and counsel.  With this being the case, they should be cognizant of these issues and willing to address them.  Drammeh argued that marriage should be sweet, and a religious experience; when issues such as violence enter into the marriage, this is no longer the case.  He also said that both genders being discussed should be present for the discussions, for it affects both husbands and wives.  Gambia Supreme Islamic Council representative, Imam Barham Jobe, argued the importance of dialogue in the marriage, stating that the man should engage in dialogue with his family in order to keep everything running smoothly in his house, and that issues such as violence occur when dialogue is not present.  Add the dialogue, and it will stop.  Furthermore, he stated that "if [religion was] followed, there would be nothing but peace and harmony."

Gender/Religion Article. Kim Simonds

In the article titled "In the name of religion, school districts to allow students to carry concealed daggers." Written by Tom Tillison on October 26, 2014, explains that a school in Auburn Washington is allowing students who practice and are baptized Sikhs are required to wear a kirpan, which is a ceremonial dagger. The word kirpan has two roots - the first root is "kirpa," which means "mercy, grace, compassion, kindness"; the second root is "aan," which in turn means "honor, grace, dignity." There are different attitudes regarding this issue. Auburn Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Ryan Foster claims that the weapons can not be brought out in sight, however, a volunteer that helps out in the Auburn district made a claim that she will no volunteer in this particular school, in fear for her safety.

I found that this article focuses not that of just religious values, but also the safety of the remaining children who attend at this school. I think that if this goes nationwide, there may be an increase in school violence. In addition, in most of our classrooms and schools here in America, children are not permitted to say the "Pledge of Allegiance." What happened to our beliefs?

 

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/10/26/in-the-name-of-religion-school-district-to-allow-students-to-carry-concealed-daggers-155041

lecture summary chapter 8

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Lindsay Ruiz

Take back the night was a wonderful experience and I'm so happy I was able to participate for the entire event. Listening to people opening up and share their personal stories was amazing and really showed how strong they were. It's awesome that the Fresno state community can all come together and make more people aware of domestic violence.

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Take Back The Night

Michael T. Olague

One of the most difficult adjustments returning from active military service was losing that sense of comradery. Whenever any of us experienced some jarring personal issue we knew we could count on someone to be there to help with anything. Coming home, it was strange to see how people seemed to bottle up whatever was eating them up, perhaps only sharing with a tight knit group of friends or family. Take back the night surprised me, in a sense that victims were able to share their traumatic experiences with a crowd of complete strangers and receive such overwhelming response. It was extremely comforting for this perceptively tough as nails yet wouldn't hurt a puppy Soldier to see. I felt that other than sharing the personal stories, the most significant event was the Doctor (forgot her last name) who's argument was to switch our paradigm from the "no means no" method of mitigating sexual violence on college campuses towards "yes means yes," suggesting that in too many instances, intoxication or other form of incoherence is an automatic green light for sex. I can only hope that events like these, and continual education on sex and gender equality can perpetuate positive change. 

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Jose Guerrero

Take back the Night was a wonderful event. Personally it was an eye opener. This was the first time I have heard somebody speak about there experience of being rapped. The event was successful it was a huge turn out of students. Before the speakers spoke they was many booths around the free speech area with information about rape. What I also liked was the facts they had written on the ground with chalk. Overall I enjoyed the event happy that I was there to experience that.  

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Karanvir GIll

Karanvir Gill

Taking back the night was a wonderful experience because I learned so much, and without this class, I probably would have not gone to something like this. There was a great sense of community and group power as women grouped together to help others who have been victims of heinous acts like rape and harassment. There was also a couple of elderly ladies who sang songs about current issues about rights which was interesting and informative. What was also interesting was seeing the women who had been through rape herself. When addressing this incident, she was very powerful and inspirational. This was a great event.

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