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Anna Allen
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For this week, my interviewee told me about whether or not "feminist" is a bad word.  She says that people are generally pretty sensitive to anything associated with the word.  It's a sensitive issue, and the idea is that feminists are really sensitive and outspoken, which makes sense because they're trying to get the attention to get change.  However, people seem to view it as irrational, rather than seeing its similarity to civil rights and equality movements.  Instead of being seen as fighting for equality, they're perceived as fighting to make men the bad guys, which is why it's perceived that feminism is a bad word.

Last week she says she was doing an interview with her boyfriend and she says he was very ignorant because he hasn't been exposed to a lot of this.  He was of the opinion that feminism was a bad thing just because that was the general concept.  She argues that ignorance is what causes this misunderstanding, like the lack of people voting; they don't like change, so they don't keep up on what's important, they don't vote, and they don't pay attention.  She says if you stop paying attention to these aspects, you fall back on the way things were; she argues that even if we got to the point where women and men were entirely equal, we would still have to maintain vigilance, because otherwise it will just fall to the same inequality in some similar or new form.

She says that it is possible that the pendulum could swing the other way, and that the people who don't like feminism probably fear that very thing. 

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For the article this week, I read a Daily Beast interview of Natalie Dormer that discussed feminism as well as her roles in Mockingjay and Game of Thrones.  Dormer says that one of the things she really likes about Mockingjay is that the film actually represents women, with Katniss as the protagonist and with District 13's President Coin's being female.  The idea that President Coin's gender doesn't matter too much to the character is a positive thing, and shows that women are just as good as characters as men are, if given the opportunity to be.  Dormer is glad that film industry has started to figure this out.  That feminism is growing to be a bad word with younger people is something that she doesn't like, because she argues that feminism is about equality, not "a kind of militantism or a sense of female superiority." 

weekly participation

Lacey Missaghian

November 19, 2014

 For our in class interview this week we talked about the double standard that society seems to have on race activists and gender activists and why that may be. My interviewee stated that she believes race activists are more positively supported because of religion. She mentioned how in religion women are typically seen as less than men therefore the need to fight against the inequality was less legitimate because it isn't religiously supported. We talked about how religion supports the idea that men are superior. For example, in some religion women came from the rib of the man. Giving the idea that women is but only a minor fraction of what a man is or how women do most of the wrong in bible stories and men have to clean up the mess. These examples she gave support her idea of why people may think gender activists aren't as legitimate as race activists.

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Lindsay Ruiz

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Is feminism a dirty word? The person I interviewed said that she thinks it is a dirty word only because of the media. She said that the word shouldn't be changed to anything different because then it will bring more attention to females, in a bad way. She also talked about how people use the word to much and don't really know what it means, she even admitted that she really didn't know what the word meant.

JOSE GUERRERO 

My interviewee said she didnt think "feminist" was a dirty word. she said sometimes people dont know the full meaning of it. she said that the word or the meaning behind wouldnt get as bad as the US got with the civil rights movement. she said women still have ground to gain before they can cause national attention like that did. she also said that she believes in feminism but only to a certain extent. she believes in equal opportunity and pay but that doesnt mean it will stop her from making meals for her future husband or sacrifice time for work to do stuff for her future kids. she said that just comes from being a mother 

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Michael Nuci

My interviewee states that the word "feminist" should be changed to something more gender neutral. Feminists get stereotyped based on the word. A lot of people misunderstand the word and she states that feminists do not really address the meaning of who they really are and what the word really means. For the double standard, she thinks that there needs to be more time for the issues of feminists to really take part into society. More time needs to be given for these feminists to really be heard and understood. An important assumption was made by my interviewee of her mentioning that there has to be violence for people to realize that this is a serious issue. Martin Luther King Jr's voice and actions took a toll after he got shot. History always repeats itself and for feminism, it needs to be given more time. 

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Savanna Qualle-media participation

The person I interviewed and I both disagreed that feminism is a dirty word. She believes that is it the mere fact that people act in certain way and claim to be a feminist as an excuse to act in that way, when in fact the people acting this way are clearly not feminists. In this interview we discussed that most people do not know what a feminist is or what they stand for. Which means when people actually do not understand what feminism is, they are left to assume that the hearsay about what feminists are is true whether the hersay is true or false. She also concluded that it is not only your average people that influence the way that feminists are thought of, there is also a lot of horrible comments made and portrayed by the media that is a direct effect of people thinking that feminism is a "dirty" word.

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Is Feminism a dirty word?

My interviewee believes feminism is not a dirty word, but the media, people's misunderstanding of what the word means and represent, and how people have used the word have made it become a dirty word. People have come to associate the word with "crazy" people and extremists. My interviewee cited research videos that interviewed other people asking individuals if they supported feminism and if they were feminists. When people answered "no" the researchers would ask them follow up questions including why and if they people knew what the word feminism meant. After informing the people of the actual meaning behind the word feminism many people were left baffled and confused. Many changed their minds about supporting feminism, but wouldn't say they were feminists because the negative stigma that goes along with the word has become so prominent in today's culture and popular mass media.

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Diaz

Marisa Diaz

In our class interview my interviewee and I discussed the question if the word "feminists" is a dirty word and there were some interesting ideas brought up. My interviewee discussed the idea that she doesn't believe it is  a dirty word but brought up the idea that many might get that impression and feeling of the word feminist because of the lack of knowledge people may have on the subject. We discussed the ideas that many might now know the exactly feminists want and when in reality all they want is to be equal. However some might have the ideas that they want to be better. My interviewee also brought up the idea that maybe people don't give that much attention is because a is a group run by a majority of women and negative connotations are already imbedded. However my interviewee's conclusion is that if people where educated properly that the word wouldn't seem like a bad word but to my interviewee the word should not have a negative view.

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Mellott Participation

Kalena Mellott

This week my question to my  interviewee was if they thought that the word feminist was a dirty word.  My interviewee felt that feminism was not a dirty word but that sometimes people think that it is a dirty word because they misinterpret it.  She felt that a lot of people think that the word is about women who hate men and that they don't think about the actual meaning of the word which is desiring equality for women and men.  My interviewee also talked about the problem with the word possibly being the construction of the word feminism being so close to feminine and people seeing the word as only pertaining and empowering women.

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McDermott Participation

Heather McDermott Participation

When asked whether or not she believed that feminism was a dirty word, my respondent stated that she personally didn't think that it was a dirty word but that it's often portrayed as a dirty word. She goes on to say that when people hear the word feminist that people perceive them as someone who hates men and only wants women's rights. She believes that feminism means equality and that women won't be treated like commodities. Furthermore, she goes on saying that everyone wants to be treated equal and have a fighting chance in the world. She makes reference to the Constitution where it says "all men are created equal" and that it tends to be taken literally rather than for it to encompass everyone. In this she thinks it should be stated that all humans are created equal and if your human you should be treated the same. She also points out that there are different types of feminism and women perceive feminism in different ways. My respondent believes that it will be difficult to change people's perceptions on women's equality and points out that it's only been a few decades since women got the right to vote. She also believes that feminism should go a little further and allow men more equality in the sense of them being the homemaker and taking care of the kids without being put down by saying he's no longer a man by doing such things.

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Eskelsen Weekly Participation

This week's chapter and class discussion was on the gendered media. The interviewee chose to respond to the question, "Is feminism a dirty word?" She said that the word "feminism" is overused, and that the word itself should not be banned, only the overuse of the word. She says it has become a word that gets too much attention, such as "bae" and other words that made it on the Times "2014 words to be banned" list, so it has lost the proper meaning. She says she feels that the word scares people, and if the word "feminism" was renamed to something like "gender equality," then people would be more likely to embrace it.

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Cara Eskelsen

Brianne Wagner: Is Feminism a Dirty Word?

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My interviewee and I discussed whether or not we believe feminism is a dirty word. We took turns discussing what we thought on the subject and in her response, she said that although she does not believe it should be a dirty word, society has put a stigma on it and transformed "feminism" into a term that has many negative connotations. It is the negative thoughts about feminism that spread and cause others to be scared of the word. Even thought there are many people who believe that men and women should have equal rights and freedom and opportunity, they do not want to identify with the word feminist because they are afraid of the way that other people will see them. So the respondent did not believe feminism was a bad thing but she did express how the word "feminism" has taken on negative connotations and to much of society it has become a dirty word. I also agreed on the way feminism has come to be seen as a dirty word and it is mostly caused by individuals' fear of the connection they would have with it if they identified as a feminist. It is because many people forget about the past and choose to not see equality as a modern issue. When people think of feminism, they do not think of the issues of gender inequality but instead imagine the extremist feminists who have taken the ideas of feminism out of context and have come to be known as man haters. Those women are the ones associated with feminism and this is part of the reason why the term has become a dirty word. The ideas and beliefs behind feminism still stand and should be fought for daily, but perhaps the word "feminist" has lost its true meaning and we should look past the word and into the content of its beliefs.

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Margaret Klassen

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So in my interview I asked is feminism a dirty word. My interviewee said she did not think that feminism is a dirty word, but that it does have a negative connotation attached to it. Some people believe that it is a negative word and that it shouldn't be around any more. We also talked about equality for everyone and not just equality for men . The literal sense has been taken too seriously from the deceleration, all men should be treated equally. It should be all people should be created equally.

11/19/14 Participation

Stephanie Grieb

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For this week's in-class interview, we were discussing about the double standard that society seems to have on race activists and gender activists.  When race activists are shown in the media, they seem to be portrayed in a positive way as opposed to feminists who are portrayed as "annoying" or people who just "want to be better than men."  In my interview, the interviewee stated that in history, the issue of slavery has been portrayed as a bad thing whereas gender inequality has been overlooked throughout the years; it just seemed to be natural.  Also, the interviewee said that with race, mostly men are the ones who stand up for race equality and that could possibly be the reason why people listen to them more rather than feminists since they are mostly women.

Weekly Participation- Jessica Creager

For this weeks in class interview we had the option of asking two questions. The questions were "Is Feminist a dirty word?" and "Why is there a double standard for race activists vs. gender activists?". I told my interviewee she could chose either of the questions and she chose "Is Feminist a bad word?". She stated that she doesn't believe that feminist is a dirty word, at least not in her opinion. She says that this word means empowerment to her. She suggested that maybe others feel that way because of the negative stereotypes associated with the term. For example, that feminist are bossy or manly. She suggests that the reason why others feel this way about the term is because the did not get the proper information because a lack of education. The reason she believes it is not a dirty word because of the things she has been exposed to though women studies, etc.  Also, that people often associate feminist with the more extreme and severe feminists. The extreme feminists views might not be well accepted by the public, thus making people not want to associate with feminism in general. She also discussed how these extreme feminists are seen as what feminist represent, when in actuality they are only a small portion of the feminist group. 

Hernandez, Sara W/P #9

​This week in class we touched on the subject of gender in the media. We were given the following 2 questions to asked "Is feminism a dirty word?"and " Is there a double standard in race activism vs gender activism? and why ?"

My interviewee said that feminine isn't a dirty word, she said that its dumb that the people are trying to band the word feminine., because its not a bad word. She also talked about why gender activism isnt accepted as much as race activism. Se said that this might be because race activism are just more louder and different races are more likely to unite and create a larger group then gender activists groups.

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Leticia contreras

Nov 16,2014

sociology 131

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For this week's in class interview I chose to do an outside interview. The question I chose was ""Why do you think there aren't more women in politics?" My interviewee said she feels as though women think that they will not be able to fill a man's position. She also used the example of Hilary Clinton, her strong determination is what got her far in politics. She feels as though women are intimidated by how much men dominate politics and it is possible they feel as though they will fail.  If more women were confident enough to get into politics they would be just as successful, it would just take determination. Being feminine is a trait they can sometimes see as weak, when it is just a natural habit of women. In class we talked about how true this is, indeed women are more feminine compared to men but it does not make them incompetent for politics.

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Class interview

Álvaro Sosa

Class Interview from 11-10-104

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Why aren't there more women in politics?

The interviewee answered the above question by bring up the example of how Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Palin were criticized not by what they possessed as candidates to the presidency in 2008 but rather by their gender.  Palin was the feminine and Clinton was the masculine image of the campaign. The interviewee blames this to the media which depict the common stereotypes against women instead of their attributes as professionals. The interviewee does not care about what the candidate is wearing; whether they are using perfume or a tie. She cares about the stand that the candidate will take in topics that affect her life as a citizen. She believes it is shame that women who are in the media are still projecting such stereotypes through their messages instead of speaking out and stopping them. So media and the fact the media is accepted is a big contributor to the ceiling glass that women face. She does not believe that the menstrual cycle of a woman should to hold her back in any career. It is fact that males have a stronger network because they have been in politics much longer which in politics is very necessary to run for an office. She dislikes this old network and would like to have the whole government cleansed to restart again. There is no excuse that can be made to stop women as equal as men in the realm of politics. 

Erin Cavazos - Weekly Participation

Erin Cavazos

Weekly Participation

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This week I asked my interviewee how law would be different if congress would be different if it was 80% women instead of 80% men. He explained that he doesn't believe it would be different because government is run by who provides the funds. Even if congress was made up primarily by women, it would still benefit men more if men were the ones funding the government. He explained that in order for law to change the financial supporters would also have to be women or at least have the same views as women. Congress is just the face of law while the financial supporters are the law. His view is that money is the true controlling factor of the law. Who ever has more money will have a bigger impact on the government. 

Weekly Participation

Ricardo Navarro

My interviewee felt that more women are not in politics because old ideologies are still dominant within the views of the American people. She felt that at the beginning of American history, the nation was dominated by males. These thought processes seem to have survived throughout history and still exist as prejudice today. She also feels that women at first did not really want to be a part of politics because their way of thinking was different in the early 1900's. Now, more Women are making the effort to join politics. Because of the accelerated effort, she feels that more women will make their way into politics as America continues on into the 21st century.

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Nick Nakashian Weekly Participation

During my interview, my interviewee discussed why there is such a lack of women in politics. My interviewee felt that one reason is that women have a disinterest in politics. Being that it is such an overbearing field and so time consuming my interviewee feels that women simply do not have the time or resources to engage in the filed. It is such a large commitment that there is not much of a payoff for entering politics for women. 

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Weekly participation - Lindsay Ruiz

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How would you feel if Congress's was 80% women instead of 80% men? The person I interviewed stated that it would be better because women are more understanding and have many different points of view because overthink. They tend to have different opinions about life and men tend to all think the same. There might be a few arguments here and there but in the end it would be for the better because you would know that each thing would be thought through. It should be equal because there shouldn't be any bias opinions towards men or women.  

Brianne Wagner: Gender in Politics

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I asked the respondent what he thought would be different in our country if the 80 percent of legislation was made up of women instead of men. He answered that because of the "motherly instinct" that women have, the regulations and policies would be more strict due to their instinct to have situations controlled. I asked him what would be different in terms of the laws specifically and he replied that he believed the laws would be the same but the way they are carried out and followed would be more strict because of the female instinct for things to be that way. I followed up with asking him if the gender inequality that is dominant in many of the institutions of our society would be resolved but he believes that the gender inequality is not as dominant as many people perceive it to be. He does not believe that the presidential election and campaigning process is as masculine as I described it to be and said that the candidate best fit and best controlled under pressure will be chosen. It is not based on their masculinity but their ability to handle the pressure.

Weekly Participation 11/16/2014

Brandon Guthier

Sociology: Sex and Gender

Timothy Kubal

November 16, 2014

This week's interview question had to do with how participants thought about same-sex bathrooms and changes in the House of Representatives. This relates to the topic of how sex and gender is affected to politics, because the question was: What do you think would happen if the House featured 80% of women inside it inside of 80% men? My interviewee's response was that it could affect certain hot topics such as abortion. The topic of abortion would actually be voted on by women instead of the seemingly appropriate and intellectual men who voted on it in 2012. The interviewee also responded saying that topics such as the minimum wage would see more equalized gap between the sexes if women dominated the House instead of men. The question about how they view same-sex bathrooms was a tricky question for my interviewee. She explained that the restroom is a place for conversation, especially for women. they use it as a way to talk to their friends about personal topics without having to worry about men dropping in on them. Transgenders are harder to deal with when it comes to deciding which bathroom they should use. Ultimately, the interviewee concluded that whichever sex they are identified as should be the type of restroom they are allowed to use, and if they had the choice to choose between allowing for same-sex bathrooms or keeping bathrooms separated by sex, the interviewee would keep bathrooms segregated. This would keep people from feeling uncomfortable about a possible transgender being in the same room with them in a place as personal and private as a restroom. 

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Weekly Participation - Peter Rice

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This week, my interviewee and I discussed how laws would be different if congress was 80% female, instead of the other way around. My partner said that social issues would be more balanced, and that we would see much less discrimination. We had a conversation about how women are more sensitive to issues of oppression because women have been oppressed by men for such a long time. She went on talking about gay rights, abortion rights, birth control, etc. She believed that gays would have an easier time marrying, and that marriage equality would be in existence in every state. We also discussed that women would have an easier time accessing abortions, and that traditional points of view would be much less prevalent. Additionally, birth control would be covered under insurance without question. We essentially came to the same conclusion that the United States would be better off if congress had more women.

Savanna Qualle

This interview discussed women's involvement in politics. Women's involvement in politics is not very known of. He believed this was because women were in a way scared of the world of politics. Scared meaning that they didn't want to be scrutinized for everything that they did, along with having to fulfill the expectations placed upon them by people in the politics world.

In Class Participation

In my interview I asked my interviewee how would laws be different if congress was 80% more women than 80% men and she said that we would have more liberal laws because women vote more democratic. Then I went on to ask what do you think about all the religious women that want political office and though it was said to be a good question; hopefully they can put their religious views aside. She said a lot of the women in politics that she has seen have been democratic and that overall laws would be more liberal because women have been conditioned to be more sympathetic. 

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Ashley Trembley

Sosse Kendoyan

Sosse Kendoyan Weekly Participation

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How would laws be different if congress was 80% women instead of 80% men? My interviewee thinks that there would be a lot more gender equality and the government would be more concerned about female's  health like providing free pads and tampons, or free contraception and birth control pills. Also, since women are running the government, my interviewee thinks that abortion clinics would maybe be more available, where abortions wouldn't even be a controversial issue by the society anymore, but instead it would be women's privacy and women's rights sort of thing. As for changing the laws, there would be more family structure and government funded childcare services since women are running it.

Weekly Participation

Lacey Missaghian

One of this weeks interview topics really got me second guessing my opinion on integrated restrooms. My interviewee was a male and his opinion on the topic didn't surprise me as much as his reasoning behind his choice. Though we both agreed to being against integrated restrooms his point of view was more sympathetic to the concerns of women. He spoke about how bathrooms are like designated club houses for women. How they can get away from their dates and gossip, refresh, ask advice or just relax and be with the girls. Almost like the girls room is a safe haven for all women. Though I understand that is a over generalization I can also relate and understand why he may think that way. Many times when out, particularly at bars, a sisterhood develops in the restroom. For women, supporting one another isn't as common as we would hope. We spoke in class how women are less likely than men to vote for a female president. I know I am suppose to think that segregating the restrooms according to sex is just perpetuating this whole male domination issue which it maybe but I more strongly support and want to preserve those nights I've spent in the restroom with just all women complimenting and helping one another.To me solidarity among women must be strong before we can truly gain equality among sexes.. 

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Hernandez, Sara W/P #8

This week in class we discussed the issue about gender in politics. We were asked to interview and ask them one of the 3 questions on the board. I asked the following question to my interviewee.  "Why do you think there aren't more women in politics?" My interviewee said that since the majority of men have been and are in politics they sort of rule that are. She said they are like watchdogs and guard their territory, not only from women but from women especially.  She said that it is difficult for women to be in politics because they are judge in any way. For example people wasn't their people in politics to be masculine, but when a women is masculine they judge her for not being feminine enough, and if she shows any kind of feminine characteristics she is seen as weak.

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Quintanilla

Cynthia Quintanilla

How would laws be different if Congress was 80% women rather than 80% men?

The person I interviewed thinks things would change but not too much. My interviewee believes that women are stereotypical of other women and hold beliefs that women are incapable or have no interest in politics. She says that if they were to hold office more they would likely side with conservatives. She believes women would, however, be pro gay marriage because of their sympathy and mothering nature and be against things like the death penalty. She believes our abortion laws would still be the same and be restrictive of birth control. 

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Mellott Participation

Kalena Mellott

This week I asked my interviewee the question of why there are not more women in politics.  My interviewee immediately said it is because politics is male dominated and that is how it has always been.  The interviewee said that these high positions were only seen as available for men and that women were not trusted to be able to hold these high positions, and this view was due to the inequality that women face in society.  She felt that the way that men are seeing as having to be able to take care of the women and the home and this a reason that men are seeing and portrayed as more qualified for higher political positions.  She does not think that this is how it should be though.  She says men and women are equal in her opinion and that women could do just as well if not better than men in high political positions.

Eskelsen Weekly Participation

This week's topic was the gender of politics and the politics of gender. My interviewee chose to respond to the question, "Do you think that same-sex bathrooms should be allowed?" The interviewee said that he believes that it is not a great idea to have same-sex bathrooms that both men and women could use at the same time, and that men would be more likely to put hidden cameras or other infringements of privacy in these restrooms. Essentially, it would be a safety hazard to women. He also said that men are very messy when they use the restrooms, so it would be a cleanliness issue for women who would use these restrooms. He said eventually, he thinks we will see third restrooms emerging in public places for transgendered people.

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Cara Eskelsen

McDermott Participation

Heather McDermott Participation

When asked what she thought about same sex bathroom my respondent said that she thought in one way it was a good thing since it would promote equality between genders since they would be sharing the same bathroom. However, she goes on to say that on the flip side it can have some negative consequences. She states that not all men would be good in a same sex bathroom because they may try to take advantage of women due to the possibility for peaking, abuse, or rape. When asked why more women aren't in politics she responded by saying that there are people who think that women aren't capable of being politicians. She goes on further to say that there are people who think that women are emotional and weak thereby making them unable to handle the problems that can happen in politics or be able to make good decisions. She doesn't believe that politics require women to be more masculine, but that they should be able to control their feelings more.

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My interviewee and I discussed the question of, why are there not as much women in politics? 

In our interview, my interviewee said that she believes men are afraid of women being leveled with them. And that men, just plain do not want women to be equally powered with them. It makes them look inferior. I though this was pretty interesting how this interview went because she also said that guys in power did not really accept women to be with them. She also then said that women should support other women when running for politics. I responded with saying that when there are women running for something, most times women do not vote for other women. She responded by saying that other women do not really feel women are strong enough to run for a position that controls lots of power. But her personal belief is that both men and women are equally competent in running and controlling a political position. 

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Weekly Participation

Michael T. Olague

During last week's in class interview prompted three questions to my interviewee: if gender mattered in their workplace, If there was a wage gap within their workplace and the experiences with their parents in dividing up the wage earning labor within their own home. In regard to Gender in the workplace my interviewee discussed her perception working for a pizza/kids fun center as well as a large corporate coffee company. Regarding the pizza place she mentioned that women where the ones who typically were party hostesses while the males worked the kitchen. She added that customers felt more comfortable that their children were watched by a female. At the large coffee shop however she observed that workload was divided quite evenly between males and females. Moving on to wages she never saw anything that seemed as if women earned less than men. She got all the hours she asked for however, that perception isn't broad enough to make any static conclusion. When discussing her parents and their contributions towards the household finances she noted that her Father contributed the majority of finances earlier in the interviewees life while he served in the Navy while the mother stayed home. As the Dad retired however, he now earns less off retirement and the Mother earns more due to her working as a nurse. 

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Labit: women in Politics

I asked my interviewee why he thought there weren't more women in politics. His opinion was that it is the median portrayal of women to their detriment as well as the old-boys club involved in running for any position of power that really hold women back in the government field. The amount of money it takes to get your name on the ballot in a meaningful way also puts women at a disadvantage. The established old boys club gives money to they people hey already know and trust: these people are men. While it may never happen, maybe the best thing to do to level the playing field is to not watch TV. My interviewee said this in jest. He did say the public has to tell the media we are tired of their insistent negative portrayal of women in power was said seriously. 

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Weekly Participation- Jessica Creager

This week my I asked my interviewee two questions. First I asked how the laws would change if women made up 80% of politics beside men making up the 80%. She stated that she believes there would be less stigma against women about being able to be in a powerful political position. She also mentioned that those stigmas might be transfer to men since they were now the minority. Also, it could be possible that the shift from a majority male to female profession, that politics would then be considered a less respected profession. She mentioned that if women were the majority, less money would be spent on campaigning for elections. The I asked why more women were not in politics. She again referred to the stigmas placed on women stating that they cannot be in power. She stated that men in power was more of a "traditional" thing. For example, would you have a first man instead of a first lady, would she have to be married? The progression, or lack there of, in politics is also a historical trend. There was a black president before a women president, similar to how women did not get the right to vote until later.  

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Erin Cavazos - Weekly Participation

Erin Cavazos -Weekly Participation

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This week I asked my interviewee :"Women often put their careers on hold for their families.  How did your parents organize their work lives and what were the consequences for each person?" My interviewee explained that his parents switched off working throughout his life. At first his dad worked while his mom stayed home, then his dad stayed home while his mom worked. This trend continued on and off throughout his life. His parents never really focused on a career so they were able to take turns working. The one thing his mom never did was complete college but that was not be cause of motherhood, it was a mutual decision made by his parents. He said that he did like the way he was raised because he got to spend a lot of time with both of his parents. I asked him if he was closer to his mom or dad and he said that he was equally close to both of them. He explained that he feels lucky that he got to spend so much time with both of his parents. 

Weekly Participation

Ricardo Navarro

My interviewee explained that neither her mother or father put their careers on hold. Most of the time they all worked together. . Her mother has always worked a regular nine to five job and has never put her career on hold. Her father has always worked a nine to five job and he never put his career on hold either. Both parents worked extensively in order to make money. If the parents were not working regular jobs they were both focused on flipping houses for profit. Her father was a real estate investor so they frequently bought and sold houses. She explained that her family organized work by working alot. On weekends, their family outings consisted of repairing and fixing houses. They occasionally went camping but their parents lives were mostly engulfed by work. For my interviewee's parents the consequences in the workplace were not severe for either gender. They are both very successful in their profession.

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Michael Nuci

The interviewee stated that her father always had the more permanent job compared to her mother. For that, her mother had more time to take care of her and her siblings. Her mother had a job where it was not a problem if the husband had to move for work. The division of labor among her father and mother was an equal one, said my interviewee. But if the father had to move for work, they would move but it would not be a problem because the mother had a job that she can find almost anywhere. 

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karla cuevas

This week I let my interviewee pick a question and she picked the following question. How do men and women differ in your workplace? How does gender matter?

She said she works for subway which is a franchised restaurant and through the years shes worked there she has noticed that her bosses do not hire men. When thye look to hire they always hire women and when she has asked if they ever higher men they simply say yes but they go on and just hire women. I asked why does she think that is and she said she really doesn't know that she thinks its maybe because her bosses think women are cleaner and can make better sandwiches than men. she also said that she found it strange that they were looking through applications and they asked her about a certain application because the applicant had a unisex name which make it strange. Gender does matter in her work place if your not a girl chances are you will not get hired.

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Nesenia Gonzalez

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                Today my interviewee asked to give her the question about the differences man and women get at the work place. For her she used to work at a Mexican Restaurant. Only one male worked as a waiter, but he only got the morning shifts because he did not work as hard as the others. She did get hid on by the man. Some of them would even ask her to go tell people things and they would give her a 60 dollar tip. As for my own experience Mexican restaurant can have many drunken males that will get to close to you and tell you things you wish they never said.

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.

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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.