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In the last 2 weeks of class we have been learning about gender in our culture. Female and males are focused by our society to be viewed as completely two different types of people. I definitely agree that men and women are pushed down only one path and known as "weird" to our society if it is any other way. In class we watched the video Tough Guise2 and I remember a scene when they showed guys watching a wrestling match and how riled up and crazy they got just because men were were fighting with other men. From time to time I see my brothers and dad watch wresting matches and they also get riled up and crazy. Also in movies especially towards little kids the  Disney movies create a certain environment of images that we grow up in and become used to. Then the images shape what we think we should understand about the world which is how men and women should act and look. You could see in all different clips how Disney movies are very guilty of portraying that. Masculinity and dominance is very clear in the films. This video we wanted also pointed out to be that when a character doesn't have a chiseled body he is always viewed as peasant, slave, and just over all not as important. 

Another thing we did in class was have a panel of lesbian and gay students talk about their life struggles with their sexuality. It really touched hearing their stories of coming out to their friends and family. It was honestly heart breaking hearing how people even their families didn't except just because they choose to live their life differently. One of my best friends is gay and will never or ever has be treated different than any other of my friends and thats how it should be for any other lesbian heterosexual or gay person. 

post 6 ways of seeing

During the last week during last we have learned about how technology and media has influenced us and our society around us. In class we watched an Oprah show on kids who have been neglected by their parents. When kids at a young age aren't exposed to society and don't have a father and mother figure to influence they don't mature like most kids in our society.It was sad seeing the condition she used to live her isolated from society until she got recused and adopted. I believe our parents are the biggest influence when we are growing up because they are the ones who raise us. We grow up watching our parents. I definitely wouldn't be the same person I am today without the influence of my parents. Then we watched a documentary called Consuming Kids, this documentary opened my eyes and made me realize that media doesn't have and doesn't even want to have any educational and valuable values to kids. They just come up with ways that will make their product sell the greatest amounts. They want kids to value their imagine and focus on what will make them "cooler." I remember as a kid I was never satisfied with the toys I had, I always wanted more and more. I always thought I needed to have the coolest toy out there. When I did the television experiment and sat with the television off I was staring at a blank black screen with a reflection of me in it. I couldnt even sit there to long without wanting to get up or turn the television on because it was so boring. By just a click of a button the blank black screen turned into a mesmerizing entertainment. I realized even though the television is turned on i'm still sitting in the same exact place looking at the same lifeless television. You're still there sitting doing nothing looking at the same screen except when its on the boring action of sitting there doesn't change.