Blog Number Two

For this next blog I interviewed my mom. She is my biggest role model and someone I really look up to. My mom is 47 years old, a mom of three and a kindergarten teacher. When I interviewed her I asked her what were some of her experiences with gender, she told me that being a kindergarten teacher most of the people she works with were women so she was never really in a position to be compared to a man. She has had both a female and male principal and she said that she really could not tell a difference as to whom was better. She said that they were both very understanding that she was also a mom and not just a teacher. My moms responds to what is feminism was that women were to be equal to men in all areas of life. She said that one event that made her conscious of her gender was having kids. She said that did not know how hard the job would be with being a mom and having a job. She said the hardest part was keeping everything balanced.

My response to the readings was the women have changed a lot over time. The teenage girls today live in a whole new world compared to their moms. We have a lot more to deal with such as size and peer pressure. Our moms did not have near the pressure to be thin as we do. In chapter three of the F-Word, when Gurley Brown interviewed some women about sexuality, I don't agree with what they are saying about showing your sexuality is good. I do believe a woman should dress like a woman but in today's society girls have taking that to a huge extreme. When I see what some girls are wearing these days its almost sickening. I think that women should dress lady like and yet they can still show their feminine side. I think that the media has played a huge role in how the clothing styles of even little girls has changed. It could also be that I have grown up in a home where my dad would never let me walk out of the door dressed like some of the girls today dress.

In the article taking sides, I found that men and women do have a lot of different qualities. In the article it talked about how boys seem to be more aggressive and competitive. I found that very true, I can remember at recess all the girls would swing or walk around and talk while all the boys played football and soccer. I remember everyday after recess all the boys talking about who won and who scored how many points. I never really thought about the difference until I read this article to me it was how it always had been. Also the paragraph that talked about how women are the more nurturing ones I believe that is also very true. Girls always seem to be more interested in children and little babies. I thought that the article was very interesting and i found a lot of points that I believe with.