Final blog post

I am very glad that I took this class.  It definitely opened my eyes to a lot of things in regards to femininity and masculinity and will definitely make me question things that I may have readily accepted in the past when I confront them in the future.  I just watched a TEDxTeen talk by Tavi Gevinson, a teen fashion blogger and creator of an online magazine for teenage girls.  Rookie magazine is not the "typical" magazine for a teenage girl, but a website and magazine that is meant to answer girl's questions and inspire them.  I think that it is a really great video to watch of a young feminist - and has a lot to do with our class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6osiBvQ-RRg#!

final blog

this class has been tough for me to pay attention to. but after midterm 1 I felt the class became more interesting as the topics were more dealing with issues in the current times. I feel for this class to be more engaging it needs to use the works of these famous authors and use some of the text and how its applicable in modern society.

through course

I would like to say this course give me a lot of thoughtful concept. And I have learned new information that I've never heard about before. 

Moreover, it is good to openly discuss about topic that currently and future problems. Not only woman but also man has to be change their conceptions. 

I enjoy through this course and I think great to taking this course especially who has strong stereotype in homosexuality, feminism, masculinity, etc.

Last Thoughts

After taking this genders studies class, I have to say that this class has help me open up more thoughts on gender and society. With this said, I am able to think more critically about gender issues. The reason that I took this class before was because I was interested in gender studies, however this class has help me explore the issues even more than any of the other classes I have taken before. Ever since I have taken this class, I have even talked about some of the topics we talked in class and discussed them with my friends. Even they too find these topics we learn in class to be very interesting.

One of the topics that I find to be very interesting is the idea on how feminism is a product of men that is fed to women by the media and society. The idea that men are now suppressing women through means of media and marketing has definitely altered my ideas of the subject in marketing.

SWMS

I've learned a lot of knowledge and ideas from this class. It provides me completely different perspectives when thinking about sex, gender and the relationship between men and women. Before taking this class, I can't even tell the difference between sex and gender; I could never connect gender issues with Marxism and probably would never consider the sex discrimination contained in my biology textbooks; I would never clearly understand the meaning of plastic surgeries, the labor, as well as the Disney fairy tales that I get used to. This class covers broad range of context, and I believe everyone will gain an interesting experience from taking this class  

Conclusion of What We Have Learned

I have to admit that this class is one of the most interesting classes that I have ever taken because it is not about theories, formulas, literature, or numbers. This is a class about what we are experiencing everyday but never notice at all. My favorite topics from this class include marginalization of masculinity and intergenerations as those are topics that I have never explored before. I have thought of the inequality created between different classes, races, and genders but the various combinations that come out even have more different effects on people. The idea of pink and princess for little girls is also new to me because as a female I was never fond of those Disney stories when I was little. I have watched many of those, but I always preferred a Japanese anime called Sailor Moon where a group of girls wearing sailor outfits and beating up monsters. On the other hand, I think the downside of this class is that as an introductory class, its instructions are a little bit vague in terms of grading guidelines and thinking directions while most students are new to these topics. In overall, I have learned a lot out of this class and think it is really beneficial to my mind.

Final thoughts

This class is very beneficial to me because it provides me with tools to analyze gender and social problems. One of the topics that caught my attention was the influence of capitalism on gender, particularly on female. I wouldn't know that pick was a color for boys if I have not taken this class. I realize that there will be gender inequality for both developed and developing countries; it is just a matter of how people are equipped to fight the problems. Last but not least, this class gives me a fresh perspective, as a male, to view the gender problems from a different angle. I am now more open to the discussion of LGBT topics than ever before.