Author Archives: sociallyloco

As a child walking into a toy store was fascinating, from looking around seeing so many colors. I can remember when I was younger not knowing where to look. And even now if I go to a toy store I still get fascinated walking into one and getting to the toy section. As your inContinue reading “Required entry: JBC p. 207 Toy Store Observation”

Women have always been treated differently. Then by reading this it didn’t really surprise me because women in the military have always been a huge problem and there are so many things that happen in the military to women there society knows about and I can only imagine what else happens this society doesn’t knowContinue reading “(H) 518-534: Miller, Women in the MIlitary”

Before anything every person holds beauty within them. (: Every female we see in a commercial thinks that the person in charge thinks she is beautiful. But if we bring a gorgeous beautiful sexy woman to a man, yes. That man is going to be jaw open and drooling while daydreaming with her. But that’sContinue reading “(H) 341-348: Katz, The importance of being Beautiful”

“But what do you mean?” Women and men discuss many conversational issues that involve how they interact. These issues include apologies, criticism, thank-yous, fighting, praise, complaints and jokes. Tannen mentioned issues and discusses the ways men and women use, interact and manage the use of them. Tannen starts talking about how we see people interactContinue reading “(H) 192-198: Tannen, But What Do You Mean?”

A study was conducted on how the relation of gender and sexuallity were seen through a middle school student. Thorne and Luria research shows that segregation between girls and boys is extremely prevalent at an early age. Girls and boys behave differently among each other, and this is normal because they socialize differently. Boy interactionsContinue reading “(H) 180-191: Thorne & Luria, Sexuality and gender….”

Our society needs to stop making these assumptions that all girls want to keep up with their appearance. For many girls, that is mostly never the case. Most of these females want people to look far beyond their appearance and focus on their abilities, goals, aspirations and personality. Looks are not forever, but a characterContinue reading “(H) 173-179 Eder, On Becoming Female”

I found this reading interesting. The introduction of this chapter explains how we differ in gender on newborn babies. According to Henslin by birth it is determined what is supposed to be the biological terms and not on social inheritance. When we are born each of us arrive with an organ that distinguishes us fromContinue reading “(H) 161-172 Henslin, On Becoming Male”

A real woman has to be skinny, pretty, hourglass body, nice hair, color eye, big lips, white perfect teeth. According to society. But I believe real women come in all shapes and sizes. I know in today’s society beauty is considered fair skin, and being very thin. There is not one person out there thatContinue reading “(JCB) Chapter 11: Beauty/ideology and Intersectionality”

We are all born as either male or female, but in this chapter it starts as a guide. It states how kids have to become a certain way.  How colors and accessories make up a male or female as a child. How toys have to be different, a girl is pink and male is blue.Continue reading “(JCB) Chapter 7: Toys/ Gender, Sex and Sexuality”

What is race? As many of us know race is our roots, the culture we grew up in the region we grew up practicing. It’s from the place in which our ancestors come from. But many think of race as racist. Personally I dislike the word race. I rather use ethnicity rather then race. RaceContinue reading “Required entry: Race questions.”