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Recognizing Microaggressions!

During today’s plenary, I had fun, but at the same time saddened by all the microaggressions that exist in society. One thing to take into account is that microaggressions affect many minority groups and individuals on a personal level. I understand the feelings of jokingly being called out on because of my culture, but some individuals don’t realize that it’s not acceptable to do so. The part of the plenary, I liked the most was when many of my fellow classmates started sharing their experience and ideas on how to deal with microaggressions. Stopping microaggression, that existed for a long time, overall is going to take time and awareness. Awareness because how can a person stop making the same mistake, if they don’t realize it themselves?

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Loving Yourself & One Another!

Learning to accept and love who you are can be troubling, especially when you have the influence of the media and other individuals telling you otherwise. In the reading, “Love Your Fat Self”, it made me think, “Why, for the majority of individuals, do we judge one another based on appearance?” In the article, it talks about an obese woman facing criticisms of others, who don’t even know her. She tries her best not to be obese, but due to her medical condition, she is. Others treated her harshly because of her weight and failed to recognize her other wonderful qualities due to it. I know that I am at fault as well, in terms of judging, but not acting on it, whether I mean to or not. I have been trying my best to not do so and even catch myself when I do. I realized it is not easy, especially when you have been taught to judge others based on their appearance, but one can put in the extra effort in not judging others.

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Loving Yourself & One Another!

Learning to accept and love who you are can be troubling, especially when you have the influence of the media and other individuals telling you otherwise. In the reading, “Love Your Fat Self”, it made me think, “Why, for the majority of individuals, do we judge one another based on appearance?” In the article, it talks about an obese woman facing criticisms from others, who don’t even know her. She tries her best not to be obese, but due to her medical condition, she is. Others treated her harshly because of her weight and failed to recognize her other wonderful qualities, due to it. I know that I am at fault as well, in terms of judging, but not acting on it, whether I mean to or not. I have been trying my best to not do so and even catch myself when I do. I realized it is not easy, especially when you have been taught to judge others based on their appearance, but one can put in the extra effort in not judging others.

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Mothers without Options!

One of the issues in “Mothers are not ‘opting out’- they are out of options”, was women not having choices when it comes to being a mom. Why shouldn’t women get to experience the joys of being a mom and being able to keep their job or to least have this option? Why is it that men can get rewarded for having a family, but women, not really?

Throughout the readings and during the class discussion, I realized that there is a stigma, in general, towards mothers. Whether it is being a stay home mom, a married mom, or a single parent mom there will be comments. Comments ranging from, “You’re not trying hard enough”, “she won’t be dedicated”, or “she is living the good life”. Being a mother, in general, is no easy job because raising children into healthy fine adults takes work and dedication. Household work is work, so instead of negative comments, shouldn’t we appreciate the work mothers do, with support?

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Mothers without Options!

One of the issues in “Mothers are not ‘opting out’- they are out of options”, was women not having choices when it comes to being a mom. Why shouldn’t women get to experience the joys of being a mom and being able to keep their job or to least have this option? Why is it that men can get rewarded for having a family, but women, not really?

Throughout the readings and during the class discussion, I realized that there is a stigma, in general, towards mothers. Whether it is being a stay home mom, a married mom, or a single parent mom there will be comments. Comments ranging from, “You’re not trying hard enough”, “she won’t be dedicated”, or “she is living the good life”. Being a mother, in general, is no easy job because raising children into healthy fine adults takes work and dedication. Household work is work, so instead of negative comments, shouldn’t we appreciate the work mothers do, with support?

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Technology based on Gender

Based on the article, on enhancing a bra for the purpose of improving the health of women, I was amazed and thought, “this would really be of help”. Having a bra that would react based on what a woman is doing, so that it is more comfortable and beneficial, in the long run, was great. Now, there was another article on a bra for self-defense, even though I thought it would help, my class brought up the question, “Why do women have to protect themselves more than men?”

Okay, so I think it has something to do with the idea that women are viewed as damsels in distress bringing in the term weak, so women are easy to pick on. One idea in class that I thought was important was reinforcing the idea of keeping your hands to yourself and respecting one another simply because that is how things should be. Honestly, I like this idea and hopefully our future holds a safer environment for everyone.

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Technology based on Gender

Based on the article, on enhancing a bra for the purpose of improving the health of women, I was amazed and thought, “this would really be of help”. Having a bra that would react based on what a woman is doing, so that it is more comfortable and beneficial, in the long run, was great. Now, there was another article on a bra for self-defense, even though I thought it would help, my class brought up the question, “Why do women have to protect themselves more than men?”

Okay, so I think it has something to do with the idea that women are viewed as damsels in distress bringing in the term weak, so women are easy to pick on. One idea in class that I thought was important was reinforcing the idea of keeping your hands to yourself and respecting one another simply because that is how things should be. Honestly, I like this idea and hopefully our future holds a safer environment for everyone.

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Intersex does Exist!

While watching the documentary on individuals, who are intersex, I ended up having mixed emotions because I was happy to learn about intersex individuals, but sadden by the different types of struggles they had to face or are facing. I was not aware overall, that there are intersex individuals, which was, for me, really amazing. But sadly, the reasons for the lack of awareness mostly has to do with them not being part of what is considered the norm in our society. I believe intersex individuals should be allowed to decide the path they want to take. In order to help them, I feel like awareness is needed along with educating parents and helping parents understand that being intersex is not bad. Intersex individuals are individuals with emotions and aspirations, so why shouldn’t they be happy with themselves? I believe that in one way or another we are all different from one another, but that doesn’t make us bad or does it?