Friday, February 5, 2010
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Do some browsing on http://community.feministing.com/ (this is the "community" section of Feministing.com), and find a post that's interesting to you. You might pay particular attention to the column on the right that says "Community Faves This Week." Copy and paste the name of that post onto your comment and then say what you like about the posting you have chosen. Have fun.
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What's Wrong With Abstinence Only?
ReplyDeleteby Barbara J. Berg
I found this interesting because it relates to what we have been talking about in class. I have to agree with Barbara J. Berg, that abstinence does not delay teen sexual activity. A lot more teens are having sex and they need to be informed on safe sex rather than abstinence. I think we need to start teaching teens about safe sex because no matter what we do they will have sex and they need to know how to be safe. Even cases of STD's have gone up since abstinence only programs started. So there must be something wrong with abstinence only programs, if the pregnancies rates and STD's cases are going up. We need to help teens stay safe thats the bottom line in my opinion.
Amanda DeBates
Super Bowl Sunday and Domestic Violence.
ReplyDeleteI found this article interesting because I have never heard that Super Bowl Sunday is the day with the most domestic violence. In the articel it says there are no statistics proving it but I can see why people might belive it. Super Bowl Sunday is a big day for drinking and a competitive day. Most men are very competitive and when something dose not go there way, like there team not winning, and there drinking things could end badly. If its that kind of man they could take there anger out on thier wives, girlfreinds, children, ect. I also was interested in this articel because it gives advise on what to do if on Super Bowl Sunday someone needs help to get away from domestic violence.
Melissa Steinberg.
Melissa--I'm glad you chose this post. There is still controversy over whether or not domestic violence rises on Superbowl Sunday.
ReplyDeleteI read the post on Superbowl Sunday and DOmestic Violence. I never heard this before but it some what makes sense to me. For Superbowl Sunday people drink before, during, and after the game and there is alot of gambling going on and people loose money and can become angry. If a women is scared that her husband will hit her on Sunday I do believe people should help her and give her somewhere to stay for the night; however, if you think your husband or boyfriend is going to hit you then you should not be with them at any time. This is a dangerous situation and women should really try to get more help to get out of the violent situation all together.
ReplyDeleteKimberly Matejka
I also read the article of the Super Bowl and Domestic Violence and I think some men just need to control themselves. The majority of men need to relax, first it’s just a game, big deal, life goes on win or lose. Second how does it affect you, if you are not liking the game, don’t watch it. I think a lot of people need to be in restraints while watching the game or watch it somewhere else. Don’t take anger out on something that doesn’t affect you. It’s just a sporting event like any other thing on television.
ReplyDelete-Jason Renacido
Go Topless! A National Organization for the Equal Right of Women to Go Topless!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I used to think about this double standard all the time when I was little. Why is it okay for men to walk around outside on a hot summer day topless, and not women? Are breasts sexual, or just things used for breastfeeding? There are cultures around the world that don't condemn topless women, and this shows that it's simply our society that has sexualized that part of the body. I've heard somewhere that it's okay (but risque) for women to show as much breast as they want in public as long as no nipple is showing. Well, why not? Men can flaunt their useless nipples all they want and we can't? This GoTopless organization is such an interesting group; I'd like to follow their protest stories for a while.
-Emily Janas
Attn: Rep Hunter, Intersex People CAN Serve in the Military...that one really got my attention, being a veteran myself. In my particular position, I was in contact with a lot of records that would be interesting for Mr. Hunter. Intersex individual can, and do, serve the military. And like the video linked in the post mentions, this has been the same for a very long time. I just find it interesting how politicians will conveniently not mention certain facts when making their statements. Specifically those statements that are based on a personal conviction regarding a controversial topic. It also mentions how the same Mr. Hunter believed that allowing members of the GLBT community to serve would harm unit cohesiveness. I believe, Mr. Hunter, the same was once said about allowing women to serve and from my experience, women are doing quite well. While yes, there is the incidences of rape in the military, and it is higher than in civilian populations, the SOCIAL punishments for it are even more severe in the military than anywhere else. Why? Because those women are part of the team, the family sort to speak. Very much the same as those serving now who are gay. Do people know about their gay or lesbian comrades? Usually, yes. A majority of the military knows all about the intersexed, or gay members in their unit and because they are a closely knit team, everyone helps them by keeping this information away from those that would abuse it in some way. So would allowing intersexed people into the military be a bad thing? Well seeing as how they already ARE allowed to serve, no, it wouldn't be. Would it be bad to allow gay people to serve? They already do, you, Mr. Hunter, just don't know it.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Barnes
Super Bowl Sunday and Domestic Violence.
ReplyDeleteI read the article about Super Bowl Sunday and Domestic Violence and I became very disturbed because this is something I have never heard of. I dont understand how people get angry over a game. Especially a game that there not even playing in.
I found the article about the Super Bowl Sunday was very disturbing. It states that men are more violent to their spouse or loved one when Super Bowl Sunday comes around. I think that an activity does not make a man or anyone in that matter to be disturbing because if a man hits a women, then he is an abuser or symptom of being one. Men who do this make all of us men look bad because it's bad enough as it is that women thinks we are overpowering them with work and some better activities that they don't get to do. So Domestic Violence can be cured and men should just watch what they say or do because it will only make themselves look bad and not the women.
ReplyDeleteSigned Nyles Wortham is pooh2pooh90nyles sorry :-)
ReplyDeleteI thought Parents, Media Going "OMG" Over "Sexting" was interesting, it’s a growing concern for many people with teens that have cell phones. the thing that most people don’t understand is that 'sexting' is that it’s a permanent if you send something out everyone can see it. I agree with the statement said that “As for teens & sexuality, there's no magic answer. Plenty of kids, regardless of abstinence-only, or comprehensive sex ed, engage in risky, or poor sexual practices.” Sexting” is just another thing to add to the list of things a kids do that we don’t approve of. No one wants to think that their teen is having sex but sooner or later they will have done it. It’s just something else I think we should talk to our kids about like the birds and the bee’s.
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Kendra Owens is Kj, sorry i forgot to sign my name...
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