Gender panel

Today in sociology we had a few students come and talk to us about lbgtq. That is lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, and questioning. It was truly amazing to hear all these stories about my fellow classmates lives and how they have dealt with this theoughout their entire life. It's not easy to come in front of a lot of people and talk about something so vulnerable. It kind of made it easier to understand what people are actually going through and how tough the process can be and how even just a single word like "fag" could hurt someone so badly. This panel today made me become more sociologically mindful towards those going through the confusion and trying to figure out who and what they wanted to be. I realized everybody is an individual and no matter what everybody should be treated the same no matter what gender you may be. This talk was truly inspiring!

This week in sociology we have been watching a lot of videos on masculinity. We having showing the overall trend of how our society works and now men and woman need to act in it. Mostly, we've been focusing on boys and how starting at such a young age they were told that they need to be tough and they need to "act like a man" and show no weakness. This is a leading cause in violence because boys try to act so tough they think that violence is the answer. Even those are aren't tough get bullied and in end they try to show the world they can be man and they aren't "soft" and end up killing people to show that masculinity. I believe that this will not change anytime soon. Change takes time but I think it's also up to the person if they even want to change. It's hard showing emotions for some people and it will be a real challenge but I think time will tell and eventually our society will become a better place.

Socialization round 2

This week in sociology we have continued to talk about socialization and how it shapes the way you are. We did the TV assignment and it really showed me how consumed out society has been with television. For one of the steps it was to watch someone else watch tv and I watched my dad. It was just so crazy that I never realized what were doing when were watching tv. He was totally spaced out he barely blinked and I'm pretty sure his mouth was open for most of the time. We never realize because we are so consumed in it, the tv takes control over us. So when I had to think about what really shaped me I first thought of my family because they are a huge influence in my life but then I thought about the tv. Most of the time when I'm home I'm watching tv and when I'm not watching tv I find myself talking about it and all the shows I watch and all the characters I like and don't like. It takes over my life!!! This lesson really taught me I need to get some priorities straight...

Socialization

This week in sociology we learned about socialization and nature and nurture. We learned that for us humans right after birth we become aware of things around us because we have the ability to be caucious. We also need interaction in order to able to gain that awareness and consciousness. Interaction with other humans and to be given the care we need right after birth, whether it's being in a safe place or even just given food. We have watched and read about people who didn't exactly get that care and in the end they don't have that awareness and consciousness. They are called wild child's. They are secluded and don't have normal interactions that normal humans have they don't know how to function and end up having long term problems do to neglect. This has taught me that we need to be nurturing towards people and we need to have interactions in order to survive.