Today I am going to talk about how fraternities have taken sexual assaults’ lightly and are not receiving any punishments for their actions. Most people have heard of the protests that have been going on at the Theta Chi house at UMass. Students claim to have found a girl crying because she was roofied and … Read more
A problem that I don’t see brought up often enough is the horrible disparity between men and women in agriculture. In our always modernizing American society I feel a though sometimes we can lose sight of certain things such as the people who make our easily accessible market bought food so easily accessible. Agricultural fields … Read more
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/06/09/male-athletes-need-be-educated-about-sexual-assault-essay Within the NFL and even within the collegiate football world, football players have been profiled as being the ones to do the assaulting or in the case in which they actually did the act, they soon get the act erased from their profile as a pat on the back from their coaches to not … Read more
This article by the HuffPost discusses backlash to the #MeToo movement. We discussed in class and read about different negative opinions about and criticisms of the #MeToo movement. I was interested to see how these negative opinions and criticisms could negatively affect the movement’s progress in helping prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The article … Read more
Transgender men and women in sports is a highly debated topic. According to the NCAA Guidelines without hormone treatments they cannot play on female teams. Even with hormone treatments, they must continue to play on male teams until they complete a year of hormone treatments. So why is this? Assuming that men are inherently advantaged … Read more
Most girls our age played with Barbie dolls when we were little. We remember the ideal Barbie doll with blonde hair, blue eyes, perfect hour glass figure, the ideal picture of American beauty in the 1960’s. The Barbie doll creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli, a prostitute gag gift … Read more
Many have heard the news about the abortion ban happening in Texas. What does this mean for women? Texas law makers passed a law that bans abortion starting at six weeks, when they believe there is cardiac activity. There are many objections to this new law, and some say that the new law is unconstitutional. … Read more
It was very interesting and informing reading about how human trafficking has increased dramatically over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are many reasons that were brought up that explain how the pandemic causes teens and children to become more vulnerable to human trafficking. One reason that is that because of the economic hit, … Read more
Chosen article:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/17/uk-violence-against-women-police-report/ I found an interesting article about sexual assault and harassment on women, that is occurring extremely frequently in London. This article opened my eyes to a current crisis I did not previously know existed. In The United Kingdom, a woman is killed by a partner or ex-partner every three days. Three Fourths of … Read more
Recently, it has been trending news about what has been becoming of the new abortion laws in Texas. The Supreme Court set forth a new law that now bans women from being able to carry out an abortion after the sixth week into pregnancy. The decision was made with a 5-4 vote from Trump appointed … Read more