In a new article published today by Mother Jones, the wage gap is broken down. This is something that we have looked at over and over again in our own society, but this article looks at one of the most egalitarian countries in the world-Denmark. Though the Danes are relatively equal in most areas, the … Read more
This semester, I will be researching how wedding traditions reinforce heteronormativity and gender inequality. In this post, I will be sharing Tamara Sniezek’s article, Is It Our Day or the Bride’s Day? The Division of Wedding Labor and Its Meaning for Couples. The abstract is provided below: Based on qualitative interviews with southern California heterosexual … Read more
This scholarly article written by Christopher R. Murray discusses the need to reassess the legislation surrounding sexuality in the state of North Carolina. Murray uses the case study of Teresa Pope to argue that the vague nature of the statues allows for considerable wiggle-room for the court’s interpretation of a crime, even when case law … Read more
I’m With Her: ‘We’re about camaraderie, not Hillary’ I ran across this article about a band titled “I’m With Her” that had its name well before Hillary coined the phrase for her 2016 presidential campaign. Despite not being associated with the campaign, it seems their messages are similar. I’m With Her (the band) discusses their … Read more
This semester I’m interested in exploring the role of the women in postconflict societies because after 60 years of conflict, my country –Colombia has started the post-conflict stage but so far it has no been clear what role is playing the women in the reconstruction. In this paper, Goetz and Jenkins(2016) from the framework of … Read more
The second article I chose for my research paper is Understanding the Complexities of Responding to Child Sex Trafficking in Thailand and Cambodia. According to the researcher Davy (2014), child sex trafficking takes place in all Southeast Asian countries. There are higher numbers of child trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region. This includes countries such … Read more
Conflicting Interpretations of the Bible Substantive Blog Post #2 Biblical Feminisms: Knowledge, Theory, and Practice in the Study of Women in the Hebrew Bible I have selected Biblical Feminisms: Knowledge, Theory, and Practice in the Study of Women in the Hebrew Bible by Esther Fuchs as the second article for my final paper. In this … Read more
Substantive Blog Post #2 Well-qualified women continue to be under-promoted and under paid. American women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Men hold more of the top jobs and they’re better paid for their efforts. A man and woman might hold the exact same position and perform the same duties within … Read more
This is a powerful story of how the experience of being undocumented can affect one’s mental health. So many discussions about the Florida shooting are about mental health as a causal factor. But what about mental health as the result of unjust social policies, over-policing, and broken laws? “What Happened to Norma’s Brain?” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/undocumented-immigrants-ptsd_us_5a74e117e4b06ee97af29715
As many of you may know, the winter olympics have kicked off in Pyeongchang. What you may not know is that women in one of the sports just received a chance to play in the olympics. After years of struggling for equality in the olympics, women ski-jumpers were given a chance to compete. The women … Read more