After watching the documentary Forbidden: Gay and Undocumented and reading portions of the Pathways of Desire text for class, of particular interest to me was understanding why gay men migrate to other countries. As I was looking into this topic I stumbled across this article, which details the fleeing of two men from Russia due … Read more
Based on an article published by the BBC, PepsiCo has hinted at launching a new line of chips that would be more suitable for women to snack on. These chips would be able to “fit in a handbag” and reduce “how loudly the crisps crunch when eaten.” Later in the article, the company has stated “‘don’t … Read more
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/naomi-parker-fraley-dead-rosie-the-riveter-dies-died-age-96-tulsa-oklahoma-second-world-war-poster-a8174876.html As Facebook and all news articles were in a frenzy January 20th, 2018, the believed face behind the Rosie the Riveter, Naomi Parker Fraley, died at 96 years old. It is in these moments that we reflect on their life and the events and actions that led to her becoming an inspiration to women … Read more
With discussion of gender roles, perceptions, and inequalities trauma is bound to be a part of the conversation. Even in our discussion of Nisa, the Life and Words of a !Kung Woman, trauma of weaning experienced by young children was a topic of conversation. Although a gender-neutral trauma found among !Kung children, it illustrates the … Read more
https://www.thenation.com/article/ten-things-end-rape-culture/ I was recently reading an article published in The Nation, titled Ten Things to End Rape Culture. I agreed with everything the article mentions yet I believe that it was missing what I believe is the most important factor to ending rape culture; that is a change of name. Culture from an anthropological definition … Read more
This new memorial will open in Montgomery Alabama this year, and it has some unusual aspects to it: https://eji.org/national-lynching-memorial We have studied Ida B. Wells Barnett’s campaign to end lynching and the stark descriptions of those cases. I wonder how she would respond. And in case you didn’t know, in 2005, the U.S. Congress did … Read more
https://www.dailywire.com/news/26478/grammys-show-metoo-might-be-about-stopping-abuse-ben-shapiro# Harriett Martineau was one of the founders of sociology who, along with a host of other women, has unfortunately been written out of the established canon. She argued that one of the sociologist’s roles is to identify and explain inconsistencies between a society’s morals (values) and manners (patterns of actions) – essentially assessing whether … Read more
After traveling to India and meeting women who were forced to sell their bodies in order to provide for their families, Shannon Keith decided to invest $25,000 of her own money to make a change. Embracing the beautiful patterns of the culture in India, she created a business model that would employ these impoverished women … Read more
Greetings to all of you. It is great to see your faces there! Dr. Susan Pearce
I found the article titled “The Reasons Why White Women Vote Republican—And What to Do About It” to be a very interesting analysis on voting behavior in the United States. I think this article brings into focus an interesting perspective on the effect that religion and marriage can have on the voting behavior of white … Read more