Hey everybody,
I want to start out by saying that I am really enjoying this class, I kind of signed up for it on a whim. I have never taken a class having to do with women’s studies so to be perfectly honest I did not know what to expect. I am hoping that this class will open my eyes to the world around me and give me the ability to see it for what it is instead of the world’s view of how it should be. Through the readings that we have discovered so far this semester I have taken many things from them for each a different reason of course. I do not think that I will ever understand fully why there is such a double standard between women and men. I know that I have experienced it firsthand many times growing up. The rules always seemed to change after they did not affect me anymore. For example, in high school unlike most of my friends I had a “bedtime” up until I graduated. Unless I had to work I was to be home and in my room at 9 o’ clock everyday during the week and the only exception was work. I know my parents did it because they cared and all that stuff they always tell us but I think it was more of the reason that they had to be up early for work every morning so they wanted us home so that we did not wake them. But anyway, after I graduated high school I could come and go as I pleased but I always had respect and consideration for my parents. My brothers on the other hand during this entire time were out late and coming in being loud and what not. I felt it was incredibly unfair for them to get away with things that I could not. Now that I have grown up and seen the paths that my brothers have chosen to take I am kind of glad that my parents put a little more pressure on me to do well.
