Rise in Russia's Homophobic Violence

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/russia-rise-homophobic-violence

REFLECTION:

This article really highlights how unaccepting the world can still be towards people who are LGBT. Even in today's day and age you would have the assumption that at least people are more understanding about topics of homosexuality, bisexuality, etc. but apparently in places like Russia there is a massive rise of homophobic violence. For example, people would try to publicly humiliate people who are known to be gay by means of humiliation in public, cyber bullying, verbal harassment, etc. People in the LGBT community even feel that they are being "terrorized" in some cases with all the homophobia. Also people in this article discuss how this  heavily affects teenagers as well by saying that "People "scorn and hate lesbians, and hate and beat gays", said Lena, a 14-year-old from Abakan, a city of 170,000 in Siberia. She said an acquaintance had tried to trick her into going on a date with a girl. "It was a good thing my friend was able to talk me out of it, since I found out later that several homophobes were waiting for me there," she said. Than on top of that Russia is enacting anti-gay laws that will further hurt the LGBT community in that region. Also, another example of how bad homophobic behavior is affecting the teenage youth is when Artyom Reutov, a 15-year-old from the city of Veliky Ustyug, in the north of Russia, said his teachers were openly homophobic, suggesting that LGBT should be exiled or given compulsory medical treatment. Now, obviously you can tell from the passages so far that there is a serious problem at hand here. There are lives being threatened, oppressive laws being made, and malicious actions being accepted by authorities that are not helping these PEOPLE. They are not "gay" or "fags", they are PEOPLE like you and me and they should be treated the same as anybody else even if they are gay or lesbian. Please read this article it is extremely eye-opening and the sad part is that it is 2013 and discrimination as serious as this is still alive.

Homophobia in Jamaica

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saddique-elliott/leaving-hell_b_3201443.html

Reading this saddens me. Many people think that the homophobia in the US is bad but the the Caribbean countries and areas, homosexuality is greatly frowned upon. Also, although I am not gay, I can relate to the heteronormativity and conditioning as when I was younger my mom's best friend would always be the one to call me out on something and would always say "crying is for girls" or "man up" if there were time when I felt sad about something. Also in ALOT of reggae and dancehall music and videos there are flooding amounts of hyper masculinity and degradation of women as sexual figures only.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/14/senegala-s-criminalizationofhomosexualitypartofaregionaltrend.html

homosexuality is still illegal in 38 African countries. this is causing uproar internationally because it violates international standards set by the united nations. homosexuals have been greeted with great hostility and violence and movements have been made against this law. many homosexuals are forced to leave the country because of their own governments hostility. what would you do if your country had a policy against your race, over something you cant control? what would you do? would you stand up against your own country?

NHL Showing respect to Homosexuals

This article is on the National Hockey League (NHL)how they decided to come to an agreement with the You Can Play project which promotes respect for athletes regardless of their sexual orientation. They're trying to show people to judge people on their abilities whether if they are athletic, academic and etc not sexualorientation. This is a huge step towards stopping homophobia all over the world. I believe that people should'nt be judged by their sexual orientation, disability, race and etc. If all well focused sports were to do this and try to put an end towards problems such as these then people would reconsider there thoughts towards this and have a different perspective on these situatuions.

Cassano apologizes for homophobic comments

Cassano apologizes for homophobic comments

Italy striker Antonio Cassano commented after he was asked about an Italian TV personality's claim that there are two gay players in the current Italy squad. His exact comment was  "If they're queer, that's their problem. I hope there aren't any queers in the national team." The Milan striker's comments were largely laughed off at the time, but sparked outrage among gay rights groups. Those reactions prompted an apology on Tuesday, with Cassano issuing a statement which read: "I'm sincerely sorry that what I said has sparked controversy and protests from gay associations.

This is a very dosrespectful to many people who are homosexual. Cassano did not make the right dissicion and made himself look homophobic. This could have caused a large impact on his career.

Gender Bias and Feminism Article

"It seems feminism is still a dirty word in the classroom. As a teacher, I was not particularly shocked by the fact that 17-year-old Jinan Younis didn't feel supported when she started a feminist society at her school. Nor was I particularly surprised when sixth formers from a nearby boy's school responded with a flood of misogynistic abuse on Twitter.

I've also encountered a distinctly derisive attitude towards any mention of gender, let alone feminism, since I began teaching two years ago. In one instance, my senior (female, middle aged) mentor pointed out that the boys in my lessons were contributing a lot more than the girls."

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2013/nov/23/feminism-classroom-dirty-word-secret-teacher

Love the Sinner Hate the Sin

http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/21/opinion/la-oe-daum-portman-gay-marriage-20130321

                  This article reminded me much of my mother. The other day i asked her what her views on gay marriage  was being that it was just recently legalized in new jersey. She then exclaimed to me that she believed that God did not intend for a man and a man or a women and a women to procreate, therefore she did not believe in it.
                   When she said this the first story that came to my mind was the article we read in class explaining how you can use the Bible ( or any religious book for that matter ) to defend any position on any social construct. If a person believes that two people of the same sex cant be together than they would also have to believe that if you ware cotton and silk at the same time it is an abomination.
                   Also in this article it explains to love the sinner and hate the sin. Coming from a christian radio station this is nothing but a contradiction. Much like other religions one of the mail principles is to love everybody unconditionally. Hating anything about anybody whether it be a person or an action is not a part of christian values. If God hated some aspects of us and loved others i'm almost 100% sure None of us would live too see glory        

Homophobia in HS sports

Anthony Gomez
Mr. Cassidy
Diversity and Social Justice
November 23, 2013

Homophobia Article 

             The article I read called " Colorado High Schools Tackle Homophobia" was about high school students in Colorado creating a campaign on homophobia and fighting it. The article was about fighting homophobia and bullying that goes on in sports. In today society there is a lot of hate towards athletes who are gay and they get bullied, these high school students are fighting for what's right and I totally respect that. In the article it says "Colorado student athletes, coaches and administrators are working together to make videos that combat homophobia and bullying in sports and promote the inclusion of all students". Students are taking the time out of there schedule to fight and promote homophobia in sports. These students also talk about supporting there classmates or teammates weather they are gay or straight. Also in the article it says "Some of my best friends are my teammates and I will do anything to help them succeed. That includes accepting them, whether they are gay or straight,” students in the video say, alternating lines. “Regardless of their race, religion or background. None of that matters to me. What does matters is heart, talent and skill.” This quote really touched my heart because it shows how warm- hearted some people can be.
        My reflection on this article is that what these students are doing is a great example of leadership. It also promotes awareness on homophobia, and homophobia in sports. This article touched me so much that I even joined there campaign !

Rochester College Homophobia

Joe Burgos

Diversity

Mr. Cassidy

11-24-13

Article

           

            This week my article is about a college student named Klah Zabel and how she came out to the public about being lesbian by posting a banner on her Facebook page saying “Out...Proud…Lesbian”. Apparently the college that she attended did not take it as though she thought they would, Klah claim that the dean of students named Brian Cole threatened to expel her if she did not take that picture down. In her college student handbook it says that the college holds that sexual relationships are designed by God and expressed within marriage between a husband and wife. The funny thing here is that she didn’t break any rule. Another very important point in the handbook is that it states “Students are expected to refrain from any discriminatory behavior, verbal or physical, they stigmatizes or victimizes individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.” But the real point here is that this rule only applies strictly to students it never says anything about the faculty at the school. This gives them the freedom to do ar say anything they want.

            What I retained from this article is that I find this kind of funny. Not saying that this is not wrong but just basically stupid. I feel that they should honestly change the rule that’s in the student handbook at Rochester College. The reason that I find this article funny is because the student handbook states that teachers don’t apply to the rule of discriminatory behavior. Why restrict the students but not the teachers its just dumb. I also feel bad for the girl because if I were in her position I know it would definitely take a lot of courage to open up and when you finally do you just get laughed at in your face. That’s just wrong people need to be more considerate, they should climb up in others shoes and see if they would like it.

            http://www.nerve.com/news/web/rochester-college-asks-student-to-stop-being-gay-on-facebook-0

Homophobia

 People think that homophobia in sports is uncommon. People always assume that your not afraid of someone who is gay because you play a sport and your automatically a "man." I think that everyone shouldn't assume that every guy who plays a sport isn't straight and that if they are in a sport they shouldn't be scared if there is a guy who is gay on the team. Homophobia usually occurs most in the locker rooms because straight guys wouldn't feel comfortable while showering or dressing with a gay person in the room. I personally think homophobia is something straight people use to both keep their distance because they deep down don't like gay people and secondly they use homophobia that as an excuse that deep down don't know their sexuality yet.

          Tennessee private school "Rossville Christian Academy" bands any mention or acts of homosexuality due to the saying of the "scriptures". WREG news claims,  parents and faculty came together and protested with a letter to "Rossville Christian Academy" . This letter stated why should a child be punished for being who they are? If a child speaks or shows any signs of homosexuality he/she may be expelled or get given detention. Is this right?A professor  of University of Memphis Law with the name Steve Mulroy says that the policy is "totally legal" there is no law stating protection for homosexuality.  

http://www.nerve.com/news/current-events/tennessee-school-bans-any-mention-of-homosexuality-among-student-body

Homophobia

http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-russia-putin-warns-against-homophobia-as-olympics-approach/1794328.html

This article is about Vladimir Putin and what he says about that view Russian have towards homosexuals. In this article he is saying that homosexuals are welcome at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, as there is a law against gays in Russia that does not allow LGBT's legal protection and homosexuality has been classed as a mental illness. Putin has defended this law but has also admitted that the hatred towards gays is wrong.

       I think that it is good that Putin has admitted that the hatred towards gays is wrongs but I also feel that it is a publicity stunt to draw more people to Russia for the Winter Olympics. 

homophopia

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/keyword/homophobia

         Homophobia in sports is so.....weird. People that play sports can understand completely what i am saying. Even when you were little this stuff was happening to you. Parents would urge there kids to "be a man or "man up". Those are the types of things people can take offense to like the wrestler from the University of Maryland. I'm not saying it just happens to little kids it happens when you are older as well. Another type of Homophobic thing to say is "stop acting like a girl". I know many people who take offense to this ,because sometimes this isn't true. There are women out there who have bigger  muscles then men or are way more smarter than men. I just feel society will never change there ways on how we view Homophobia.

Homophia is just generic macho stupidity

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/edwest/2013/11/how-much-of-homophobia-is-just-generic-macho-stupidity/

Ruben Cuñas
Diversity
Mr. Cassidy

Homophobia

In this article,  it is saying how kids take the word "gay" to insult others  and how work places that are welcoming to the  gay will become a nicer place. But in undomesticated environments more aggressive men bully those who are less masculine with insults . Since gay men are often synonyms of  feminine like or weak.  Homophobia  isn't much about sexual attraction but more generic macho stupidity displayed by men with low IQ. 

Homophobic

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/homophobic-maybe-youre-gay.html?_r=0.            The article was very interesting, it made most homophobic people question their sexuality . Personally I think if a person hates the gay community that means your gay but hiding it behind your hate towards the LGBT community. One theory is that homosexual urges, when repressed out of shame or fear, can be expressed as homophobia. Freud famously called this process a “reaction formation” — the angry battle against the outward symbol of feelings that are inwardly being stifled. What do you think about this article? 

Homophobia

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10830476.Footballer_accused_of_homophobia_to_stand_trial/

This article is about Colin Kazim-Richards who is being accused of doing a homophobic gesture during a soccer game. He is due to court in sometime in January. This whole situation doesn't surprises me one bit. We live in a society where sports have a heavy influence on many boys and men today. Homophobia in sports not is bad but if it influences males today, then it just another problem all over again. Doing homophobic gestures during a professional game is totally inappropriate and he deserves any consequences he receives. 

gender bias

The article that I picked was police officers being gender bias to females when they are behind the wheel of a motor vehichle. Cops say that they should give tips to females when they are driving. Tips like where to go. Try and send them on the safest route. And even tell them not get distracted while driving because they are the reason for accidents to happen unexpectaly. "Some female drivers lack a sense of direction. While driving, they often can’t decide which road they should take .… Even for places they’ve been to several times, they still can’t remember how to get there when driving themselves" says one oficcer to explain how he thinks women are when they are driving. So he believes that us men should always help them out if we were thier fathers. This is from the Bejing department telling women that they are not very good drivers.

Gender Bias

Geneder Bias in this country is a huge issue considering the fact of the amount of sexist acts they are across the country. This case the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) banned father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames. They stated if this occurs the people will be in violation of gender discrimination law. I believe this is very uneccessary considering the circumstances that this is a tradition that has been going on in families for many years. The deiscrimination law should be protecting the citizens when neccessary, not being over protective and create laws where situations like these that dont occur very often.

Gender Bias

          Michael Lescano


        I feel having actual women telling us about there gender bias experiences was a great idea. There stories really made me think  "does this really still happen" The story that Mrs.Tordo had told us happen to be my favorite in explaining her gender bias experience. The fact that after Mrs. Tordo impressed everyone in her meeting the man had the nerves to go to Mrs.Tordo and say "oh I thought you were someones secretary". I would have been upset after feeling so good for giving that speech only to have someone ruin my mood by making me feel like crap. I also like Mrs. Tordos explanation of what she does when she meets new people. She doesn't explain herself to people she meets she wants them to be nice to her for who she is not for what she does.

Racism in sports

           

   Michael Lescano

      The article i read dealt with a South African rugby team. The team had more black people then white people, but the black people who played came from poor or lower class families. They played the only white team in South Africa which was called Afrikaans. After realizing they were losing they went to their last resort which was bringing racism into the game. The all white team was hoping to try to get in the other teams head by calling the other team dogs and kaffir's. The team didn't take offense to it at all, they just said the things most sports teams do which is "what is the score?" or "who is winning again?"


    My one and only response to this article that i read is that i cannot believe that this still happens today???? I realize winning in a sport is a big thing, but if your getting beat by a team that is just flat out better than you just accept the fact that they are better. Why bring racism into sports is beyond my imagination. Yes i realize it does get people of there game and make them do stupid things but why racism?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/south-africa-racism-rugby

http://www.dailylife.com.au/life-and-love/parenting-and-families/the-gender-bias-in-childrens-books-20131118-2xqzz.html

This article is about gender bias in children books. In children books, there are more male protagonists than females protagonists. Also, studies have shown that if a children's book has a female protagonist, it is more likely for little girls to read. The article also claims that this is the reason young boys grow up saying that they hate young girls. Children's books are just another way of conditioning children that males have bigger privilege than females.

class discussion

Anthony Gomez
Mr. Cassidy
Block 4
11-17-13
Gender Bias
       Today's class discussion was very interesting and it opended up my eyes on gender bias on woman. Woman go through a lot of hardships and struggles even in 2013. Woman are still faced with not being paid equally even though they have the same qualifications as a male and do the same jobs. Also woman face a lot of harassment. Mrs. Turto talked about her experiencing harassment first hand and seeing it happen. She talked about how if I guy looks at you in a sexual matter, it feels very violating. After hearing this, it made me realize how much looking a woman in a sexual way, up and down, can hurt her and affect her. Today gave me a greater insight on gender bias on woman.
        Mrs. Turto and Mrs. Baker also spoke about the way woman dress. They talked about woman dressing provocative and it doesn't matter what a woman wears, men still do not have the right to whistle at them and treat them differently. Hearing Mrs. Turoto and Mrs. Baker speak made me make a change in my life, it changed my views on woman. I want to treat woman differently and be more of a gentleman. Its hard for me sometimes to be a gentleman towards woman but I will change that because I know how much violating a woman hurts after listening to Mrs. Turoto and Mrs. Baker. After the class discussion today I am hoping to spread these views and ideas with my peers so we can fight gender bias together !

Degrading of African American Women Through Media

http://www.pittnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_a0bedcb8-4ce8-11e3-9855-001a4bcf6878.html

Before you open this link viewer discretion is advised. Seriously when I watched the two video's attached to the article i found them both very disturbing. The first video is Lily Allen's (who i had never head of before until now) music video. "Its Hard Out Here for a Bitch" I find it ironic how the only dancers in the video were black implying its hard out here for black women yet objectifying them having them "twerk" on camera and other things that shall not me mentioned won't make it any harder for them.

Then in the preview of the movie "Orange is the new Black" it showed the stereotypical big angry blacks vs innocent white even in a prison setting were all where criminals. It showed black women portrayed much like black men are portrayed in prison movies. Thus implying the worst think you could possibly be in American is a African American Women.

These two video's are just flat out messed up from not only an african american standpoint but i think more importantly a african american women's standpoint. This is what I think the writers bias on his commentary on the videos was. Because he was a man he did not recognize his privilege and he said it himself when he flat out said. "I don't know if male privilege applies to me" Of corse it applies to you!! You identify yourself as a part of the dominate group which is male. This is why he tended to focus on race and not sexism with these two obvious female degrading video's.

Naija Omari

11 Ways The American Workplace is Still Sexist

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/sexist-workplace_n_2718249.html

This article mainly talks about how women have always been getting the "short end of the stick" with their workplaces. This article really highlights many of the invisible injustices that women face in the work place that they have to put up with because of this so called "male-privilege" that men have and how powerful men in the corporate business world take advantage of it and hurt women. Because of that, working women suffer from less pay, sexual harassment in some cases, having to take longer to have the ability to move up the corporate ladder, etc. It is more than a well known fact that for decades women have been treated unfairly in their workplaces and clearly they have been suffering which is completely and entirely wrong, if they can do the job right and effectively then their pay should be the same as anyone else's. Take a closer look at this article to see exactly how in some cases sexism is still alive and well in our work places.

Sexist Speaker in Texas High School

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/11/texas-hs-students-revolt-over-sexist-speaker.html

Summary:

On Wednesday November 13, Justin Lookadoo, a bible-based dating guru and a motivational speaker, gave a speech to a Dallas area public high school about dating. Many students walked out of the optional seminar when Lookadoo started saying sexist comments against women, like "date able girls know how to shut up" and "date able guys know how to cover women up". Many of the students took to twitter as a way of sharing their recent experience. They used the hash tag #LookaDouche.

Opinion:

I think that it's crazy that people like that are able to go and speak to students in school. I would have thought that the administration would have done some research on their speaker before clearing him to speak. This just shows the opinions of some people about women and their role in society and I think it is HORRIBLE that it is being taught to high school students.

Gender Bias in Swedish Films http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias

 Summary    
       In Sweden, there is a Bechdel test that has been introduced to give movies a rating. But in order to get a good rating they need to have "at least two named females characters who talk to each other about something other than a man." Some filmgoers have reacted to this test and it has affected then positively. They see this and try to use this to make their films better in this aspect of the movie. This rating is the Swedish attempt to put equality of gender in films. They want to change how the public sees women in movies because it gives a sort of perspective that they act exactly like that in real life. It is a belief that the roles of females in society are those that gossip, stay at home, or always involved for concerned about a man. This is what they want to change in the film industry.  
        Reflection  
                I think that is a very good attempt at depicting females roles. I don't like how movies make females out to be. Women don't gossip for a living or worry about men or things like that. They have a life and are trying to get a successful career just as men try. Personally, this rating is a way to basically put an end to certain stereotypes about women because I know if I was a female I wouldn't want people to think about me in such a way. Before this, people outside of the film industry weren't acknowledging this, and this can change the perspective people have. Society has this effect on how they look at male roles vs. female roles and the Bechdel test is altering this. I'm surprised that woman were not actively involved or trying to do something about this earlier.

Gender Bias In The Education System

Lucas Perez                                                                                                                              11/15/13
Diversity                                                                                                                              Mr.  Cassidy 
                                  Gender Bias In Education

   Gender bias is strongly seen in the education system. This bias is mainly seen in women, even though they are unaware of this. Women have worked hard to overcome this bias and take gender out of the education system. The existence of gender bias in organizational policies and practices may suggest that they have no power to determine their own success. Without an understanding of second-generation bias, people are left with stereotypes to explain why women as a group have failed to achieve equality with men.  It is said that women who have managed to succeed that they are exceptions and women who have experienced setbacks that it is their own fault for failing to be sufficiently aggressive or committed to the job.


This is not surprising, but is definitely not acceptable. I think that women should most definitely have equal opportunities as men in the education system. Women in some casses are even more determaned than men are, and even I'm these asses men still have more opportunities the women.

Food Media Vs. Gender Bias

Ruben Dario Cuñas
Mr. Cassidy
Diversity / 4th Block

Food Media 

                                   Last week, Times Magazine dropped its "Gods of Food" issue and set an internet rage because no women chefs were considered "gods."  The Times editor, Howard Chua- Eoan, never thought that media had to play a role in closing the gender gap within the restaurant environment. He said  "If the chefs talk about it, then we can cover it. If the female chefs talk about it, we'll cover it...If there had been someone who had made a huge stir this year about how terrible it is, then perhaps." Well, people are making a "huge stir" now." Grub Street found ten female chefs that were suited for the issue,  and the Daily Meal found twenty.Elena  Arzak  won the award " World's best Female Chef "  and her restaurant  is number eight on the World's 50 Best list. 

                              When I read about Ms. Arzak and Ms. Santini, I was impressed with their position in the World's Best 50. I believe that the female chefs are not getting equal opportunities as the male chefs. I believe they weren't put  in "Gods of Food" because they were to good for the issue and that the magazine wants to show the readers that the men are the ones that work.

1) Was  Time's issue "Gods of Food" trying to degrade the female chefs ? Why or why not?
2)  do you think the chefs that won the World's Best 50 get a chance to be "Gods of Food"?


http://eater.com/archives/2013/11/12/women-chefs-media.php

Bank of America

   This article talked about Bank of America agreed  to pay $39 million to women who worked in its Merrill Lynch brokerage operation, another costly settlement of a discrimination case filed by its employees. Merrill, which has about 15,000 brokers worldwide, also agreed to change its policies to give women a better chance of succeeding. I think this is great because sometimes male privilege prevents women from  becoming more successful in work .

    Some of the female workers didn't feel appreciated and respected so some of the women workers came together and filed a complain. Something interesting was said by one of the female workers and she said " We do the same jobs as most of the men in the bank industry, and I believe we should be treated equally ."I personally agree to this statement everybody should be treated fairly in every area of life ,especially work. It's tuff now to find a job and make money so women who are working hard are denied certain work privileges is very hurtful.                                                             Link:http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/bank-of-america-to-pay-39-million-in-gender-bias-case/?_r=0

Male Athlete v. Female Writer

Joe Burgos

Diversity

Mr. Cassidy

11-14-13

Sexism Article

            My article is about the amount of sexism that happens within our sports culture. This article starts off with an incident that happened to a female she was a write for the Philadelphia inquirer. This was her first year covering the 76ers and after a game she walked in the locker room, she knew that one of the teams best players already had a habit of doing interview right after he got out of the showers and he would usually do it with a towel tied around his waist.  Her thinking that he probably wanted to get his interview done with quickly she walked over to him and he said “ You like walking up to half-naked men?” with a smile. She didn’t know what to say she was in such shock that she left the locker room she thought to herself should she apologize and as she looked at her notepad it was empty and she asked her self “Can I do this job?” When she walked back in the locker room she saw him talking to writers all of them men but still in his towel.

            After reading this article and going over it carefully it made me think how hard women have it. This article clearly shows how men clearly think less of women. As the player for the 76ers said that what was running though his head yeah she a woman but you have to show her respect. Clearly after talking to male writers after that incident it shows sexism. The way that this makes me feel is that men should show more respect towards women. I also feel that the women should have never thought of apologizing to him she was just trying to do her job like the rest of the writers in the locker room. Men feel that they are superior to women but that’s not true women could do almost anything men could do and this should show that they are legible to do any job a man could do without being thought of as a regular person trying to do their job. 

Link:http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/8944124/espnw-recent-events-further-expose-underlying-sexism-sports-culture

carristian sexism google

  The article I read was on the Huffington Post. It said that some people dont believe in sexism but all you have to do is type in the word woman on google. In a study shown most things that came up in the search engine were negative. Things such as women cant drive, cannot be bishops, cannot box etc. My opinion on this is that yes sexism does exist but using google as an example is a bad idea. I believe so because things come up on most recent searches or most searches but, a lot of people don't use google for many different reasons. Also not everyone believes this way.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4124737/

Sexual harrassment case - Kenya Moncur

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-20/local/37860301_1_sexual-harassment-judge-sets-million-jury-award

            This article started with a case in 2006 were at a public pool a lifeguards boss wass acting inappropriately. He was saying sexually demeaning things to the lifeguard and always staring at her in her bathing suit. She first went to six different supervisors to complain and no action was taken. Then in October 2006 she was fired from her job. Recently she filled a law suit and even more recently the jury came to a conclusion.  She was awarded 3.5 million dollars.
  
        Although sexual harrassment is a big issue I do not belive 3.5 million doallars was a fair or just settlement.  Yes I do belive what her manager did was wrong and the failure to act by supervisors was a kiss of death. Even with all of that 3.5 million doallars is too harsh based on the crime. There are serious repeat petifiles thst only serve 10 years in jail but looking at someone the wrong way could cost you 3.5 million doallars. I don't know if its just me but I belive we are severely punishing people for the wrong things.

Q1:  Was the verdict of the Jury fair?
Q2: Why do you think she was awarded so much?

The Right to Drive - Tiwa Eisape

There is a petition in Saudi arabia to allow women to drive. Saudi arabia is the only country that restricts women from operating a vehicle. Many women have been protesting this by openly driving. This protest is very dangerous for the women taking part; they can be charged with disturbing the piece and sedition. Women do not see this as breaking the law because there is no official legislation prohibiting women from driving, but they cannot obtain a license. This movement has no leader which is one of its strengths; authorities have no one person to target. This issue is now being brought up in court by female attorneys results are yet to come. 

I think the fact that women cannot drive in there own country is ludacris mainly because there is NO legitimate reasoning. If men do not have to deal with the struggle that being immobile puts on women than neither should women. I see this as an arbitrary way to put women on a lower level than men honestly it could have been anything as long as it divides the two genders laterally. If someone came to your house and took your cars keys you might feel robbed, just like these saudi women. What would you do would you step back and submit to the sexiest regime, or risk saudi prison and or court.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/25/saudi-women-rallyworldagainstdrivingban.html

Gender Bias in movies with woman

Anthony Gomez                                                                                                                                               November 13, 2013

Mr. Cassidy                                                                         PB                                                           Block 4

Gender Bias Article

            The article I read was about gender bias in cinema movies.  Movies in America get a rating normally based on how good they are, if there is sex, nudity, or violence. Now cinemas in Sweden are getting rating movies by highlighting gender bias. In the article it says “Now cinemas in Sweden are introducing a new rating to highlight gender bias, or rather the absence of it. To get an A rating, a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man”. This shows me that even movies have opened up the eyes of many people and these movies have made people realize that woman are still coming second to men. In movies you rarely see an action hero portrayed as a woman, or "a female professor or person who makes it through exciting challenges and masters them", but an A rating movies give the opportunity for a major woman influence in society. For a movie to get an A rating “a movie must pass the so-called Bechdel test, which means it must have at least two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man”. A rating movie’s empower woman an influence woman to do greater things than being just a “house wife”, and does not look down upon woman. This is a tremendous improvement on the way woman are seen and what they are capable of really doing.

            Reflection = I am very happy Sweden has come up with this new rating, I feel like this new rating will pave the way in America and all over the world for woman. It will help empower woman and will give them a better outlook. This article also made me realize that women are looked down upon in movies because I rarely see a woman action hero in a movie. It’s amazing that after I read this article it made me realize that and I never notice that woman are rarely superheroes in movies.

Article = http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/06/swedish-cinemas-bechdel-test-films-gender-bias

racism current event

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/14/muslim-prisoners-double-england-wales-ministry-justice

This article talks about prisons in England in Wales and the people in them.  This article states that Black or Asian people are far more likely to get stopped and checked and even thrown in jail by the police then any other ethinic groups.   This is just pure racism and i'm sure it does not just happen in these two countries but the whole world including us.  To prove that it is pure racism the article states that muslim inmates increased roughly 6.5% from 2002 to 2010.  I think these issues are just getting worse and not much is being done to help it.