Sexual Orientation

Written March 1, 2011

I find it extremely offensive that in a time where the world has come to accept people for more than just their sexual background that a person will still be judged by some people in society. I am a straight man and before I was old enough to understand why someone would be homosexual or bisexual I didn't understand why a person would be that. When I first started working at my job at Boston Pizza I was fifteen and was a quiet person compared to who I am today. We were told we were getting a manager and thats all we were told turns out he was gay and some people were completely uncomfortable with who he was and actually quit because of it. I decided to give the guy a chance and he is one of my really good friends now! No one thinks of him as being gay he doesn't come around and hit on every guy that moves and I think it is important to remember that people with a different sexual orientation probably do not want to get with you and most likely leave you alone. I am glad in this class we were able to talk so freely and openly about different types of things and I hope this opened peoples minds about what other things go on in the world that they are not aware of!

Sternberg's Triangle Method of Love

Written On: February 27, 2011

How would you interpret Romeo and Juliet's love according to Sternbergs typology? Why?

I would interpret their love as fatuous love which is passion and commitment or what we call foolish love. I think throughout this Shakespeare play the love these two characters have for each other is very passionate, they feel like everyone is against them. Again it is very much this statement instant love and the feeling that their is nobody else that they can be with. The commitment part of this love would be the fact that they get married within a few days of meeting each other. Now why is this love foolish they commit suicide in a way that is so obvious that she is actually not dead look at the clip below. This is often called one of the best love stories of all time I think it is one of the stupidest again no one should fall in love that fast and maybe they should try to think with other parts of their bodies not just their privates!!

Falling in Love with Falling in Love

Written on February 25, 2011

I think a lot of our views on love come from the popular culture, it is through this that i propose that we fall in love with falling in love. Who does not want that moment when you look across the room and you instantly fall for someone. Ha!! I doubt that happens to many people in life and I doubt those instant love moments happen for a long period of time! Instant love what does that mean does that mean we actually fall in love or are we infatuated, which brings out such words as an intense absorption that is all consuming. So why do we want to feel this way I think we are shown from a young age that love will conquer all! In my opinion instant love is not something that happens I think it takes a long time to love someone and you need to continue to work at that relationship its just not as simple as that instant love. I think what we can blame this on celebrities and the entertainment industry!

Perfect mate

Written February 10th, 2011

What is the perfect mate??? Is it someone who has the same features as your favorite celebrity crush, is it someone who folds your laundry and cleans up after yourself or who fits your idea of the opposite gender. I think finding your "Perfect Mate" is something that is a dream, nobody is perfect and I think if you look at this way you will in the end be let down. Is it the expectations of our behavior that also helps us figure out what we want in life. Another influence of the perfect mate could be the way that we are raised and the influences of television and the entire media conglomerate as a whole. While searching for ways to see which ways that television has influenced our population I looked to two seperate movies. The first movie I looked at was Disney and Pixar's Wall-E this movie deals with our perfect mate because it shows us that love can happen even on an Earth that can no longer be inhabited by humans, and that it is between two robots none the least! The second clip is none other than Titanic one of the most well known love stories of our time, this movie deals with love between two different social classes and although the ending is tragic it shows us that love can happen between anybody. These two examples show just how the media can influence society to continue its search for the perfect mate and true love!!!

Feminism

Written January 19, 2011

Feminist have gone through many different struggles that have been organized into different waves. The first wave deals with the suffrage movements and how women wanted the rights as a citizen of a community and to be seen as equal. The second wave deals with their equality and sexual representation, The next wave deals women empowering their sexuality Madonna was a key player in the development of this wave! The current trend in Feminism is through spirituality and peace. We learn a lot about feminism in other classes and it seems like most of these women have a bone too pick with everything that goes on in society. Although I think it is a great thing for women to have rights and to be able to speak their mind sometimes they can take it too far! This comic strip I found explains my thoughts!!

Alfred Kinsey

Written January 14th 2011

While watching the movie clips from the movie Kinsey which is based on Alfred Kinseys workings and findings in human sexuality. I found that he was very far advanced in his thinkings on what is normal in sexuality between a couple. During his time sexuality was very basic in what was considered "normal" basically a man and women engaged in sex and nothing taboo was allowed. I think that Kinsey's work on sexuality has had a tremendous affect on how the world now sees their own sexuality. Which takes me to what Alfred Kinsey considered sexually normal? I think Alfred Kinsey did not have a definition to what was sexually normal as every person is unique and has a different sense of what is normal to them. I think to me that sexuality is normal when someone is comfortable with who they are within themselves and who they are with the person they are with, whether they use whips and chains or just use their bedroom as long as what they do is safe and they are comfortable. Nothing should be considered out of the realm of sexuality!

First thoughts

Written January 9th 2011

First Thoughts

Wow Fam 322 will be quite the experience. I am almost speechless right now looking through the textbook, there seems to be a ton of information in the book hopefully I can get everything I can out of that gigantic textbook. I am hoping the class is not to awkward and I have no doubt that this class will be one of the most interesting classes I will take during my time at the Red Deer College!!!!