Tuesday, March 24, 2009
♥ chem test, gender & sexuality
70%
ouch!
its fustrating because it was silly mistakes. and i realized my mistakes after...
i thought i was okay. i checked my answers twice. i probably shouldnt have walked out earlier. and checked it a few more times. then maybe i would have picked up on my errors.
but i must admit, at least i knew the stuff. it wasn't like i was fluking anything or making stuff up. i knew the content. pretty good considering i usually leech of my graphics calculator (hehe @ chem in yr 12)
anyways. today in my anth tute we were talking about sex and gender. u know? babies born that are neither male or female... and they get operations (and the parents pick which gender)...
but another thing that came up was gender. and david was saying how when ur child ur very influenced by ur social context.... and i totally agree. u dress up ur kids. u give them the toys to play with. u make them learn their maths, or u let them play outside.
but a girl in our tute totally disagreed that ur gender (gender being ur sexuality in a non-biological way) is not influenced by ur social conditioning.
i guess it comes down to the debate of whether its "natural" or whether its "made" i guess. She was mentioning this experiment about 3 year olds who are "girls" but blatently refuse to wear girls clothing. and would only were boys clothes.
now seriously. u cant tell me a 3 year old can determine it's "gender" by refusing to wear clothes. geez. they were probably influenced by their environment and the people around them. maybe she saw boys wearing shorts and shirts. and she liked it. maybe she wanted to be like them. just because she refuses to wear the dress, does not mean she's determined her sexuality.
anyways. lots of people believe that its science and nature that determines whether ur more femine or masculine. and yeah i guess i could agree to an extent, ur hormones etc do play a role. but i guess they also brought up the point of "choice".. coming out of the closet.. etc.
but seriously? to think its purely based on biological reasons just seems absurd to me. a THREE YEAR OLD? there are so many flaws in that experiment, i dont know where to begin.
on another note. this 'after life' book im reading for anth... i just reached the part where he/she (biologically a he, but is a transvestite) is remembering his past.. and how he was raped by his stepfather etc....
argh. im only on page 88. and there's 178 pages altogether. and the stupid assignment is due friday. but im working thurs night. meaning i MUST finish the book 2moro.. and must at least get most of it done 2moro......
>_______________>
ouch!
its fustrating because it was silly mistakes. and i realized my mistakes after...
i thought i was okay. i checked my answers twice. i probably shouldnt have walked out earlier. and checked it a few more times. then maybe i would have picked up on my errors.
but i must admit, at least i knew the stuff. it wasn't like i was fluking anything or making stuff up. i knew the content. pretty good considering i usually leech of my graphics calculator (hehe @ chem in yr 12)
anyways. today in my anth tute we were talking about sex and gender. u know? babies born that are neither male or female... and they get operations (and the parents pick which gender)...
but another thing that came up was gender. and david was saying how when ur child ur very influenced by ur social context.... and i totally agree. u dress up ur kids. u give them the toys to play with. u make them learn their maths, or u let them play outside.
but a girl in our tute totally disagreed that ur gender (gender being ur sexuality in a non-biological way) is not influenced by ur social conditioning.
i guess it comes down to the debate of whether its "natural" or whether its "made" i guess. She was mentioning this experiment about 3 year olds who are "girls" but blatently refuse to wear girls clothing. and would only were boys clothes.
now seriously. u cant tell me a 3 year old can determine it's "gender" by refusing to wear clothes. geez. they were probably influenced by their environment and the people around them. maybe she saw boys wearing shorts and shirts. and she liked it. maybe she wanted to be like them. just because she refuses to wear the dress, does not mean she's determined her sexuality.
anyways. lots of people believe that its science and nature that determines whether ur more femine or masculine. and yeah i guess i could agree to an extent, ur hormones etc do play a role. but i guess they also brought up the point of "choice".. coming out of the closet.. etc.
but seriously? to think its purely based on biological reasons just seems absurd to me. a THREE YEAR OLD? there are so many flaws in that experiment, i dont know where to begin.
on another note. this 'after life' book im reading for anth... i just reached the part where he/she (biologically a he, but is a transvestite) is remembering his past.. and how he was raped by his stepfather etc....
argh. im only on page 88. and there's 178 pages altogether. and the stupid assignment is due friday. but im working thurs night. meaning i MUST finish the book 2moro.. and must at least get most of it done 2moro......
>_______________>
Labels: anthropology, chemistry, gender, uni, work
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