In The “Rape” of Mr. Smith basically spoke about victim blaming and how we as a society tend to blame rape victims for their own rape rather than blaming the actual rapist. This reading gave the scenario of a guy named Mr. smith being robbed on the street. The officer gave a line of questioning that we hear way too often when it comes to rape victims. Questions like why were you out so late and what were you wearing. Basically insinuating that Mr. Smith was asking to get robbed. How ridiculous does that line of questioning sound? If it sounds so ridiculous then why do we as a society feel like these are the questions that need to be asked when someone is raped?

This was probably my favorite thing that I've read thus far. It was so well written and what she had to say made so much sense. She said things that I myself wouldn't have even thought twice about. 

With the Chris Brown example and how she explained that because he's good looking and talented that we tend to overlook the fact that he is indeed an abuser. I found this particularly interesting because if he wasn't a celebrity he would be scrutinized more for hitting a woman. But because of the simple fact that he is a celebrity people tend to make more excuses for him which I myself get because everyone does it. Everyone knows of a celebrity or even has a favorite celebrity thats done something controversial but their actions are accepted because of who they are. 

Th Gender Wage Gap By Occupation spoke a lot about the discriminatory aspect of having a job being a man and having a job being a women. Women make less money than men across the board. I personally think that it’s unbelievable that woman make less than men especially for doing the exact same work.

i personally don’t see what the big deal is with paying women the same amount as men especially if they're in the same field and doing the same work. it should be a given that both male and females get paid the same. Women are just as capable of doing “male” jobs just as men are capable of doing “female” jobs. So why the wage gap? 

The section titled “The underground movement:1950-1970″ was about abortions for african american women and contraception. Abortions were performed illegally by doctors and midwives and contraception was difficult to obtain. 

This section was the most interesting to me because abortions were a problem for all women but it was much harder for those who are african american. I personally find it ridiculous the lengths that these women had to go to to obtain an abortion. They had to call people so they could call people to tell them that someone needed an abortion. Many times african american women also could not afford to pay for these abortions so they were forced to carry to full term. African american women had been basically risking their lives to get abortions.

“Masculine privilege is the idea that society confers certain unearned advantages on men simply because they are male.” 

Male privilege is men being taken more serious than women and how men have more advantages over women for the simple fact that they were born a male. But there also unequal privilege among males. 

In the section titled “Unequal Privilege” it talks about how there is not only unequal privilege between male and female but that there’s also unequal privilege within the male gender. This takes into account race, class and sexuality. Men who are poor, who are colored and who are gay will have less privilege than a white straight male with money. I just find it interesting that there’s male privilege within male privilege. 

A section from “Constructing Masculinity” that I had found to be the most interesting and intriguing was the section titled “Escape from the man box.” The man box is described as something that’s used to understand the dominant standards and norms of masculinity. This includes stereotypes towards men that we are all very familiar with. Some stereotypes include the fact that men don’t cry, they are tough, big and aggressive, they enjoy completive sports, they're sexual and powerful. These stereotypes and traits would be things that we would put inside the “man box” and things that aren't associated with mainstream masculinity are outside the man box. This includes things like kindness, sensitivity, gentleness and attentiveness. 

i had found this to be the most interesting because it’s very relevant to how we perceive men and how we as a society say that men are supposed to be like and act like. Not only is it stereotypical but it also doesn't let men be vulnerable and ultimately share their emotions because of the idea that men aren't supposed to have any. Which ultimately just ends up hurting men because there is no safe space for them to be emotional because emotions are associated more with women and if a man is emotional then they're seen as weak. 

I found “This is what a feminist looks like” one of the most interesting things I've ever read. Many people have this misconception of what a feminist is and what a feminist looks like. People think that men can't be feminists and that feminists are these people who hate men and want women to be superior to men. They think that a feminist is someone who complains to much and is worried about women only when that isn't the cause and this reading really shed light on what a feminist really is and how men can be feminists too.

 One of my favorite sections from the reading was “There’s room for men.” The section spoke about how feminists aren't just women but men can also share feminists values which in turn makes them a feminist. Being a women doesn't make someone a feminist and being a man doesn't mean that you can't be one. Just because it’s primarily a woman’s movement does not mean that men cannot be involved. Which i thought was a great thing to talk about because people really are not informed on what feminism is and I feel like the word feminism is some sort of icky word to men. So I thought it was good that there was some light shed on what feminism really is and that it’s perfectly okay for a man to be a feminist. 

In the Night to his Day reading what I found to be the most interesting was this idea of “doing gender.” It’s something that we do on a daily basis and most of us probably don’t even know that we’re doing gender. The reading describes doing gender as an everyday activity that we don't even realize that we’re doing. 

To me doing gender is assuming someone’s gender because of the way they look/ are dressed. We associate certain clothing with whether or not we label someone as a boy or a girl and same thing goes for someones appearance such as hairstyle. An example of doing gender as mentioned in the reading was when she assumed that the child was a boy because of the yankee cap that was put onto the child but then realized that the child was a girl once she saw flowered sneakers and lace trimmed socks.