Chloe P

The “Boys’ Club” is basically something used to show homosociality between men/boys. The author mentions how women are excluded and are competitive between one another.  I’m shocked that the only way to get into the Boys’ Club is by women showing their “Megan Fox” complex. I liked reading this article because it shows how women should be able to stand up. Hegemonic masculinity is shown by men depreciating women. Men must realize that women aren’t the ideal Megan Fox/super-model that they must accept the fact that women are human as well and deserve the same equality as men.

Overall, I loved this book. I felt that both Alison and the father had a connection that was unshared because they were both insecure.

Overall, I enjoy this book so far and I feel that it shows so much meaning relating to gender relationships.

The author mentions how seeing gay white men in society is the norm/ something that is ignored. The author mentioned how the media plays a role on colored gay men, including straight colored men. I think it’s upsetting to see that people still are racist/homophobic to colored men just because of their sexual orientation. I never thought that men of certain races are being discriminated against in different ways just because of their race. I feel that people should understand that being a certain race shouldn’t affect one’s sexuality. We must learn as to why this oppression occurs and stop it immediately.

I liked this article because I didn’t realize that homosexual/heterosexuality became questionable in the 1970-1980′s. I find it really shocking that the terms were used as an “unnatural-fornication” or abnormal. Overtime, sexual categories have changed, but certain types of sexual behavior occurs, which I see in society. Many researchers/people have questioned whether being a homosexual is standardized in masculinity or femininity. 

I found this article really interesting because I didn’t know that “fairies” or men who dressed like women trended in the 1890′s. The author mentions how there was a boundary between the working-class and the middle-class which I also found interesting because Bowery was a place that made created sexual interests. I never knew that there was a borderline between working-class men and middle-class men, which I find interesting. There is a gender ideology which shows that men dressing up feminine was a sexual abnormality. The author also mentions how men learned to “reject the harsh judgments” of these saloons. I feel that this article somewhat applies to today because I feel that society has become more accepting to men who dress up feminine which we call “Drag Queens” today.

Preciado talks about being transgender and relates it to the Pharmacopornographic era. The author mentions how gender and how it relates back from the Cold War and capitalism. I think this article is interesting because the author mentions how gender denaturalizes one by bio-politics. I found this article interesting because Preciado mentions how sex assignments are used to tell whether one is more male or female. The author relates Ellen DeGeneres with the tv show Extreme Makeover which shows how people transform in different ways. I liked this article because  It made me realize that being transgender also deals with technology like getting surgery to change one’s genitals, but that we shouldn’t rely on technology. 

I liked this activity because I didn’t realize that one thing, like clothing can affect the way you appear in society. In the first part, I felt that most things were gendered because it mostly talked about being comfortable in one’s body, like the way one dresses, or changes their name. Although some were trans gendered like having a genitalia change. It also made me think of the way I act and portray to society. I liked how the author incorporated 101 Things that people like about themselves. It made me feel that society must accept that being a transgender is important to society and we must stop being ignorant on this issue.

Feinberg explains how there are many social issues dealing with transgendered people. Society can never tell whether one is transgenered so they call that transgendered person an “it” or a “he-she” or even use the wrong pronouns. I liked this article because the author mentions why transgender people face issues with bigotry and being considered “unnatural” which is something that must be fixed. I agree with the author that we must stop bigotry. Society is so ignorant on transgender issues that they must inform themselves. We must make society a better and tolerant place for everyone to be accepted.

The authors explain in the text that a person who was considered a “transgender” in the 20th century were frowned upon because it wasn’t the norm. Being a transgendered person became big around the 1990′s and increased since then. Being transgender is a social construct and people use different vocabulary to identify a transgender (transsexual, crossing, bending, etc.)  I liked this article because it talks about the ideas that transgenders have to face daily. Many people say that there are only “two genders”, gender can’t change, and that one’s genitals considers one’s gender. This article raises questions as to why being transgender is an issue in society and it makes us think about how transgendered people are affected by society.

I find the information used in this article shocking because inequality due to disabilities formed back to the 18th century. Today, inequality still occurs and we must end inequalities just because one is unable to have a high level skill or a genetic deform.

I found this interesting because I never thought of it as a problem up until today.