Roles in relationships

I believe our presentation in class today went very well. The audience really took part in responding to our survey and giving us suggestions for the research we are doing. The result of our survey shows that the younger generation would like to evolve into a more egalitarian relationship type with a small emphasis from traditional relationships. One of the most interesting comments from the class is that we prefer a mixture of the two because both males and females enjoy certain parts of a traditional relationship. For example, a female enjoys things like a man opening a door for them. It is things like that, that make that mixture more appealing to the younger generation. I also found it interesting that we are emotionally, as well as economically motivated into accepting these egalitarian roles in relationships. I really appreciated the feedback from the class, it will definitely help when writing our paper.

Sex ed.

I went to a small high school about a half an hour outside of Huntingdon. At my high school the males were not educated in sex education other than in health class. In this class the information was vague, and it was 11th grade, students were already partaking in sexual activity at this time, so it was a little late. I do, however, remember when the females were educated about their period in elementary school. They were pulled out of class in to the library, and the males in the class bugged them all day about what they were pulled from class for and why we were not invited. Not one of the girls ever spilled what happened in there, almost like it was an embarrassment to them. I do think that we should have been educated in sexual education at an earlier age, but from an angle in which it did kind of scare us. I think that teaching sexual education in a positive manner and to wear protection will almost make younger people more curious about sexual activity. Not having these education experiences could also have an effect. What to do, What to do......

11/09/10 presentation

The presentation yesterday was focused on sex trafficking around the world. It seems as if these women who get involved with this one way or another really have few resources to depend on to save them from this cruelty. Looking back on the debate in class which arose from the suggestion that making prostitution legal and regulating it,  my opinion really swings both ways. While I do not have a good suggestion on how to stop these acts, I am leaning toward the fact that legalizing prostitution is not a good solution. First of all, prostitution is degrading to women and I do not agree with that. Second, regulating something like prostitution would be very tough. Third, while decreasing the amount of illegal sex trafficking, by legalizing it per-say, I do not think it would have a huge affect on the amount of illegal sex trafficking that would still be taking place.

I also could not believe the US was on the top 3 of imported sex trafficking. I am from the country so I do not have the opportunity to see some of these thing that I assume happen in larger cities. I think that instead of claiming that it doesn't happen here in the US, a stronger focus needs to be taken on these illegal acts so that we don't get to the point where we realize it is a large problem, kind of like "nipping it in the bud."

Reading: Sexual Assault in the military

Looking at the article on sexual assault on women in the military, I am absolutely stunned. It is bad enough that females have to go fight a war for our country, let alone the fact that they have to fight a war against our own military regarding rape. This is very disappointing to me. Everyone in the military has to have the ability to trust each other, and this makes it even tougher, especially with the guy "everyone pats on the back" in on the sexual assaults. Being attacked by both parties, one being your own, must be traumatizing and shouldn't be happening. I believe the organization is doing a good thing by collecting this information privately. This way there is more accurate data to provide to the public and the military so that action can be taken on the issue.