Friday, April 29, 2011

Peer Review

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oepviIwxx03Iq15ZpaDIOq-iMjhGpqgYcMI3MjZKHw0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKymqIYM

Blog Post #8

Men are given more opportunities than women when it comes to jobs. Men are always given higher positions than women, women seem to stay at their place and are statisfied, while the men are complaining and always want to reach to the top. In society men are seen as masculine and they have more power, while women are seen lower than them and given less opportunities than the men.

 William, L. Christine. "The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions."Men's Lives. 5th edition. Michael, Messner A. Michael. 5th edition. New York. Allyn & Bacon.211-224.2001.Print.

 In the article  "The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions" by Christine L. Williams talks about males and females and their differences in jobs. Men seem to have it easier in jobs and women. Men take the glass Escalator to the top without any differences or struggle while women have it the harder way. This source is appropriate because it has alot of useful information. Such as Williams does his own interviews and uses great examples to support his thesis.

First Draft of Research Paper

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UPG1mOG6eiOM-BPc1e3M3DnieIXKDVYEu864uiD8FOw/edit?hl=en&authkey=CMbUjrQD

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Zinn's blog post

Zinn's reading talks about Chicano men's masculinity and how they are affected by society. In society, Chicano men are considered to be low class and tend to have less paying jobs such as construction . The environment in their jobs is hectic and their bosses treats them as lower than them and sometimes the Chicano men are yelled at or humiliated. When they come home from work they let their anger out on people lower than them such as their wifes or children. By doing this they feel more superior and masculine while the wife or the children gets all the torture.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Blog post #4: Marable

Black Males and females view themselves as a race trying to break through the injustice of typical stereotype. In the beginning of American history, black males and females were brought o America as slaves. Just because of their skin color they were considered low. The white race tortured the blacks in many ways possible. They raped the women and hurt the black males. Before the Black race didn't have any freedom at all, but now everything is changing. There is no difference between black and white people, the black males and females are achieving their goals and are treated equal as the white people. In the reading "The Black Male: Searching Beyond Stereotypes" by Manning Marable, he discusses how in the 50s,60s, 70s and the 80s it was difficult for black males to find jobs and feed their families. From there they started to do do illegal stuff such as robberies. But now the black males are rising up and having a name of their own.