Friday, May 20, 2011

Blog Post #11

Me: Hey  
Sally: Hey Harlin! I gotta tell you lots about what happened last night at the club xhale!!
Me: Oh my god! what happened?!
Sally: Sooooo...I met this guy at the club, I was wearing this red dress, and you know i was having fun with my girls, trying to have a good time.
Me: Uh-huh...
Sally: I was drinking and dancing and this really cute guy approaches me and talks to me.
Me: How did he look like?
Sally: He was muscular, sexy, and cute!
Me: Well, you shouldn't go by the looks you know.
Sally: Oh my god Harlin! Listen to me! After he approached me we started talking. He was so sweet, he was complimenting my hair, dress and eyes. After that he started talking about how he has a huge place and asked me if I wanted to go.
Me: Wait, wait, wait...did he come alone to the club and did u go to his place?!
Sally: He was with one guy I don't know, i wasn't paying attention to him and I didn't go to his huge place unfortunately.
Me: Listen Sally.
Sally: Yeah
Me: When you go to a club you don't just talk to any guy and almost agree to go his place. I mean you gotta be careful, these guys only do that so they can take advantage of you. I mean he was complimenting you so you can fall into his trap. Also he was kinda tipsy! And wait..i forgot to ask you but what type of red dress were you wearing?
Sally: A short floral dress and it was red.
Me: You see! He obviously wanted something from you! and you almost fell for it. Did you even get his name?
Sally: I don't know, it started with a R.
Me: *Shakes head* Next time you go to a club make sure your not looking slutty and don't just go for any guy you see. One more thing, looks don't matter. Just don't agree to go to any guys place if you don't know their name! That guy didnt care if your hair or eyes looked nice, he cared for something else and you gave him an extra hint by wearing that dress. Next time be careful.
Sally: Alright.
Me: No im serious!
Sally: Okay.

Part 2 Of Research Paper # 2 : Revised Preliminary Thesis and Annotated Bibliography.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Qs0RX8yA1k_LlsRJRIH9jnSamHJ0v6YYhbncizYrAQ/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CPrZ0qsL

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Blog Post #9: Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction, and Dilemmas

The presence and absence of a male figure in a child's life effects its development throughout the years. Some people say that having a father figure in your life is very important and to some it isn't that important. If a father is present in a child's life, the father needs to fulfill all the responsibilities that is needed for the child to know their father more.In "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction and Dilemma by Scott Coltrane, he says that interaction, responsibility, and availability (437) are all the things that a father needs to have with his child. According to the reading, the author says that the absence of a father or male figure can lead the girls to become pregnant when they become teens and some teens can end up doing drugs. In my point of view I believe that its not necessarily to have a father or a male figure in your life because it all depends in the society you live in. If you don't think that its necessary to have a father or male figure in your life, while the society might think it is important and they might have a effect on your mind and it might your decision.

Coltrane, Scott. "Fathering: Paradoxes, Contradiction and Dilemmas." Men's Lives.8th ed.Ed.Michael S.Kimmel And Michael A. Messner. Ed.NYC:Allyn & Bacon, 2010. 432-449. print.