How it ends?...

     So I had been contemplating on what to write about for my last blog post. I finally decided I'm going to do it on an update of and earlier post 'Relationships Ups and Downs'. I've decided I would update you on how my sister and her ex-boyfriends relationship ended up. When I previously posted  about it, it was about 2 months after the breakup and there was so much back and forth which involved a lot of drama. I had kept my self out of all of it and had said nothing, until I was told my sisters ex was going to delete me on facebook for whatever reason. So I put my two cents in there, he responded with nothing other then deleting me.
     Well Thanksgiving break came along and as I said before he wanted to see her. She gave in very easily and agreed. I could tell she missed him and wanted to get back together with him, yet he was still confused for whatever reason and kept saying he didn't know what he wanted to do.
     Well as of today I have been trying to avoid it all because I feel like having been there for my sister has back fired on me. She tells me they are working it out even though he is back at school which is out of  state. That is as much as I know, being she doesn't tell me as much now that she has him back. In a way I guess I don't know hot to completely feel about it, like I don't want to accept him back into our family because of everything he has put my family through and especially my sister.
     I was told he is scared of me and wants to talk to me, having already talked with my parents.  I know the only way I will ever forgive him is if we do talk. I just feel I should be able to drill him and ask what I want, since my sister didn't get many answers out of him. Overall I guess I just want to know for myself so that I can be happy for my sister and feel that she can maybe trust him. What do you think and how would you maybe have handled it?!
  

Reality TV: "Real Housewives"

     When searching the Internet I came across this article. Author Jennifer Pozner writes about reality TV shows and how they interpret 'women' to be. I feel she hit dead on in this article. I do watch a lot of reality TV, but hadn't watched much of the Real Housewives of wherever shows. So I took a minute to watch a few clips from those shows and I personally feel majority of the shows are ridiculous! I feel it is pretty much other women (Mothers) who are for the most part trying to live as if they were still in their youth years. There was one episode in particular with a group of the Housewives around ones pool and acting very immature. The owner of the houses daughter was present and it got to the point where she went in the house because she was so embarrassed of her Mothers behavior. I just know if that were my Mom I would have to look at her as more of a friend not as a Mother figure at all, because of her actions.
     In the article Jennifer Pozner goes on to talking about how the women on these reality TV shows are perceived to be dumb blonde's. I couldn't agree more with this statement because I feel it is so true. Whether or not if this is degrading the women population, these reality shows will still be seen on TV regardless. Reason being that so many of us women do watch these reality shows. Whether it does down grade women or not, it is most likely the women population that is keeping these shows on TV. If you would like to take a look at the article go to http://www.womensenews.org/story/books/101203/reality-tv-does-real-hit-job-womens-brains

Chat Roulette

So, my friend and I heard about a video on youtube called "Show Me Your Peacock." The video was pretty much making fun of chatroulette.com. Take a look at the video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHXIxhNaz2s. Anyway we thought we would take a look at chat roulette and see what it is all about. I guess we didn't think it was as bad as we thought it would be, there were actually some normal people on there that you could hold a conversation with. Rather then people showing us intimate acts that we defiantly didn't prefer to see. The site is a bit overwhelming all in all, not knowing who or what will be on the next screen. However, I could see this website taking off and opening another door for people to communicate with one another and for you to meet new people, all through the use of webcam and actual verbal chat! What do you think?

Kenya's Sex-workers

          When searching the internet for something to write about for this post I came across this article that caught my eye. Take a look http://womennewsnetwork.net/ the article from November 18th titled "Sex-workers get second chance at life with microloans in Kenya." Of all people and with the way society is formed with the rich having so much power. It suprised me to see that loans would be given to not just the poor but poor women who work at prostitutes!! I think it is such a great thing but just something very rare to see. Things like this should be done more often around the world. Helping people in need around the world that are putting themselves and their families in risk just to make some form of income!
          The article also talks about gender empowerment. With hopes that while providing more opportunities to the women of Kenya that it will allow for them to move up in society. Most of these women too being single mothers raising their children on their own. So I think this would be a great direction for all these sex-workers from Kenya to move in providing them with a better and more hopeful future for them and their families!

Evaluation of Gender and Culture

I found this article online, and I felt it lays out exactly what we have talked about in class about gender norms. Take a look for yourself http://knol.google.com/k/renee-jacques/lost-a-breakthrough-in-media-portrayal/3cwnpcjif85bq/4#

Relationships Ups and Downs

So my younger sister is going through a breakup with a boyfriend of two years. It was pretty much her first major relationship, and she took it pretty hard. He ended up ending it because he went to college out of state, so they really never saw each other. Well now having been about 2 months since there breakup there has been so much drama with it. He was keeping in contact with her since the breakup and she ended up telling him it was to hard for her and that she couldn't talk to him until she really got over it. There has been so much more then just that, that has went on. Well anyways, she is finally moving on and he calls her the other night after they had a huge fight about all of it and he says he wants to see her over thanksgiving break since it will be the first time he has been home since august. She tells me they are going to 'talk'. I guess I just don't want it to start all over again and see her get hurt once again. I feel as if guys just have something within them that makes them so strong and tough that they can even put girls through this. Girls on the other hand have such soft emotions it takes such a different tole on us. She says she won't go back to him, but I just feel him and most guys in general know how to turn things around, and that he could get her to change her mind. I hope not and if so I just hope everything works out for the best of them! And pray that I don't need to see my sister go through it all again.

Ladies Night...

So some of my friends and I were talking over breakfast this morning about ladies night at the bars. We were talking how there is no guys night, and why that is, more in a joking way. But really though why isn't there, we were saying because with ladies night it brings the guys out so it helps the bars out in the long run. Whereas if there was a guys night we weren't so sure if that would get all the ladies out. Something we just found interesting and had the guys complaining about since there is two different nights for ladies night and the guys never get to drink for free! Being a girl I found it kind of funny but I defiantly see where the guys are coming from!