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How different is each gender really? Are girls and boys born with different brains that work differently and therefore learn differently? or are we socialized to believe so?
An article about sam sex schooling and if this is a good idea.
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/12/15/is-there-a-girl-brain/
What are you thoughts on the matter? Are men and women really that different or are we socialized that way? Do you buy into the media telling you so?
Great speech by a young man who was raised by two lesbians, and is fighting for gay marriage! (click title for link)
life:
In the mid-20th century, America experienced a painful and long-overdue reckoning for the most inhuman societal injustices in its history — the stark racial inequalities that gave the lie to the nickname “land of the free.” And LIFE was there, recording the triumphs, frustrations, and martyrdoms of the civil rights movement’s heroes — and the gloating hatred that fueled the era’s villains.
Pictured: During a nonviolent march demanding desegregation in public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama, the city’s infamously racist public-safety chief, Bull Connor, ordered firefighters to turn high-pressure firehoses on the peaceful demonstrators.
(see more — LIFE at 75: Best Civil Rights Photos)
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Great documentary about how the american media portrays women and how this affects societies view on women, especially women in power positions, and women as sexual objects. Well worth watching with many female and male perspectives on the issue, including, katie Couric, Geena Davis, and Condoleezza Rice, (just to name a few)
If the trailer interests you, (click the title to view the trailer) here are some links for you to watch online.
http://www.iwannawatch.net/2011/11/miss-representation-2011/