3/20/12

When talking about what is considered scientific, we talk about what is needed to prove that what you are claiming is true. And to prove something we need something called "proof". In every science class whenever I was trying to prove that an answer was right I would need proof that what I am thinking is true. But the real problem comes in when trying to prove something when talking about human nature. On the subject of social science, can we really prove human thoughts and habits. There are different truths in the human world and the science world but both types of scientists try to find truths in different aspects of the world. Mathematical truths are much more easier truths than humans because numbers are black and white, there is one scenario so there is one answer. With humans there are so many difference between all of us that it is almost impossible to find the proof to prove that we are what we are.     

3/19/12

In class today I learned that the concious life is like an iceburg. The concious life is what you can see, and as we all know most of an iceburg is what you can't see. The pre concious life is what is just under the surface and that can only be obtained after reflection. When we pull thing out of our mind that is something that we normally wouldn't have to think about is something that would be in the pre concious. And then there is the unconcious mind, which would be what is the bottom of the iceburg and what we can't see under the water. The unconcious is also most of the iceburg, also like on the iceburg most of the iceburg is what we can't see. These are things that we can not normally think about, or if we do think about it, it's not something we would pick up. This is the most unknown part of the thinking mind because it is something that we can not control or understand fully.

3/8/12

In most of the things in our lives we associate things as something that is feminine or masculine. One of those habits would be eating meat, when you think of someone eating a piece of stake you don't tend to think of a woman going to town on a t-bone. It is thought to be more of a womanly thing to do to eat something "safer" like a salad. But why should a woman be expected to only want to eat something safe when we are all supposed to be treated equal. A lot of this thinking is based on the belief of the way that things have been in our society and are now looked at as tradition. We are considered soft and fragile even though we are the ones that bear the children and most woman are single mom's now, that is far from weak. I know that times are changing so that is why most woman are looking to be looked as equals but I feel like we more than deserve it. If the times are changing shouldn't people's mindsets be changing to as to how we look and judge woman based on what was to be thought of us in the past?  

3/7/12

When we think of girls that we consider "pretty", usally they are the girls that have very little clothing and weigh about 90 pounds. If you think about it, that really isn't how it should be, look at all the great athletes that work hard for the bodies that they have and achieve things. And then woman get upset when men think of them as a "piece of meat" but yet we walk around with very little confidance and show little power when we belittle ourselves to that level. In the reading for this week it is said that men have similar pleasure eating as to when they see a naked woman. Woman are looked at as something to be "dominated" similar to when you are eating something. I feel that we sometimes bring this on ourselves though when we protray ourselves as "animals" that can't fend for ourselves and are something that can be easily dominated and controled. If we don't fight for the power that we rightfully deserve than we are going to continue to be treated as animals that should be treated and looked down to as animals.

3/6/12

I was thinking the other day, what makes someone feel so strongly about animals? To become a vegetarian you have to really push yourself to not fall victim to what society thinks of what you should eat. We have been taught our whole lives to eat meat, not only that but hunting and gathering is something that has kept us alive for thousands of years. No one likes to think of an animal dieing so I understand some of the driving force behind the will power of those who chose to not eat meat. I feel like this mind set doesn't effect more  people because we are not the one's that kill the animal or have to watch it die. I feel that if more people had to watch the animal that they were going to eat die they would not eat it. We no longer have to hunt for our food so we don't respect it the same way. Eating meat is something that is so common in American lives that we think nothing of the animal that died just so we don't get to hungry that day.

3/5/12

Today I learned what an eco-feminist is, the intersection of the domination of nature and the domination of women. They have the concern of individual animals while feeling that we should not be treated like animals. An example would be the feeling of that we should not be treated like animals, but yet that means that animals are expected to be treated a certin way. A really interesting point that was presented in the article was that it is harder to come out to society as a vegertian then to come out as being gay. Now why should that be if when you are chosing to be a vegertarian to be looked at differently then coming out as being gay, which isn't a choice. It is hard to come out of the social norms of eating meat because of the social pressures of what is considered to be normal. It is often looked at as a masculen thing to do to eat meat and a womenly thing to eat veggies, but why is that? What made it so strange for a girl to eat chicken wings at dinner?

3/1/12

Why do people decide to have faith? Is it something that we can decide? I know in my youth I was told to have faith in a God because he is all knowing and knows when I don't believe. Because of that faith I was required to go to church every week to show that I still am a believer and to show gratitude. Now that I am older I am l am seeing how that faith was and still is a part of my identity. When I am making a decision (either if it is free will or something per-determined) I am thinking if this is something that would be acceptable or looked down upon by a higher power. But feeling that I can't or shouldn't do something is affecting my free will if I have any. If I was given free will why would God give me the knowledge that  would make me feel bad if I don't follow his word? I should be able, under the idea of free will, to be able to make the considered a "mistake" under Gods eye and be forgiven?