Taking Action Can Be As Easy As Educating The People In Yor Life ABout The Issues You Care About!!

I feel that we need to listen to these girls. They have feelings and experience many things that people are unaware of. We need to listen to all girls so that they have a chance to get their voice out there also. On page 180 Driver states that “Queer youth want to be heard, understood, and respected. They want their words to have broader social significance, to b part of a bigger picture in which their experiences and perspective are taken seriously.” This applies to everyone. The world is changing and we need to listen to everyone and that be the norm whether they are gay/straight, bi, black, white, hispanic. On page 24 of red, Danielle states in her opening sentence, ´I wonder why the human race is so stupid”. To me this girl is smart, she goes on t tell how we are constantly changing and controlling the world we live in. “we refuse to learn from history, fighting over the same things over and over again. Starting at a young age, with small, repeated bikers over the same toy, this continues far into our lives. We fight in junior high over friends and boyfriends… Europe fights over royalties.. America has entangled itself in a war what is now being compared to Vietnam.” As I read I kept wanting to quote everything as she had true meaning to it all.

It is so very important to listen to these girls as they are our future, they are what’s going to bring change in so many years. They are of an age that they know what is right and wrong and they are aware of what they want. I think that the boys school be educated also, as they can break the mold and be the change we wish to see in the world also. If they are educated they would not be”women haters” or treat women any differently than themselves. On Page 207 of the Purity Myth, it states; “it’s not enough just to pay attention to the news and blogs and take action when abstinance education is up for refunding, we have to be more proactive.” It then further down the page says, “taking action can be as easy as educating the people in your life about the issues you care about.” This really hits home for me. I feel that even in our class we have become more aware of situations and have furthered and bettered ourselves from the readings and from reading each other's blog postings. If everyone took initiative to talk to people they know about an issue then that person would tell people and that person would tell more people, word would spread and hopefully things would start changing. As I say this, we all must listen to each other and this includes these young women. As for Ruby, I give her a high five! She is such a strong little girl! She explains her views with such confidence this proves that these girls should have a voice!

Comments

mhendrix said…
Hi Merritt,

I also feel that we need to listen to girls. I was also struck by Danielle Norman's opening statement "I wonder why the human race is so stupid”. This is a question we all need to ask ourselves! I was totally captivated by her story and like you I wanted to quote everything she had to say, she opened my eyes to things I have never even considered before! It is so important that we listen to these girls because they are our future and their future.

I agree with your statement "I feel that even in our class we have become more aware of situations and have furthered and bettered ourselves from the readings and from reading each other's blog postings." Blogging is such a great way to be heard and to reach girls in the 21st century. I did my SL project with an organization called Independent Girls, it is a website for girls that gives them great tools. It provides role models for them primarily through real-life blog stories created by college women. It is a great organization and would encourage you to check it out! : )
Venessa Thomas said…
You made a great point when you said that the world is changing and we need to listen to everyone. These past few years we have seen so much change in not only the United States, but the world, and with that change comes new ways of thinking and new feelings. There should be a worldwide event where they broadcast kids all over the world talking about their emotions and feelingsand what they are going through these days. Imagine if it could be a national event and they broadcasted it on NBC or CBS for everyone to watch and just listen. But usually events like that do not happen unless a world tragedy happedns.

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