Week One Blog
Hi everyone, my name is Cortney Colich. I am a freshman this year at the U. I am from Minnetonka, MN, and I went to Hopkins High School. I have danced my whole life and i'm actually on the U of M dance team which I love so far. It's great to be a part of the school in a different way. Other than dancing I love to be with my family, travel, play sports, or hang out with friends. I'm excited for the upcoming year here at the U!
As far as gender, power, and everyday life, I definitely don't know all that these subjects entail, but I have have a little knowledge of what I think they have to do with. Gender in our society has created problems in our world for a long time. Women and men often play different roles in our society that cause men to often have more power. Gender and power are almost always related when you hear about it in everyday life. Men are said to go to work in the day and make money for the family, while the women are known to stay at home with the kids and do housework. What many people don't like to understand is that no matter how a woman or a man wants to live their life, they should be given the opportunity to do whatever they like. In a workplace a man could quite possibly get the job over a woman with having nothing to do with knowledge or experience but just the fact that he is a man. The power issue with gender has improved through history but it is still an issue each day in everyday life. There is much to learn and much to teach about the power each person possesses and i'm sure i'll learn so much more about it in this class.
thanks,
Cortney