bashoGWSS1

I have learned a lot from this class, but it has been a different type of knowledge. Not the kind of repetitive textbook knowledge that sits in your head until after finals when you erase it all, the kind of knowledge that sticks with you and applies to your life. I think the piece we read in this class that really made me think was Plumwood's piece on Dualism. Although I feel like I am a strong young women, I never realized that there were time when I thought it was okay that males were dominant over females. Other dualisms like white and black just seemed natural in the world that we live in. I come from a small town, and being a freshman this year at a very large and diverse school has made me question my old opinions and beliefs. I have met people with varieties of race, gender and sexuality. I have realized that you cannot catergorize every into two different groups. No everyone is just either white or black, male or female, straight or gay. And just incase someone IS one of the two, it does not mean that one is superior to the other. Plumwood states that we need to look at differences not dualisms. There should be no value placed on our differences, and our differences should be valued in knowing that not eveyone is the same. In my life I am going to look at the differences I have with people and embrace them, and not place one above another. I know after taking this class that everyone has something great to offer and we should not have to rely on one group to define a subordinate group, but we should rely on all different groups to define eachother.