Final Blog
Final Blog
Katie and Rebecca that was a loaded question.
I think in order to change the relationship between gender and power, there are many components, but I think the first thing I need to do myself is to take accountability for my status, but also realize the oppression I receive (Johnson and Fyre). I always knew in the back in my mind of my oppression, as a Korean and as a woman, but I always rejected it. My life was filled with privilege; I had more opportunities than even white males did in my small Irish Catholic town. Another thing I must do in order to change the relationship between gender and power in my everyday life is to take accountability of my status (Johnson). Although I am Korean and a woman, I am still a heterosexual, Christian, and a part of middle class. I have more power than other people, I have more advantages, and I have more opportunities.
Another thing I plan to change the relationship between gender and power in everyday life is to accept Fausto-Sterling’s Five Sexes. I recognize that there is more than the female sex, and the male sex, and the “genders� applied to them are horrible. And with this, I have to take accountability also. If I hear or see people disgracing others because of being an intersex, “improperly� performing their gender, or as a transsexual, I must stand up and accept it is not okay. I will accept them for their choices, applaud them for resisting our societal norms, and teach my children one day of the restrictions on our sex, gender, and sexuality in our binary system.
Lastly, another thing I will do is to not judge a woman’s (or man’s) situation in such a black and white manner. I must take the context of their situation (may it be from a different sexuality, ethnicity, class) and see it from their lenses. I cannot judge one from my personal experiences, but try to understand in the context of theirs.
And yes, I know, I will 1.) Not pee/shower/change clothes2.) Go to the hospital 3.) Ask for a rape kit 4.) And send that sucker where he belongs!