Any chance you get to play the worn out pity card
Any opportunity to push my buttons hard
It's getting old, your 'poor me' thoughts
Believe me boy when I say 'so what'
This broken record thing has got to stop
I'm losing interest in your pillow talk
And oooooooh it's not looking good
And oooooooh I'm not in the mood
And oooooooh I can't get through
To you oooooooh
[Chorus]
Don't be a girl about it
'Cause I didn't say yes
Don't be a girl about it
'Cause I wouldn't pretend
Don't be a girl about it
Now you're whining again
Don't be a girl about it
You're such a girl about it
And oooooooh I'm sleeping with the enemy oh oh!
And oooooooh I'm counting sheep while you're in love
[Kelly Clarkson]
Now you're up in arms because I say we're not working out
You wonder if I loved you from the start well I tell you what
I knew a guy who changed my world
And then he grew to a little girl
This metamorphoses is just too much
You're crossing lines that I just can't let go of
And oooooooh it's not looking good
And oooooooh I'm not in the mood
And oooooooh I can't get through
To youuuuu oooooooh
[Chorus]
Don't be a girl about it
'Cause I didn't say yes
Don't be a girl about it
'Cause I wouldn't pretend
The purpose of this blog is to document my individual explorations of cultural constructions of gender and the implications of those constructions. In addition to this I will be investigating how gender is constructed in the Hebrew Bible and what affect this has on my experience, community, and culture. All of these explorations and investigations are in conjuncture with my Gender and Hebrew Bible class.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Men Can Stop Rape
MCSR is a non-profit advocacy group working with adolescent boys and young men to put a stop to the aspects of American culture that makes rape such a huge problem. They deem everything from harmful ideas about masculinity to cat-calling girls "rape culture." In addition to this, they work to create a new culture of respect and equality between men and women.


http://www.mencanstoprape.org/
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Boy Meets A Compulsively Heterosexual World
As I was watching tv waiting for a friend to finish getting ready, this episode of "Boy Meets World" came on depicting an unaccomplished, incompetent Cory and Shawn. As Cory is blaming their "failure" on the Jocks at the school for taking all of the girls, he is approached to join the wrestling team. During this interaction, Cory is given three thing for joining the team: 1. the Letterman jacket 2. the uniform 3. a girl.
Through Cory and Shawn's dialogue it is clear that in order to be accomplished and competent in the adolescent setting, boys must "have" girls. The Jocks are the cause of Cory and Shawn's failure is the Jock's taking away all of the girls, not their amazing success in academia, athletics, or drama. The ways in which Cory becomes a part of the wrestling team is by receiving a jacket, uniform, and a girl. It is as if becoming an athlete is as much about ownership of females as actually playing the sport.
Through Cory and Shawn's dialogue it is clear that in order to be accomplished and competent in the adolescent setting, boys must "have" girls. The Jocks are the cause of Cory and Shawn's failure is the Jock's taking away all of the girls, not their amazing success in academia, athletics, or drama. The ways in which Cory becomes a part of the wrestling team is by receiving a jacket, uniform, and a girl. It is as if becoming an athlete is as much about ownership of females as actually playing the sport.
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