After Watching the video and hearing what all these people had to say is interesting. Bianca Leigh who is an actress and writer said how during her time of year when she was a child she didn’t what transgender was. Laverne Cox mention how when she would get on the train in New York City and people would just laugh because of her identity. Which people think that it’s okay to see it as joke with people’s identity and honestly I just think it’s not right. Everyone should be respected as if who they are. After hearing some of these other actress base on what they have to say while acting in these different shows had me surprise by what they said after because of what occurred in each scene they showed. Like Laverne Cox said don’t they thing about before creating these lines for the scenes. A question I had in mind is, what do you do when your dealing with situations where people do support transgender in public? I feel like these people who identify themselves as transgender probably go through a lot each day because there people who don’t support it. But then again I think that people who are transgender are brave enough to go out there in the world and show who they identify themselves as. Which is good because there shouldn’t be an issue with being who you are. This whole transgender situation affects society because that’s where inequality is occurring. Also discrimination is most likely to occur on daily in their jobs, schools, family, and in many other places. When this discrimination occurs I feel like it’s affecting transgender people mentally and physically. Some things that we can do to support transgender people is by doing a LGBT community organization, voting, volunteer in a group, having a conversation with them or even just spending some time with them. Also making sure there’s a lot of information spread around the city and when I mean information I mean positive information about these people, so that they can be heard as of who they actually are.

Abortion is a huge decision that you need to think about it before doing it and also at the same time it’s your body your choice. When I watched the documentary ‘The Abortion Divide’, I heard when one of the women say oh I should have kept this a secret… I think at the end of the day it’s your choice if you want to tell you family and friends about what you decided to do and yes those people may judge you and tell you so many other things that I feel like you don’t even have to listen because it’s your body. They also mention how very few women are likely to do the abortion but once you show those women what there baby looks like getting the abortion it changes their decision which in this case I feel like those women who end up doing the abortion think it’s best for them but who knows everyone has their reasons of what their doing. Something I did ask myself is how do these women feel after they do the procedure and if there mind change base on what they did. I agree with Dr.Ruberu from the documentary ‘The Abortion Divide’ when she said how when an abortion takes place in an innocent life that has not done any harm to anybody is destroyed. Why, because to me I think that human being was brought into this world for a reason and on top of that that it’s not the baby’s fault. Another question that came to my mind is how do these doctors feel doing this whole abortion procedure? Or do they even have any thoughts about it while doing the procedure. In my opinion I think that abortion would not be the best choice because that child hasn’t even been born yet, the mother could be facing personal issues, or maybe more support would be helpful when it comes to making an decision like that. Maybe thinking of other decision’s such as giving up your child for adoption because there are people who probably can’t even have kids. Again it’s your body your choice that’s just an opinion I mentioned about.

I feel like even before you think about doing the abortion and your decision after can affect you many way’s because it could be something your doing for the first time. I wonder if the mother would change their decision after they did the abortion, just a curious thought. Further more I think that abortion is not the best option for the mother because that child deserves to live and not be killed. At the end of the day that child is a human living inside of you. If I know I don’t want that child I would start looking what other options can be made other than putting the child for adoption. Also seeking for help and support is important because like I said from the beginning it’s a huge decision you are making, overall it’s your choice at the end of the day.

Feminists group has been a group that has always wanted to have equal rights between both genders, men and female. Inequality has affected us female in many ways. Black feminists is not just trying to fight oppression but actually address the issues that is going on. According to the article (1997) The Combahee River Collective Statement states “There is a very low valued placed upon Black women’s psyches in this society, which is both racist and sexist”. One part that caught my attention while reading the article (1997) The Combahee River Collective Statement, when it state’s “If Black women were free, it would mean that every one else would have been free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” It caught my attention because we a women that have to deal with many issues and fight to get what we want. As I kept reading it mention about the roles in female and male in the 1970’s and that it has been a traditional thing meaning that men go to work and women stay at home and then they say how we women can’t do the same thing as men. Some other roles in general are when women are expected to dress up in a feminine way and being polite. But Men have to be strong and brave. Some roles at home are when women have to cook, do all the cleaning and washing in the household but for men they would just to work, take care of the bills which to me are like very simple task to do. In my opinion I think that most of these roles are not fair for both genders, it shouldn’t be oh you focus on thing and I focus on the other. I feel like both genders should have equal roles and even in general having equal rights. I feel like these type of issue’s are still being seen seen today because as they mention before it’s like a tradition. These roles are able to affect both male and female because of the relationship there is in the household, behavior and also health. Gender roles are important to society because it tells us how each gender can change over time and the equality that both should have. To me I don’t see anything wrong where both gender’s learn the same things and not just learning certain things. I see gender feminism as having many inequality’s and men should realize that we are humans but different genders and being able to do the same things. If both genders were to have equality both would have the benefits to live free I believe because there would be no more inequality’s.Overall I really hope at a certain type of period there would equality for both genders and not have to deal with many other issues. It would be amazing to see that change happen, I still see both genders facing inequality between each other and it’s probably because of a tradition it is.

As a female I feel like we been through a lot such as facing many issues and the fact that we ourselves have to speak up so that we can be heard. While I was reading one of the article’s which was The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan one part that stood out to me was when it said “women are still treated as second-class citizens”. When I read this it made me think about as if we belong to like a different part of group meaning like a group in society. It shouldn’t be that way because we are humans and we should received equal rights To me a second class citizen is when both genders are being treated differently in society. In the article that i just mention about talks about feminine mystique, and how feminine has been not been valued enough of what they do such as washing dishes, ironing and that it’s an issue without having a name but we know that it’s an issue that need to be fixed. The politics of house work article talks about how women complain of there own husbands some are the house chores. According to the article “Pat Mainardi, The Politics of Housework” states, “Here’s my list of dirty chores: buying groceries, carting them home and putting them away; cooking meals and washing dishes and pots; doing the laundry digging out the place when things are out of control; washing floors. To my understanding these types of situations are still happening in the present and it shouldn’t be happening because if it’s wife and husband living in the same household then they should be working together as team and not just the wife working on the house chores such as washing dishes or the husband just working. I honestly don’t understand how this is still happening. It’s always best to help out each other instead of just focusing on only working on certain thing. The more you help out each the better communication or lifestyle you’ll have, that’s just my opinion that I’m putting out there. Another part that stood out to me from the article “Pat Mainardi, The Politics of Housework” was when it said, “Unfortunately I’m no good at things like washing dishes or cooking. What I do best is a little light carpentry, changing light bulbs, moving furniture.” This part of the article is telling us how one person may not know how to a certain chore in the house hold. Either the wife or husband should do one of the chores or instead split the chores this way everything that needs to be done gets done and everything should work out fine. I personally think that doing chores in half would be the best option because it’s showing a form of god communication. The term house work to me means getting things done in your house, it’s important because if both wife and husband chose to live together then it’s a responsibility that should be done.