Hello Professor Brianne and classmates, I’m very excited to take this class and learn more about how to manage the gender’s influence, its huge impact on our society, and how to have a positive and active role in our community. I came to the united states to realize my dream of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I was always very intrigued by the declaration of independence and how I can live a life without any judgment or restrictions.
As a mother of two children, with a full-time job. I try to show a good example to my kids that nothing is impossible as long as you have a goal in your life. Living in the body of a woman or a male, religion, culture should not restrict anyone’s abilities or dreams no matter what. we limit ourselves without realizing it.
I enjoyed watching all videos, and the amazing efforts it took these students to showcase their work. ”Be a men” video was very inspiring and close to my heart. I felt that I can relate to it a lot since I come from a place where men and women are assigned toys, roles since the day they are born. I always remember myself as a little girl sitting in the corner of the big room where my aunts will be talking and taking care of their babies, cleaning and doing all the housework, while their husbands are chatting and watching football. I always rejected this idea and questioned myself why these roles can’t be reversed? is it because men and women are built differently? or because of society?
The daily breakfast conversations with my father and my rejection of these ideas were not the norm. My ideal society was a country where women are giving the right to choose their destiny regardless of their physiology or gender like the United States. It was a hard conversation because my dad uses to say that I can think and do whatever I want as long as it will not create a conflict with our norms and society. Why religion, background, culture, and society must limit my identity and who I’m as a person and what I want to achieve?
I’m also a very positive person and always looking at the bright side of any given situation. I could say that using the positive reframing technique to look at things around me and solve them from a slightly different perspective has been a great asset to my life.
Hi Firdawce. Thank you for sharing. I especially agreed with what you said about being a mother of 2 children and showing them that nothing is impossible as long as you have a goal in your life regardless of their gender, religion, culture, etc. and when you do you unwillingly limit yourself.