Author: Jhulio Vargas

Journal # 4

This week’s readings were very interesting. Starting off with ‘Identity Terms’. I learned that language is always evolving, and deeply personal to each person who chooses the terms with which to describe themselves. When discussing race we discover that the term, people of color, is utilized to allude to anybody nonwhite, and the term, black, is utilized to allude to individuals who comes from Africa or are African American. When conversing with, or about individuals who are debilitated, consistently express an individual first stating, except if told in any case by the individual themselves.This is because an inability doesn’t characterize you. Furthermore, sexuality goes is many different flavor and an individual can identify themselves as any of the following “Queer,” “Bisexual,” “Pansexual,” “Polyamorous,” “Asexual,” or all term for all LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) individuals. The outer influence of an individual should not define no body’s sexuality, but from within. For example a transgender person is a person born of a specific sex and grows older to discover that they feel like the opposite sex. When this happens, the person chooses to operate and physically become how they feel inside and that is how a person should pick their sex.

 

One of the theories in the “Feminist Philosophy of Language” was “ 2.5 Generics” it really caught my attention. For example “Generic statements are ones such as “cats are furry”, or “a cat has fur”, which are neither universal generalizations (there are furless cats) nor existential generalization (the claim being made is clearly stronger)”.  This demonstrate that we as individuals speculate or even categorize individuals or things creating an illusion that because humans have hair all human need to have hair. This exclude those that does not have hair is creating the illustion that everyone need to have hair and if you don’t there is something wrong with you.

Also “Sex Marking” is very evident in our everyday lifes.  It is clearly that there is too emphasis placed on gender when there doesn’t need to be. For example, male dominance requires the belief that men and women are importantly different from each other, so anything that contributes to the impression that sex differences are important is therefore a contributor to male dominance. That is why words such as congressman or businessman tries to reinforces the “male dominance”

Furthermore, some cultures dress and tell their kids that a boy has to dress like a man, with hats, dark neutral colors, that pink is for girls and blue for boys. Yet those are standers and requirements created by society and is delivered by how we communicate. In reality, what you wear does not define who you are or your gender. As the community continues to study gender and communication, we can continue to progress and have a better understanding of human sexuality and gender.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISSCUSSION # 4

After reading “Identity Terms” the term that most describes me is “Latino,” “Latin American,” “Latina,” “Latino/a,” “Latin@,” “Latinx,” “Chicano,” “Xicano,” “Chicana,” “Chicano/a,” “Chican@,” “Chicanx,” “Mexican American,” “Hispanic.” I arrived in the U.S  from the Dominican Republic when I was seven years old. I immediately saw how my identity completely change; Back in the Dominican Republic, our population is not as diverse as the U.S, and coming to the U.S completely change the way I perceive my identity and others. Here in the U.S, my identity went not only from being a Dominican but being Hispanic or Latino; That what people call me. These were terms that I was not exposed back in the Dominican Republic. Also, experience a lot of people confusing my country of origin, saying are you Mexican, Colombian, and sometimes even white. I remember people saying, “you don’t look Dominican because Dominican are of dark complexion; Are you Puerto Rican?”. That’s when I realize that Americans had an stereotypical way of identifying individuals base on how they look.

One of the theories in the “Feminist Philosophy of Language” was “ 2.5 Generics” it really caught my attention. For example “Generic statements are ones such as “cats are furry”, or “a cat has fur”, which are neither universal generalizations (there are furless cats) nor existential generalization (the claim being made is clearly stronger)”.  This demonstrate that we as individuals speculate or even categorize individuals or things creating an illusion that because humans have hair all human need to have hair. This exclude those that does not have hair is creating the illusion that everyone need to have hair and if you don’t there is something wrong with you.

 

Jhulio Vargas Gender Identity Project Draft

Gender Identity project 06092020

My Gender Analysis

I grew up in a two-parent household with my brother and my sister where the men have always pictured as the head of the family. My father did not cook or clean; he only worked. On the other hand, my mother worked too and did all the cooking, cleaning while also bringing money to the table and taking care of us. Unfortunately, she was never seen as a strong contributor to the family, although she was doing more. All because she is a woman. Despite the fact that some people think that men shouldn’t be cooking or cleaning because that is known to be women’s duties. I know that as a society we can progress, by accepting that we are all equal. Women and men are both capable of doing the same jobs. A lot of this programing is created by generations after generations and it is shown through stereotypes and lack of knowledge.

Furthermore, after learning and reading the material in this class I started to understand a lot more about the programing of my own identity by my parent and society. For example, I remember that as a kid, every time my brother and I fell or got injured, my parent will say, “stop crying, be a man,” or “stop crying be a boy.” I didn’t realize that this communication between my parent and me was building my gender identity. I grew up thinking that men are not week, that men don’t cry, but all that was how they perceive gender and probably without them noticing they were passing it down to me. Also, I remember my dad saying that boy are not supposed to wear skirt or even dye their hair because that was for women. Again portraying the steriotipe in his mindset. According to the Sex, Gender, Sexuality Interlace diagram Sex could be explored or perceive through your biological, anatomical, and physiological characteristics. Biological is the standard way in which babies are identified at their birth moment. That’s when I realize that my parent viewed gender in a very biological way.  I grew up thinking that because I was a boy I was intended to act extreme, battle when being disregarded, play sports more regularly than tag . My sister on the other hand is treated differently. My parent had a binary perspective os sex and gender that it was inherit by their pass generation they belived that the sex you was boin as is your destined sex. This view neglects to represent human intercession. We, as people, need to understand that we affect the social courses of action of society.

Growing up I thought that people that identify themselves as other and not as a male of female was incorrect because of the mindset I grew up with. We, as members of society, need to understand gender binary because, when it comes to sexuality, society tends to have a binary gender perspective and denounce other possibilities. It assumes that only men and women exist, not considering gender diversity and not considering the presence of people who do not identify as men or women. Gender, sexuality is neither binary nor fixed. There are straight individuals and gay individuals, yet individuals, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, queer, and heteroflexible. That is how the Sex, Gender, Sexuality Interlace” diagram depicts sex and gender. For example, in society, the programming of sex and gender begins even before a baby is born, you see parents say things like if I have a boy, he will be treated like a king or if it is a girl she will be treated like a queen. This picture the mindset that immediately is created when we think of a specific sex, and we start to quickly attach the different ways we should be treating a human base on sex. This can be recognized by society as your destined sex. This view neglects to represent human intercession. Furthermore, understanding that there is not just to sexual identity bring comprehension to understand the issues with inequality. People identity can be varied, and it is different for everyone, and it is diverse for each individual. Our identity s formed by a wide range of experiences that we all have in life. That is why if we want a more inclusive and fairer world, we need to stop the culturally dominant binary model that neglects to precisely accept the wide variety of sexual and gender lived experiences.

According to Theories of gender/sex; I found out about the speculations of sexual orientation and sex. Analysts utilize these theories to clarify where the different perspective on sexual orientation originates from. For example, we can perceive gender and sex through the lenses of these three theories, biological, psychological, and critical/ cultural. These theories have a tremendous impact on the way we identify our self’s, especially when we try to justify our features. For example, when you see yourself through the lens of the biological theory, we tend to say, “ I was born with whatever biological features, and it’s unchangeable.”Furthermore, the psychological theory and the Critical/ cultural theory go hand in hand. Psychological theory focus on the internal development triggered by early childhood experience. Critical/ culture is how gender is viewed in different cultures. For example, the ideas of women being home caretakers and men being the provider invite simplistic comparisons that rely on stereotypes to define how women should be perceived in society. These theories emphasize that by the way we communicate, we can construct norms that physiologically can impact the way we see sex and gender and even the way we identify ourselves. Also, we attached to our cultural identity and later on enforced by how we communicate in society. We as humans need to be more aware of how human intercession can impact selves identity and norms. The outer influence of an individual should define no body’s character, but from within. Society has created a lot of stereotypes. No girl or boy should be growing up thinking that boys are not week, and that women are week—all for a better world.

Social learning theory, biological theory, and psychological advancement are compelling in deciding how we think and perceive sex. These speculations were the brain behind the experiences, which molded the manner in which I consider sex. My goal is to continue to expand my mindset on gender/ sex and understand that most of our belives is based on a paradigm. It is basically a mental program that has almost exclusive control over our habitual behavior.

Jhulio Vargas Journal 3

In this perusing, we find out about the speculations of sexual orientation and sex. Analysts utilize these theories to clarify where the different perspective on sexual orientation originates from. For example, we can perceive gender and sex through the lenses of these three theories, biological, psychological, and critical/ cultural. These theories have a tremendous impact on the way we identify our self’s, especially when we try to justify our features. For example, when you see yourself through the lens of the biological theory, we tend to say, “ I was born with whatever biological features, and it’s unchangeable.”
Furthermore, the psychological theory and the Critical/ cultural theory go hand in hand. Psychological theory focus on the internal development triggered by early childhood experience. Critical/ culture is how gender is viewed in different cultures. For example, the ideas of women being home caretakers and men being the provider invite simplistic comparisons that rely on stereotypes to define how women should be perceived in society. These theories emphasize that by the way we communicate, we can construct norms that physiologically can impact the way we see sex and gender and even the way we identify ourselves. Also, we attached to our cultural identity and later on enforced by how we communicate in society. We as humans need to be more aware of how human intercession can impact selves identity and norms. The outer influence of an individual should define no body’s character, but from within. Society has created a lot of stereotypes. No girl or boy should be growing up thinking that boys are not week, and that women are week—all for a better world.

Jhulio Vargas Discussion 3

Appearance Feelings Feelings Stem From:

 

 Theories

 
Hair My hair is Straight/curly

 

It changes color. In Winter it gets darker and, in the Summer, it lightens up more.

 

 People says that I have good hair.

 

People have told me that longer hair looks better on me.

 

But, I love my short hair,

 

 

   Biological determinism theory

Psychoanalytical theory

 
Face Love my face

 

I can change it appearance by growing my beard or shaving it

 

It shows emotions

 

 

  

 

People have told me that I have an oval face.

 

Some people have told me I have a weird chin

 

I don’t like my chin

 

I don’t like my eyebrows

   Biological determinism theory

 

Psychoanalytical theory

 

 

 

 

 

 
Legs Takes me everywhere

 

I don’t have to shave it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 People always said that men don’t have to shave

 

My parents says that only women shave their legs

  

Biological determinism theory.

 

Psychoanalytical theory

I choose my hair, face, legs. Those are a few of the body parts that people tend to have a lot of stereotypes relate to being masculine or feminine, depending on their appearance. I choose my hair because everybody should love their natural hair, and we should embrace the differences between each hairstyle no matter what your sex is. Men should be allowed to have long hair or vice versa; women should be allowed short hair. My face because it represents me; it can show my emotions is my identity. I can decide whether I want to shave or not. Finally, my legs because they take me everywhere and I don’t have to shave it. Even though women have to shave according to society, I believe it should be a choice. I feel like the body part that I listed is what people always comment on relate to sexual standards.

Furthermore, all these bodies part that I have explained more relatable to: Biological determinism theory and Psychoanalytical theory. Sometimes we tend to view our identity through a biological or even phycological perspective. I was born with whatever biological features that sometimes creates the impression that it is unchangeable, and the Psychoanalytical aspect is based on the identity developed through your life experience.

From my embodied communication, the conduct was because of the longing to fit in with my sexual orientation character. I refuse to act in a certain way because of social norms. However, I would say my embodied communication can stem from psychological theories. For example, in society, we expect that men should be bold. Ladies then again should be uninvolved and compliant. That is why I believe that psychological theories, for the most part, have a hung impact on people, including myself, physical appearances, and the way we perceive ourselves.

Jhulio Vargas Journal 2

We, as members of society, need to understand gender binary because, when it comes to sexuality, society tends to have a binary gender perspective and denounce other possibilities. It assumes that only men and women exist, not considering gender diversity and not considering the presence of people who do not identify as men or women. Gender, sexuality is neither binary nor fixed. There are straight individuals and gay individuals, yet individuals, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, queer, and heteroflexible. That is how the Sex, Gender, Sexuality Interlace” diagram depicts sex and gender. For example, in society, the programming of sex and gender begins even before a baby is born, you see parents say things like if I have a boy, he will be treated like a king or if it is a girl she will be treated like a queen. This picture the mindset that immediately is created when we think of a specific sex, and we start to quickly attach the different ways we should be treating a human base on sex. This can be recognized by society as your destined sex. This view neglects to represent human intercession.

Furthermore, understanding that there is not just to sexual identity bring comprehension to understand the issues with inequality. People identity can be varied, and it is different for everyone, and it is diverse for each individual. Our identity s formed by a wide range of experiences that we all have in life. That is why if we want a more inclusive and fair world, we need to stop the culturally dominant binary model that neglects to precisely accept the wide variety of sexual and gender lived experiences.

Another social constructs perception that is shown as absolute and unchanging opposites are the roles women play in society. For example, women are home caretakers and men being the provider for the family. This invite simplistic comparisons that rely on stereotypes to define how women should be perceived in society.

No body’s identity should be defined by the outer influence of an individual, but from within. Society has created a lot of stereotypes. No girl or boy should be growing up thinking that boys are not week, and that women are week—all for a better world.

Jhulio Vargas Discussion 2

 

Sex Gender Sexuality Interlace

 

After reading and analyzing each gender diagram, I think that the best description explaining gender and sex is “Sex, Gender, Sexuality Interlace.” In this diagram, we can visualize the three main categories in which people can experience self-identity or define their own identity. This diagram is precise and detailed about each group, which made it very straight forward for me to understand well enough to teach others. For example, the chart explained that sex could be explored or perceive through your biological, anatomical, and physiological characteristics, which is the standard way in which babies are identified at their birth moment. This can be recognized by society as your destined sex. This view neglects to represent human intercession. We, as people, need to understand that we affect the social courses of action of society. That’s when socio-cultural, psychological, and personal identity comes into place. We all impact this because, through our communication, we affect how others perceive gender, which is attached to masculinity, femininity, and androgyny. For example, in some cultures, it is normal for women to wash the laundry and wash the dishes because “that’s what women do. The men take out the garbage because “that’s what boys do.” These are stereotypes that help form the identity of an individual. Sometimes we are not aware, but it does affect us all. However, when it comes to sexuality, society tends to have a binary gender perspective. It assumes that only men and women exist, not considering gender diversity and not considering the presence of people who do not identify as men or women. Gender, sexuality is neither binary nor fixed. There are straight individuals and gay individuals, yet individuals, bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, queer, and heteroflexible. That is how the Sex, Gender, Sexuality Interlace” diagram depicts sex and gender.

 

Furthermore, it is incredible how a simple diagram can help you be more conscious of the many ways you identify yourself and how things you do help others define your sex and gender. For example, while writing this entry, I started thinking that the list I put together without my gender or sex could be perceived differently by different people. It automatically reminded me of how sex and gender can be created in our heads and view by the values and norms attached to our heads. Your identity is also significantly impacted by your family and friends because most of the things you do where a result of that close circle you are where surrounded most of the time. For example, in society, we tend to see parents telling their kids that a boy has to dress like a man, with hats, dark neutral colors, that pink is for girls and blue for boys. Yet those are standers and requirements created by society and is delivered by how we communicate. In reality, what you wear does not define who you are or your gender. That is why it has to be very clear that sex and gender are determined by what you feel like and not as others perceive you. The way others see you is full of personal perception and stereotypes. That was the most important lesson learned from doing my diagram.

Gender is far beyond the sex that you are assigned during childbirth. Sexual orientation is appended to your personality and the things that make you who you are today, and it is also affected by society.

 

Jhulio Vargas Journal 1

Reading the article was eye-opening and it helped me understand a few of my behavior and how other people think and perceive sex and gender. In society, the programing of  sex begins even before a baby is born, you see parents say things like if I have a boy he will be treated like a king or if it is a girl she will be treated like a queen. This picture the mindset that immediately is created when we think of a specific sex, and we start to quickly attach the different way we should be treating a human base on sex. Don’t get me wrong is not like we are not supposed to be handling it differently; it is how some people or cultures treat human base on sex. Attaching different stereotypes; Is like society creates particular requirements of how a male or female should be perceived or treated.

Now, as society focuses more on studying gender and sex, we have come to understand better that it is okay to identify as man or a woman, depending on how you see yourself as. Self-identity is very important, rather than how society perceives you. In the first chapter of the reading, it talks about transgender. According to the article, a transgender person is a person born of a specific sex and grows older to discover that they feel like the opposite sex. When this happens, the person chooses to operate and physically become how they feel inside. For example, I met a woman who was born a man but identified as a woman and decided to replace most of her body parts to look like one. Now her transgender boyfriend is pregnant. This comes to the conclusion that identity is developed within ourselves.

Furthermore, some cultures dress and tell their kids that a boy has to dress like a man, with hats, dark neutral colors, that pink is for girls and blue for boys. Yet those are standers and requirements created by society and is delivered by how we communicate. In reality, what you wear does not define who you are or your gender. As the community continues to study gender and communication, we can continue to progress and have a better understanding of human sexuality and gender.

Jhulio Vargas Discussion1

Hello everyone, my name is Jhulio Vargas, and I currently live in the Bronx. I am a full-time employee at New York Life, working as an Operation Consultant. I am also a Small Business Entrepreneurship major. I anticipate graduating by the end of 2020, and will then work my way towards receiving my bachelor’s at Baruch College. The ultimate goal is to open my own advisory company that helps college students through their college experience. I believe that businesses need to be corporately responsible for how your business impacts society and what you and your business can do to make the world a better place. That philosophy is my purpose, and I hope to impact and change people’s lives through my bussines. However, I believe this class can be beneficial to my overall life and career, as it can help me develop a more educated mindset that can help me have a better understanding of how gender can be created by the way we communicate and the impact that it has on people’s mind and behaviors. Furthermore, my spirit is very adventurous, and I enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures. Understanding different identities can help you have a more diverse perspective about others.

As I watched the videos, many things resonated with me, especially the first video, “Be a Man.” I grew up in a household where the men have always pictured as the head of the family. My father did not cook or clean; he only worked. On the other hand, my mother worked too and did all the cooking, cleaning while also bringing money to the table and taking care of us. Unfortunately, she was never seen as a strong contributor to the family, although she was doing more. All because she is a woman. I remember that as a kid, every time my brother and I fell or got injured, my parent will say, “stop crying, be a man,” or “stop crying be a boy.” I didn’t realize that this communication between my parent and me was building my gender identity. I grew up thinking that men are not week, that men don’t cry, but all that was how they perceive gender and probably without them noticing they were passing it down to me.

Despite the fact that some people think that men shouldn’t be cooking or cleaning because that is known to be women’s duties. I know that as a society we can progress, by accepting that we are all equal. Women and Men are both capable of doing the same jobs. A lot of this controversy are created because of stereotypes and lack of knowledge. Some first-generation immigrants are taught to treat women and men differently because they were raised this way. For example, my mom and Dad which never allowed my sister to be outside past nine o’clock at night, yet my brother and I would still be out by twelve am on a school night (perks of being a man they call it).