This week\u2019s readings were very interesting. Starting off with \u2018Identity Terms\u2019. 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 \u201cQueer,\u201d \u201cBisexual,\u201d \u201cPansexual,\u201d \u201cPolyamorous,\u201d \u201cAsexual,\u201d or all term for all\u00a0LGBTQ\u00a0(lesbian,\u00a0gay,\u00a0bisexual,\u00a0transgender,\u00a0queer) individuals. The outer influence of an individual should not define no body\u2019s sexuality, but from within.\u00a0For 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.<\/p>\n
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One of the theories in the \u201cFeminist Philosophy of Language\u201d was \u201c 2.5 Generics\u201d it really caught my attention. For example \u201cGeneric statements are ones such as \u201ccats are furry\u201d, or \u201ca cat has fur\u201d, which are neither universal generalizations (there are furless cats) nor existential generalization (the claim being made is clearly stronger)\u201d.\u00a0 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\u2019t there is something wrong with you.<\/p>\n
Also \u201cSex Marking\u201d is very evident in our everyday lifes. \u00a0It is clearly that there is too emphasis placed on gender when there doesn\u2019t 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 \u201cmale dominance\u201d<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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