Is nursing a feminine job?

As society has grew, many people have had a stronger view of stereotypes, and still till today many people are still discriminated. Although discrimination based on ethnicity, race and gender has always been around, now it has also included career path. For the past years, there has been a lot of discrimination against men in nursing. Nursing has always been dominated by woman for histories, therefore it has been quite shameful for a man to express to other individuals that he is a nurse.

It wasn't till recently, I watched the movie Meet the Parents, which showed a clear biased understanding of men who want to become nurses. In the movie, Gaylord Focker, a male nurse falls in love with a beautiful girl named Pam. When Focker visits Pam's parents, everything was a mess for him. Firstly, Pam's parents did not like Focker because he was a male nurse. When he was explaining to them that he preferred nursing, they took it as a joke. This shows that our society already demands men to become doctors, the dominant job in medical, and then for women to become nurses.

Men who go into nursing are always discriminated, because many individuals feel that nursing is more of a "feminine" job. The issue in this case is that gender discrimination is the same as other professions. Many other jobs I have encountered are also unequal for both gender roles. When I go to Dairy Queen, I only see women. The reason to Dairy Queen can be because of the name going under a Queen, rather than a King. Also, many construction jobs do not allow women, because they think construction is more of a "manly" job. Do you think nursing should be more of a feminine job, because it has been like that for all of history? Should society turn things around and make more female doctors and male nurses? Have you encountered applying for a job and being rejected because of your gender? Explain!

Hoodie's Equals Enemy?

Hoodie's Equals Enemy? 

Nowadays in society young males all colors and cultural backgrounds are being misrepresented and labeled as thugs, criminals, and bad kids because they resemble what the "everyday criminal" looks like which is baggy jeans, hoodie, and head gear. because teenagers dressed this way they are harassed by police and quickly judged by store clerks and fellow citizens. People who are incarcerated for crimes like theft, murder, and drugs do usually dress  like teens cause they're teens. just because this similarity exist doesn't mean that everyone is a criminal who chooses to participate in this trend and culture, teens dress that way cause its what they like and what they see around them in media. everyday teens are being given a hard time because they dress a certain, without any prior knowledge teens are automatically considered a threat. as a black teen i am often watched in stores, approached by cops, and avoided by civilians because i fit the profile as being a delinquent. Because of these stereotypes many young kids are being targeted. is it fair for adolescents to be judged with such harsh profiles? How would you feel if you were summed up as a criminal because what you like to wear? 

                                          

                                                     

These are examples of civilians taking action against teens because they felt endangered for their life with the Trayvon Martin case and Jordan Davis case. both teens that were victimized based on their Music, Clothing, and color. Both these teens have been shot and killed. R.I.P

Have you ever been stopped by the police? if you have what was the reason?

We, Me

A book written by Cheryl Kilodavis about her son 

Dyson, Cheryl's son

Cheryl Kilodavis is a mother of a young boy named Dyson who decided at a young age that he preferred to wear dresses. It started when he asked his mother to be a princess boy for Halloween and of course she told him that he couldn't be a princess. She eventually realized that the only reason she said no was because she had an issue within herself. She came to the realization that she should in force general gender roles upon her kids if it makes them unhappy. After Halloween Dyson began to wear dresses and the colour pink on a daily basis. Cheryl Kilodavis then decided to write a childrens book called "My Princess Boy" which received international attention, both positive and negative. 

Mr. Mohammad Ali said it best "Me,we". This poem that consist of two words, two syllables, four letters is much more complex than it seems to be. This poem speaks about unity, bringing all kinds of people together.  Cheryl Davis is simply discussing the evolution of man. She states that when something difference comes about it also brings discomfort. She understands that people feel uneasy with the thought of her allowing her son to dress in dresses so she presents images of famous people today who wear the "opposite sex's clothing". I put that in quotations because there is no clothing that is for one gender, clothes are clothes. She also discusses how bullying awareness is something that is taught but acceptance awareness should also be taught. society puts a big emphasis on the act of bullying but it doesn't include how really people should be accepting the difference that people bring. Cheryl is basically saying how yes people are different and yes people may feel a discomfort but we should be focuses on uniting everyone and accepting their differences. If the individual isn't harming you in any way why do people feel the need to disrespect it? 

I guess I'm asking your thoughts on the way society reacts to things that aren't apart of the gender norms? 

• Should it be an issue seeing boys dress up in clothes that females usually wear? Vice Versa? 
• Why do people come off as disrespectful and defensive when someone new presents itself? Is it nessecarry for people to act so ignorant to things that cause no harm to them? 
• Why are people quick to reject rather than accept something new? 

TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS! 

ME, WE  

This Is Michael Sam. A new rookie to the NFL drafted 249th overall by the St.Louis Rams in this years NFL draft. What makes Sam different from other athletes though is that he was an openly gay college athlete. Sam has gotten countless amounts of discriminatory remarks and criticism for his sexuality from the media and even fellow NFL players. This video has become the subject of controversy during the ESPN showing off the NFL draft. Many judged Sam's kiss, saying that its not something they wanted to see on tv especially on their favourite and most popular sports network. but how come there were no reactions to kisses from other players girlfriends?? Are people starting to judge just because it was two homosexual males?

This has become a big topic in sports with the support of homosexuality growing more and more each day. Recently in the NBA Jason Collins came out as an actively gay player and in the NHL, team Captain Dustin Brown has been out of the closet for a while. People should just stop being ignorant to the fact that this is normal and should be accepted as the norm. But are critics t right to say that this specific channel and network is not supposed to be showing this kind of stuff? It is a Sports Network at the end of the day right? Could all of this have been staged? -- Sam does do this kiss repeatedly while looking straight into the camera, or could his emotions just be getting the better of him in this joyous and momentous moment.

Sam will face hardships in his coming years as an NFL player, with fans, the media and players criticizing him but with the support of family and people who aren't completely Narrow-Minded, he will become successful.

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Men out accolade women...

Swedish superstar and main talisman for the club Paris Saint-Germain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has impressed with his best performing season yet. 32 years old and captaining the Swedish national team has been showing a lot of his colors lately as he compared women's football with men's football, "With all respect for what the ladies have done, and they've done it fantastically well, you can't compare men's and women's football. Give it up, it's not even funny," said the Paris Saint-Germain striker in an interview with Expressen Newspaper. The Swedish striker said more "When I come out in Europe they compare me to [Lionel] Messi and [Cristiano] Ronaldo. When I come home they compare me to a female player. With all respect for the ladies, they should be rewarded in relation to what they generate [financially].

"I was asked [by Swedish media] in the summer who was the better player, me or [Sweden striker] Lotta Schelin. You're joking with me, right? When I've broken all these records, this goal record, the goals in the national team, who shall I compare it to? Shall I compare it to whoever has the record, or the ladies?". Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the football world's most outspoken player and interviews like these are common with him everywhere. the main issue is whether Zlatan's comments are respectful towards women.

The "Perfect" Man

Men have always been viewed as the superior sex within numerous cultures and societies, but surprisingly, even the all powerful man has become a target of unrealistic expectations.

In this Old Spice commercial there is a ruggedly handsome man talking to the audience about the man their man could smell like if he used Old Spice body wash instead of using "lady scented body wash". He goes on to describe the things he can do for a woman, such as take her on trips in his fancy boat and shower her with diamonds while giving her tickets to whatever she has always wanted to go to. This ad is basically telling men that they are nowhere near being the man women desire if they don't buy this product to at least smell like the perfect man.

Nowadays, men are expected to be the CEO of a major corporation or some other high rank position, formally dressed but somehow look attractively disheveled  posses a stoic personality but sensitive at the same time and basically be a 6 ft muscular Adonis who is amazing in bed. this generalization of something so impossible appears countless times in videos, commercials, photos, and TV shows. The media's perspective of the perfect man is a 6" 2 male with piercing brown/blue eyes, short dark hair, wearing an expensive looking suit with a sexy smirk forever plastered on their face. While we are constantly looking at how the media affects women, we don't consider that men are affected just as much, if not more.

Take a look at this commercial. This is another Old Spice commercial featuring Neil Patrick Harris advertising Old Spice Pro Strength Antiperspirant. In the commercial he walks around a hospital into an operation room. He clearly states that he is a pretend doctor and obviously does not know what he is doing (who puts a stethoscope on someone's nose??), but the nurse in the room with him just swoons at him, distracted by his confidence and probably his smell. This IS an Old Spice commercial after all. But what is the message here? that it's ok for men to lie about themselves to be perceived as extremely masculine? Is this  why there are so many young men saying they are from the ghettos living the "trap life" when they come from a classy neighborhood and have good, nurturing parents?

 
I'd like to think of the TV show Two and a half Men to be perfect example for our perception of men and how they affect our choices. In this show, Alan Harper (guy in the back) and his son Jake live with his older brother Charlie (guy in the red shirt) after his divorce. In almost every episode, Charlie is either bringing beautiful women home, teaching Jake how to be a womanizer, or working on jingles for commercials. Of course Alan tries to play the field a few times, but it almost always results in him saying something wrong or the woman leaving the wimpy, nurturing Alan for the rugged, slick, womanizing Charlie. But this has been a question for our society for decades; why do women dump good caring men to chase after the ones that don't care about them?

Why does society care so much about how men look and act? Do you think it's possible for men to hold a candle to the media's expectations?

Woman Charges Husband $66 Every Time For Sex

It's pretty funny how certain things unfold within a relationship... let's take a look at this video for example!

Although this is a hilarious parody of what really, the main idea is there. Essentially, a man was charged $66 every time for sexual pleasures from his wife. The reasoning behind this stems from the husband, Chen, spending most of his fiscal income away from his family and blew all of his money on other priorities. This, in turn, created a brief family issue which resulted in court with Chen having to pay a $660 monthly fee in order to insure that he is contribution as much as his full time working significant other.

How do you think this affects the views of women equality? Would you consider this a form of spousal abuse? And lastly try to flip the script and imagine if it were the wife that had been partying and not contributing, what social norms will be broken? Feel free to let me know, so comment below!