*Intersex Babies*

I am currently taking a women’s studies class and for the last couple of classes we have been discussing intersex babies. I have never had any other teacher touch on this subject before so I didn’t have much knowledge on it. I have found this topic extremely interesting. From the articles that we have read for the class I have gathered that most if not all doctors urge the parents of the child to decide if they want their child to be male or female within 24 hours of the baby being born. I think that it is outrageous for a parent or doctor to decide the sex of the baby in that short span of time. It is also completely disrespectful of the child to take away his/her decision. If an adult decides that they are not happy with their gender they are asked to submit themselves in some sort of counseling that will help them decide if they should or should not have a sex change however, if a child is born that happens to have both genitals the decision is made without him/her actually having any say so in the decision. I think that the child should be able to grow up and decide what gender they identify the most with instead of having someone else make that life changing decision for them.

FaCeBoOk!!

A Believer:

Manjoo speaks about all the pros and cons that Facebook has as an online social network. He makes a very good point when he speaks of using Facebook as a way to communicate with all of the family that he has that is out of the country. Most of my family members live outside of the state and some are even outside of the country and Facebook is a very simple and free way to communicate with my loved ones that are far from home. I understand that there may be the feeling of being watched because of people that monitor your wall and look at every picture that one uploads, however, there are very easy ways for you to block people from seeing certain things on your page.

A Doubter:
Manjoo doesn’t really touch on the fact that there are many people on Facebook that are known as ‘creepers,’ they are the old creepy guys that look at people’s photo albums without out knowing who they are. Many of them are hard to identify because they may post a fake picture and lie about their information. Manjoo also refrains from talking about how much time a person wastes on a cite like this, kids neglect their school work, parents neglect their children and students neglect their studies because they are too busy looking at other peoples pictures during their classes. Although he makes a good point arguing in favor of Facebook he makes it by not giving enough arguments against it.

Defintion of The American Dream

For me the definition of the American Dream is being able to do what makes you happy without having to worry about being persecuted, harassed or mistreated. So many people come to this country seeking an economically stable life for themselves and their family members but there are also many others that simply come here so that they can practice the religion that they believe in. Here we have the right to date whoever we want, pray to whom or whatever we want and live in basically any way we want. It is hard for the people that have grown up in the United States to imagine what it must be like not to have those simple rights but in fact there are so many people all over the world that are denied them. I think in many ways my definition of an American dream is very simple but it has proven to be something that is very hard for so many people around the world to have. Everybody’s definition of happiness is different however I’m sure that everyone could agree that pursuing your happiness without having to be worried about being mistreated.