My Favorite readings:
Amy Bloom's Article "Hermaphrodites with Attitude", took me by surprise. I couldn't imagine how the over 2 thousand families deal with finding out their child is a hermaphrodite and they are unsure what the sex will be. That has to be such a difficult choice because we are all categorized as boy or girl not both. I cringed when she wrote how doctors said "easier to make a whole then build a pole." I love the way she explained everything for the parents and the doctors.
Joan Jacobs Brumberg, "Breast Buds and the Training Bra", this story intrigued me.. I find it interesting how before WWII the ankle and upper arms were known to be sexual areas of the body. Now a days everything is out there and some girls are hardly covered. Breasts have become a big cultured thing, men are labeled as loving either breasts or butts.. I work at Aeire, which sells bras among other things and i just recently became a bra expert. I never knew the history behind bras and the reason why they became mass produced, it was used to help decrease self-consciousness, which i see a lot everyday at work.
Rose Weitz, What we do for Love. I never thought of my hair as giving me power, nor do i expect some prince to climb my hair. If you think about it, that would 1. hurt extremely bad and 2. what guy would actually do that, they'd prob. just yell jump..lol. We all know physical appearance is big on a guys list of what to look for but it is for women too. I love that she also mentioned Elle's "Bend and Snap", if that worked on any guy now a days I'd be worried.
Courtney E. Martin, Love your Fat Self. I love to quote this from here "On Paper she's a perfect girl. To the ignorant naked eye, she's flawed." Its so true. Growing up in the world of thin is really hard and is a struggle. I grew up with being on a diet plan and exercising each day because i was doing pageants constantly, then i was in ballet and soccer, now i actually gained about 10 pounds and still healthy according to my doctor. There shouldn't be the "perfect size" because there isn't one. We all have different body types and its all genetic.
Maya Angelou, Phenomenal Woman. How empowering!! I felt amazing after reading this poem. All women around the world should read it. She wrote beautifully about how it is to be a women and walk, talk and act like a women. And i felt like her words were about me and what I'm going through right now. Its awesome and I'm so empowered I'm so happy to be a phenomenal woman!
Gloria Steinem, If Men could menstruate, made me laugh so hard. I don't think they could handle the pain and bloating. The Men i know can't even handle the flu and act like a baby. Its an interesting idea to think of them boasting about how long and how much it is. If you look lower tho she's got an underling message only till you read the last line. "If we let them."
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Its "easier to make a hole than a pole," quote shocked me. Even if it is easier, doctors shouldn't make their decisions like that, and when the baby is so young-it'll cause psychical and mental trauma. I think the parents and doctors should wait until the baby is old enough to decide themselves. Sure it'll be weird, but it make be the best choice for the baby in the long run. What if the doctor did assign the wrong sex for the child? I think they should just wait and try to deal with it and leave it up to the child to decide. It could be like the Baby X story, though highly doubtful it'll go that smoothly.
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