blog#17 hooks

First of all hook had a wonderful point that she point out. This points I never though about it and I have hard it many times. This point was how many people interpret the word feminism basically many people misinterpret the meaning of this word. Many people thought that feminism is a movement that is against men also that there is no such thing as a benefit from feminism. In other word people understood that this movement it is going to benefit women and men will be controlled women. Therefore many people even today still think that feminism is wrong and it has no benefit at all. But the truth is that feminism I think it has a lot of benefits for men and women. Feminism goals were and still to have a society that all individuals in that society are threaded equals no matter if you are a men or women and also it does not matter what color you have. Also feminism wants to create a society where men and women support each other and complete one another. Therefore I think that is much better then living in a society that is more divided do not respects one another. At a feminist society equality rule and that what makes a society a fair and most of human want to be treated equally. Also from there I think the only reason for people not to believe in feminism or support it is that they miss understands the logic behind it.

The difference between the men and women regard relationship is different due to the early care or relationship between the parents and children. As I understand from the reading the early relation between the mom and the child determent how each person reacts or regards relationships. Also a person can conclude from the reading that girls rise on a way where they are close to their mothers more then their fathers. Therefore girls learn different views about relationships. Basically women respect and appreciate relationships then men, so girls learn that from their mom. Unlike women, men are not too involved with their mothers instead boy become more involved with their fathers. From that men learn how to control and have to be always the best or the one how runs things. For boys and men, separation and individuation are critically tied to gender identity since separation from the mothers is essential for the development of masculinity (Gilligan804). As a result from that men end up learning most of the things about life from their fathers. Where in the other hand girls learn most of thing about life from their moms. Thus males tend to have difficulty with relationships, while females tend to have problem with individuation (gilligan804). In other words, we can say most of the values that we learn are from our parents. So if you are a boy you guide was your dad for most of the cases. And on the other hand if you are a girl you learn most of thing from your mom.


Works Cited
Gilligan, Carol. "Womans Place in Man's Life Cycle." A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. pp. 801-817

blog# 15 DE BEAUVOIR

According to the reading the men will benefit from the myth of women. As Beauvoir suggested that the man will benefit when the women distort their personalities for one reason which was pleasing the man. Also the women will be treated as slave due to the fact that women will do anything to make men happy. Men will be just happy base on what the women are doing to please hem. From that Beauvoir called that a benefit for the man, instead I think that is not a benefit and I would say if men and women believed on the myth they both are losing. For many reason I think life is not about who controls or about mistreating humans. Instead people should think it does not matter if you are a men or a women what matter is you as a person. I also believe that there are more important issues that we should deal with. People should pay attention to have better futures other then fighting over the human basic right that every person should be entitle for. More then that I think people are think too much about this problem where it should not be a problem at all we are humans. We all think and have the same ability of thinking. But if people continue to think this way we will not be understand live the way we should. Moreover that will make us less then human just using one another instead should understand each other.

blog#14 Woolf

At Shakespeare’s time the women were expected to listen and fallow everything the men say. Basically the women at that time were no expected to be educated or be intelligent or creative as men. People at that time though that men is the only person who are gifted and can be success for some strange reason that I did not understand. But I think at that time men was not smart enough as they though they were at leas if they think about a reason why women are not gifted. However that is not the case but men were ignorant therefore they thought women are not that smart. And that can be conclude basically from the reading because if we looked at the role that women were given is neither fair nor reasonable. Women were expected to do the house work and do what ever their parents want them to do. Also men did not expected women to choose their matches. The family was responsible for that. But the only thing that women were trusted to do beside the house work is nursing. On other words the job that the men will not do or do not want to do at the time was given to the women. Moreover men did not only judge women and say that they were not gifted but the force women to do what ever they think its right and if women refused they were beaten till they give up their choices. So I can say that women are expected to listen to what the men say with out questioning them or even now why they were treated that way.

blog#13 Wollstonecraft

First of all this reading is very interesting because if we think about it; it was written in 1700s. Which means it been a long time since this essay was written (it’s hundreds of year ago). But no only that I was impressed to find a person with all these ideas in that time. From the reading a person can conclude that one of Wollstonecraft’s main points was woman should be free to make their own choices. Therefore if we just take this idea in to consideration I think it will explain every thing to us. Even though most of these ideas seems common sense to most of us today, but it was not the case at that time. Moreover she talked about how women can be a soldier if they choice to do so. “For when they neglect domestic duties, they have it not in their own power to take the field and march and counter-march like soldiers,” (753). Consequently that is the case in today’s where women are successful in their field and that include every field they choose. From that we can all notice that her ideas are valid and they should be enforced in every society. For one important reason which is equality all people should be equally. More then that I think women are loyal and honest while doing their job more then men. So there is no reason for women no to choose their job and do what ever they like just like everyone else.



Wollstonecraft, Mary. “Pernicious Effects Which Arise from the Unnatural Distinction Established in Society.” A World of Ideas: Essential Reading for College Writers. Lee A. Jacobs. 7th Ed. New York; Bedford St. Martins, 2006. pp 748-758.

blog #12 (Reich)

In the world of economy every person position depends completely on the function that person is performing for several reasons. Fist in a market place each company or business is looking for the highest revenue on any possible way. Therefore the more a worker increased the profit of the business he or she will get more money. On other word if the worker produces more he or she will get paid more. But what every the employee is making is only a fraction of the earnings of the company is making. Second the person with the professional skills at the work place is more likely to have a better position. From that we concealed that a person with a degree or more experience will make more money than the other person who do not have that. The third thing that determent a person position in the world of economy is the amount you make. People are classified based on their economic positions. And that will lead to the three classes that Reich described on his writing. We are now in different boats, one sinking rapidly, one sinking slowly, and the third rising steadily (Reich420). And as he fallowed through he said that the boat that are sinking rapidly is the producer’s boat. This bout is carrying the workers of this county and it is sinking because the companies are moving out of the country or there are no more jobs. The second bout who sink slowly is the bout that is carrying the in person servers. This bout is sinking slowly because people are working and making money but those money are not enough to have a fine life. Finally the bout that is rising is the bout that is containing americium’s symbolic analysts. This bout is rising simply because the people who in it are making more then enough and above the income of everyone in the society. And we can call the people in this bout the bourgeois.

Reich, Robert. "Why Rich Are Geting Richer And The Poor, Poore." A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Trans. Samuel Moore. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. p420.

Galbraith

Modern poverty is different from that of a century ago for many reasons. First people years ago were less dependent on the money they make from their jobs. I mean they were making enough money to live and save so if they lost their job they could live for a while from the money they have saved. Most of the people use to own their own houses and for the most times those houses were paid off. Also things were more shaper. In other words, they did not have all the bills that people are paying today. For example most of the working people today choice to rent cars and use credit card for the most times. People now are living from a pay check to another. Therefore a lot of people today do not have anything save because they do not make enough money to life and save. . Most of the people are having a hard time getting by anyway. On the other hand people use to have a great job and save a lot of money plus people us to work in big factories but now it different. In addition people today do not spend money for the same reason above which was they do not make enough money. Consequently that will case an insular poverty that will affect every one in the society and that will include all the small and huge businesses. From that a person can conclude that today’s poverty is much worse from the ones at a century ago.

Marx

There are many differences between the bourgeois and the proletarian as Karl Marx describe them in the communist manifesto. Fist if we look at the definition used in the book in the foot note of page 357. Basically Marx defined or meant by the bourgeois as the class of modern capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage labor. In other words the rich people who control the wealth of the nations. The bourgeois has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation (Marx 357). Marx believed that the bourgeois use the poor people to do the hard work and get less benefit. From that Marx meant by the bourgeois are the people with higher income or people who run businesses and use labor. Furthermore the read can conclude that Marx was attacking the entire system of capitalism, because he nervy mentioned anything good about the capitalism. On the other hand proletarian was defined as the class of modern wage laborers who having no means of productions of their own are reduced to selling their labor power in order to live. They are the weak but the majority of the people who can change anything. Also they work as machines to have a living. as well they do not have any involvement in forming the government or the it is ran. In essence they are the weakest in the society for one reason because they are poor. But I think that not the case for the must parts.


Marx, Karl. "The Communist Manifesto." A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Trans. Samuel Moore. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. pp353-379.

blog# 9 Nussbaum

The central human functional capabilities can be summarizes as Nussbaum stated on his easy “The Central Human Capabilities” which are the following life, bodily health, integrity, senses, imagination, thought, emotion, practical, affiliation, share life with other species, and control over one’s environment. If anyone take a look and think about those capabilities that Nussbaum mentioned, it will not be hard to agree with hem because we all done these functions but for most of the time we do not stop and think about every single thing we do. From those human capabilities some of them are so basic that they do not need an explanation like life, health, imagination, thought, share life with other species and senses. We all know and practice those capabilities on our every day life and we have done each one of them. On the other hand some of those capabilities are not common or well-known to every one of us and there is a need for explaining or talk about them, there for I will try to clarify the once that are in need to explanations. For example integrity; why do need integrity? Integrity is honesty therefore if we do not have honesty on our life every thing will be destroy because without honesty no one will do his or her job and that included teachers doctors and everyone else. And the most important thing that all human do is the environmental adaption which means that humans adapt to different environments for instance the pupils of your eyes dilate when you walk into a dark room.

blo# 8

The primary goods that people need in any society are freedom, Security, and justice. The first need that all people need and insist to have is freedom. Every person in all societies required freedom as the first primary need for all the valuable reasons that freedom have. In a society that respects other people freedom individuals will enjoy themselves and express their feeling without worrying about any punishment. Also in a free society each person gets to choose their own religion beliefs and has the right to make his or her own chooses of living with no interfere from other individuals or the government. The second need for societies is security which is the need to feel safe. In a society security and peace are very impotent to all people who live on that place. In a peaceful and securer country persons get to practice their freedom and feel safe. The third and most important need for a society is justice. In order for people to become one society who share the same interests, shared institutions, and a common culture; they have to belief and enforce justice and equality. Justice is the most important factor in any society because a lot of people will not continues to live in an unjust society. People will leave that society in one way or another and look for a society that will treat them fairly. When there is justice in the society every one will grantee that he or she will have their rights respected as individuals.

blog # 7

Throughout history women had suffered from a lot of unjust law that discriminated against them. The law had discriminated against women for many years; therefore there are some people who fights for all women right that they enjoy today. Based on the writing of Stanton we could conclude that women were treated unfair from men for a long time. Women did not have the right to elective franchise. At that time the women did not had the right to vote or have the right to state their opinion. Also the women did not have any representations on the government for so many years and that help men to keep ignoring the rights of women. Moreover when women use to get married they were treated badly if as they were owned by them. From what I understood that men were also allowed to take their women’s wages and they can not do anything to stop them. Furthermore the men were the one who formed the law of divorce. More then there were a lot of traditional that took many of the women’s rights. Some of those traditions become well known so people start to belief on them as if they were laws. For example women use to do all the house work like cleaning, cooking, and take care of the children. Those were some of the factors that made women los there rights. From the reading basically someone can conclude that women had not rights at the time.

blog #6 DR. king

There were many kinds of injustice that martin Luther king found in the city of Birmingham. From most of the history books and as it is been common knowledge to most of the people in the Unite State; that Alabama was one of the worst states in racism and government discriminations against Africans Americans before the civil rights movement. Moreover the city was going through a huge segregation between black and white as DR. King described “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the Unite State” (King 175). From those issues if any person took segregation be itself it will be a huge problem and people should fight against it. But that was not the only problem at that time; Africans Americans were suffering from gross unfair treatment in court and on all other public place. Also as it was indicated in the letter that there were bombing in some of the homes of the Africans Americans that have not look at from the city government on Birmingham. Furthermore there were a lot of stores that had racial signs on there doors and the government did not bother to ask those businesses to remove the signs. Therefore DR. King had to face these unfair treatments on a peaceful way, smart way that will give them all there rights without any civil war or violence. But this fight it was not simple because for most parts the Africans Americans were suffering from discriminations that are based on the law of the land.

King, Martin L. "Letter from Birmingham Jail." A world of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. P175.

blog # 5 "Civil Disobedience"

Individuals have huge responsibilities when their government is wrong. First, every person on the world who loves his or her country should feel responsible when their government is not doing its purpose to serve the country and the people or the right things. Second, there are many things or actions that a person can do to force his or her government to go back to the right track which is taken care of the problems within the country plus protects the individual’s rights and freedoms. These actions will be different from country to another but individuals should define the appropriate steps that he or she should do to help the entire county to move forward by doing the right thing. For example in the United State an individual can do one of the following steps to influence the government decision. First, a person can contact his or her representative in the government by phone, mail or electronic and let them know what is the wrong thing that the government is making and why he or she disagrees. This is one way to face the mistakes of the government but if this way did not work a person could writ articles that will wake up more people or let them know what is the wrong thing that the government is doing and these articles can be published by newspapers, internet or some time talk about in the TV news. If the above two methods did not work, this person can go to the sperm court and make a case against the government or people in charge.

blog#4 The separation of church and state

The first amendment is clearly protecting religion form the state, but it also separates religion from the government completely. And that is one of the strongest reasons that make the united state the best country on the world. Many people from all over the world with different religions choose to come to the united state because of the first amendment. The first amendment protects religion from government by the many laws that are preventing the government from making new rules that will conflict with other people’s believes. For instance the government can not make a law that stop people from practicing their prayers. But the government did make a law that prevents prayer at public school which mean student do not have to pray at school under one religion believe; but the student have the right to pray by there own or the way they believe on. The government is protecting and eliminating the religion at the same time. Another words you can practice you religion but you cannot enforce it for ever one. Also the first amendment is protecting all other religions or other believes. On this country there are many different religion and believes that are different than Christianity. Also there are different believes on each religion about drinking, eating and so on. And by separating church from state people grantee that the government will not support any religion over other religions and that will make people feel equal even though they have different believes. Therefore I believe separating church from government was an excellent idea that made people realize the freedom of religion on this country.

blog #3 Hannah Arendt (Total Domination)

What is the role of the terror in the totalitarian state?

First of all, what is the dictionary definition for the word terror? It is the ability to instill intense fear. From this definition we can understand that the role of terror in a totalitarian government is very important for the government to stay in power. The governments in a totalitarian state use terror as an implement to prevent people of thinking to stand up against the government. Those kinds of government use many different ways to terror people or degrade people. For example, there were some governments who used camps like the one Hannah Arendt described on her essay Total Domination. On this kind of terror the totalitarian government use the camps to separate mans, women, and children. After that the solider torture those people by making them work for long hours without any break or food. This kind of terror used more than once though out history mostly on Germany by Hitler during war world II and than recently by Sadam Husain to prevent Iraqis from getting the freedom. This kind of terror used against group of people or race in Germany or against people who want their freedom like what happen in Iraq. More than that, there were some other ways that totalitarian governments had used to terror people. On some country they use prison as a terror tool; on other words the government put every perso who is revolutionary in jail so other people learn their lessons. And on some governments they hung individuals who try to speak up for the people and so on. There are different ways to terror people but the conclusion is one which is make the people give up.

blog #2 (Machiavelli)

It is much batter if the prince is loved for many reasons. First, if the prince is loved the people will be more convertible and they will feel that he is doing the best for the country and for the people. Also they will be more attached to him and let him to be the leader for longer time. More than that the entire government will have more trust from people, because of the loved prince. If the prince is loved everyone in the society will believe on everything he is doing and that will create peaceful state on the entire country. I believe that the people are the backbone for any government or any prince in the world. If the people love their prince the hall country will be moving forward, because every one will like to serve and do something that will help the prince to achieve the public goals. For example if the prince is loved the army will do their best to protect the prince and make the country more stable. On the other hand if the prince is feared or heated they will try to get ride of him at the first opportunity they will get special if the country is on unstable condition. Second, if the prince is truly loved he will feel saver and more convertible among his own people. Finally from what I understood, I could conclude that the prince was not there to serve people. They were there to control people and to have power. Also the most intelligent prince is the one who stay on the government for longer time even if he was a bad leader.

The first blog

What is the master’s attitude toward action?

The master should have very high attitude toward action. Anther words the master should believe on doing actions. Master is the first person who should look for the public good. And if the master is looking for the public good he or she will have to act and run the government effectively. For instance if a master want his or her people to be educate he or she will provide school and teacher. Or if the master wants to improve the economy of their country he will create more jobs. Also we all know that nothing will make it self, therefore the master should work or direct people and staff to do the things that we take the entire county forward. The master should be doing a lot of action because of the responsibility or things that master have to accomplish while the on charge. Also the master have to do the action that will not make their people anger and create confusion among people. But according to Lao-tzu that master should see things the way they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle (24). This means that the master does not have to do anything but things will fix their self. Also Lao-tzu believes that a master should keep people ignorant and help them to lose everything they know and create confusion (22). After reading the essay of Lao-tzu, a person may conclude that people had different ideas and thought about how masters should govern their states. The essay also indicates how people used to interpret any action by their masters in a positive way.


Lao-Tzu. "Thoughts from the Tao-te Ching." A World of Ideas “Essential Readings for College Writers”. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. Trans. Stephen Mitchell. 7th ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2006. Pp22-24.

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