Author Archives: ldankwa

FOX’s “The War on Men”

Posted on November 26, 2012 by ldankwa

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/24/war-on-men/ I became aware of this article yesterday by a friend; it relies heavily on a definition of a woman. People are forgetting that a marriage is a partnership with an individual that they connect with. By getting lost in … Continue reading →

Posted in Spark Post | Tagged battle of the sexes, gender differences, war on men, women's movement | 2 Comments

Gender Talk

Posted on November 21, 2012 by ldankwa

I found the “Gender Talk” at the LGBT Center to be very enlightening. One of the first things that seemed to catch my attention was that the presenters who discussed their transexuality shared a resentment for their past. Their life … Continue reading →

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Battle of the Sexes

Posted on November 1, 2012 by ldankwa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhumeI6wuSA The first thing that came to mind while viewing this commercial was that this is completely sexist. As well as profiling a certain type of behavior for sexes, it muddles the meaning of sex and gender. It assumes the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ad Critique | Tagged battle of the sexes, gender identity, relationship between sex and gender, sex identity, sexist commercial | Leave a comment

Reebok – Easytone

Posted on October 14, 2012 by ldankwa

This commercial suggests a woman is nothing but legs and butt; faces on women are irrelevant. She is portrayed as playful, cute, and athletic with a touch of sexy. Although the item being sold in the forefront is sneakers, the … Continue reading →

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Bioethics: Whose Body is it Anyway?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by ldankwa

Whose Body is it Anyway? Sexual Transformation in Germany (1890 – 1933) Presenter: Sander L. Gilman, Emory Univeristy Respondent: Max Cavitch Gilman focused a great amount of his presentation on the story of Karl M. Baer and uses this to … Continue reading →