After sharing my vulnerable past in class, I decided write about Bulimia and the stuff I dealt with. There are two core symptoms when you have Bulimia, guilt and shame. People with this disease judge themselves very strictly. Any imperfections make them sick.
During binge eating, he or she would eat a lot of food mostly in private. I remember when I was dealing with Bulimia, I would secretly buy a lot junk food and devour them in my bedroom with the door locked. It felt nice when I'm eating but when I was finished, I felt gross. Then, I would do the same thing the next day. The effects of Bulimia are countless. Self-injuring behavior is one of the major issues I had. Visible scars were left on parts of my body as a physical reminder of my horrible past.
There are plenty of reasons why people develop Bulimia; pressure from peer group, have trouble managing moods, struggle with perfectionism and so on. Having negative body image is also one of the possible cause for developing bulimia, which is related to our team's theme!
Source: http://www.timberlineknolls.com/eating-disorder/bulimia/signs-effects/
2017年3月21日 星期二
Log #2
Due to the reason of my group is working on the topic "education", I think it's best to focus on girl's education since not a lot of female get to go to school even in the 21st century. In that case, the most powerful living example will be Malala. I've been reading the book "I'm Malala" lately, and it took more time than I thought it would. With all the details inside this novel, I can learn better about Malala. As I was reading her story, I kept on thinking how lucky I am to be born in Taiwan, and I have my rights to go to school to receive education as a girl. I recalled a time back in my high school when I was having a hard time and going through Depression and other problems that made me unwanted to go to school. Now when I think about it, as I was rejecting school and trying to kill myself, someone out there, a girl who's a few years younger than me, she was hoping to get educated and trying her best to fight against her fate. In addition, I also watched some of her speeches online, and I was more than surprised with Malala's choice of words: clean, straightforward, simple yet powerful. In fact, most of her speeches are so inspiring and strong that sometimes I replayed the video again and again, and every time I gained new ideas from it. Malala sure is a living example of the victim who does not have to right to have education as a female, and I'm positive that my group can use her story in our project.
Log #2
When I read The Autobiography from Benjamin Franklin,there is a certain part that impressed me a lot,which is “I added Humility to my list,giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.I cannot boast of much Success in acquiring the Reality of this Virtue;but I had a good deal with regard to the Appearance of it.I made it a Rule to forbear all direct Contradiction to the Sentiments of others,and all positive Assertion of my own.”
It occurs to me that Benjamin is a master of language and a so-called born-to-be diplomat.He can choose the language he uses facing different people.And he develops his ability of using euphemistic words,which can also be proved by his writing style,especially comparing to Johnathan Edwards,whose literary works turn out to be unvarnished ironic.
Then it occurred to me that it does not only have something to do with literary works,but also with social life,since it can reflect two different kind of life styles.One of them is whether the words hurt others or not,what’s more important is that one always choose to speak or even behave directly and frankly,since the truth weighs.And the other of them is that one has to dress himself for a better kind of interpersonal relationship,which,in other words,means that one has to pretend to be more friendly and polite.
So whether it is a wiser choice to behave the way that others assume one to be?And whether it is some kind of virtue to behave so?And is it really necessary to behave so?
Maybe yes.
In order to be a social person,one needs to adjust himself to the outside world,in which process,one needs to make himself welcomed and respected by others.And being polite is definitely a fundamental preparation for it.However,when it comes to a closer relationship-I mean-the kind of relationship that shares more intimate emotions and more common experiences,I never regard it as a better idea to pretend to be friendly and polite.
In that case,it’s often easier to show the appearance that one has himself.
I need to know about the real you.
The one who has his own temper.
I need to know which aspect offends or irritates you.
I need to acquire the ability to figure out your real emotions by the details of your behavior.
That’s what makes us lifelong friends.
2017年3月20日 星期一
Log #2
Logical thinking
is thinking based on proven knowledge and information that is accurate and
certain. According to professor Kenichi Ohmae from Japan, people nowadays
gradually lose the ability to think what is right and what is false. We are now
living in a so-called the era of low IQ. To improve this problem, the best way
is to practice logical thinking.
Do not use linear
thinking is the first thing to do. Logical thinking emphasizes the ability to
know the whole background knowledge behind one thing accurately. We should be
able to think about different aspects of one thing, and try to change your
thinking path. Somebody may call it “empathy”. To do it, try to draw a picture
of pyramid. Put the information you just collected at the bottom. All information
should be independent and excluded. Later, classify the information and
gradually infer the result. As a result, we can figure out the solution of the
problem at the end, and fill it in the top of the picture of pyramid. Through these
steps, we will be able to gain all the background knowledge and help ourselves
achieve the final target.
Finally, we
should continuously interrogate ourselves about the final answer. How do we
find the problem? Where is our evidence? Although we may feel bored and
distressed, we are actually trying to realize the core of the problem, which
will bring us to the real understand.
2017年3月17日 星期五
Log #2
When it comes to social status, the issue of gender inequality has always occurred generation by generation. In the last semester, I've read a book called "Pride and Prejudice." In this book, the two main characters make hasty judgement about each other when they first meet. However, the tradition that men should have more power on social status than women and should be the dominator in the relationship with women makes them go through more difficulties of finding their affection toward each other.
This book reminds me that even in this era gender inequality of social status still exits. As for the politics, most of the statesmen are male in Taiwan. Female statesmen are always considered manly and rude rather than capable and intelligent. As for the company, men are always the first priority of choosing as managers no matter how they perform in the workplace. There are too many examples showing how the society treats the different genders in a unequal way.
2017年3月16日 星期四
Log #2
We live in a society a lot of people think that men deserve more rights than women. As a young woman, the thought of men and women are actually not equal is scary. I have been taught that I am capable of as much things just as a man since I was little. I am from a family where females take over most of the population. My mom, my grandmother, my great aunt, and my aunts are all very successful in their own workplaces, some even run their own companies, yet it comes to me very late to realize that there are still a lot of women limited to be successful due to gender inequality.
We live in a time when the president of a great nation could publicly tell people to grab life women’s genitals, and refer to the genital part “pussy”. He also called the candidate competed with him “a nasty woman” on television during their election debate. The worst part is people actually cheer for him for saying those disrespectful things. It simply breaks my heart. A president of a country should not act like this, in fact, no human being should act like this.
I don’t know since when people start to think that men are superior than women, but this is simply wrong. Wrong. In my opinion, despite the gender, people all should pay respect to each other. As a feminist, I could also say this: women are actually tougher than men. Why? First, women bleed every month. Men could not understand dripping blood 24/7 for a week per month from the age of 13 to 50, and suffering from severe menstrual pain at the same moment, but women deal with it all the time. Second, women carry a baby for 9 months and continuously be responsible for the baby for the next 20 years. How is this not tough?
I hope that people would one day finally realize that what your gender is doesn't really matter, because your gender doesn't define who you are, the way you treat people does.
2017年3月14日 星期二
Log #2
After discussion, our group decided to choose
Media Chaos as our topic. I think the topic is quite big and it covers a lot of
detailed issues. In my previous log, I talked about how Medias exaggerate news
title to attract the public and how people lose ability to recognize true and
fake news. This week, I would like to focus on how Media lose sight of the main
point.
On February 13, 2017, news about a serious car
accident, which caused death to 33 people, occupied almost every newspaper and
TV program. Information about what caused the tragedy and who should take the
responsibility was given by reporters and analyzed by pundits. However, there
was a piece of news focused on what they ate for their dinner. Video, which
pictured those passengers’ last figure by monitor in the bakery, was shown. The
news talked about how much bread they bought and how long they stayed at the
bakery. It mentioned that tourists often stayed at the bakery about 15 minutes
but they were there almost half an hour. Therefore, they must be hungry and exhausted
then. Reporters ended this news by saying “Bread becomes their last dinner! How
uncertain life is!” I was confused about why I should know what the deceased
ate for their last meal and besides, what was the connection between what they
ate and how the accident happened. I also thought that the news was impolite to
the deceased. This news totally lost sight of the main point.
Another event shared the same idea—Hong’s
death in the military. Rather than investigating the truth behind the
mistreating, Medias focused a lot on Hong’s sister. Her height, weight,
education and relationship were all brought to the public. These elements
definitely had no business with her brother’s death. Furthermore, Media
reported politics showing their sympathy to Hong’s family one after another as
if it had been a show letting Taiwanese know who could be the best leader of
our country.
Media losing sight of the main point could be
part of Media Chaos. Important issues were obscured by insignificant discussion
from Medias.
References：
The Diagnosis and Reflection of Media Chaos
Log #2
After
conducting some investigations into the issue about ‘cyberbully,’ I will now try
to put more focus on our everyday lives and the news about this issue. In fact,
I want to delve what’s behind these issues and to observe what would happen to
the victims. Coincidently, there happen to be a good example of this experiment
and that was a news, which was titled: “同志婚姻法案阻力大 蔡英文遭爆母姊也施壓.”
(source: https://cdn.udn.com/img/960/photo/web/news/20161226/618044_a3911da7fbf3333b_o.jpg)
From this title, we can obviously know that it is
actually a fake news from the media because it’s hardly believable to those
educated people that how the families of the president can intervene into the
politics; especially after the impeachment of the South Korea’s president.
However, because of this fake news, the reputation of Taiwan’s president was
badly damaged due to the believing of some un-educated people. Besides, this
fake news also shocked a lot of homosexuals or the gay-marriage supporters. As
a result, the Tsai government has no choice but to emergently release a
statement that denied this news. That very news was titled as傳蔡英文母姊反同婚？ 府：從未有過這樣的對話.
(source: https://pgw.udn.com.tw/gw/photo.php?u=https://uc.udn.com.tw/photo/2016/08/30/99/2546691.jpg&x=0&y=0&sw=0&sh=0&sl=W&fw=1050&exp=3600)
As
a consequence, we all know how extreme
the cyberbully can be and how terrible the results will be like. I personally
HATE the news media’s wrong behaviors and the way they make up the fake news in
order to draw the public’s attention. If I could have the right or the access
to; or I could luckily have some friends who are influentially powerful in
politics, I would strongly encourage them to amend the laws to ban the wrongly
leading news.
sources:
1. http://www.nownews.com/n/2017/03/13/2439662
2. https://udn.com/news/story/1/2339931
Log #2
Trump's policy influenced many people including travelers, immigrants, and refugees. And this week I tried to find a novel related to refugees or immigrants. I found some novels which seemed very worth reading. Unfortunately, I could not find their English version in our school's library. Instead, I found a book about a journalist's recording of wars in the Middle East. The book is called "Every man in this village is a liar" by Megan K. Stack. The problem of immigrants can trace back to wars; I think reading this novel can also help me understand the background and main reason of this issue. In the first chapter, the author wrote about the scenes she saw there. Every day there were American air planes flying through the sky, sometimes they threw bombs to villages. The US was trying to find Osama bin laden after the 911. In the hospital were many injured citizens and people waiting to be heal, but there were no adequate materials and sources.
In this situation, the war between Afghanistan and the US caused many refugees. These people no longer had their home to stay. And that may be the reason why they wanted to escape to other countries like America. I could not help but think that America was one reason that caused this kind of war and tragedy, but now they refused to take the refugees and blocked them strictly.
It was really hard for us Taiwanese to imagine a war like this, especially to the young generation. Taiwan is surrounded by seas and oceans, unlike other countries are close to each other. We do not have to experience the war, but it does not mean that we can ignore this issue. In the future, we may have the chance to work overseas, or our friends and families may live in other countries. There are many chances for us to get in touch with other countries and cultures. Knowing more about the news that happen in this world and think about how to make this world a better place is one thing that we should all do.
In this situation, the war between Afghanistan and the US caused many refugees. These people no longer had their home to stay. And that may be the reason why they wanted to escape to other countries like America. I could not help but think that America was one reason that caused this kind of war and tragedy, but now they refused to take the refugees and blocked them strictly.
It was really hard for us Taiwanese to imagine a war like this, especially to the young generation. Taiwan is surrounded by seas and oceans, unlike other countries are close to each other. We do not have to experience the war, but it does not mean that we can ignore this issue. In the future, we may have the chance to work overseas, or our friends and families may live in other countries. There are many chances for us to get in touch with other countries and cultures. Knowing more about the news that happen in this world and think about how to make this world a better place is one thing that we should all do.
Log #2
Last week, my main point was about
that love should not include discrimination and hatred; on the other hand, we
need to learn to embrace diversity. As one thing that impressed me in class
last week, we should not use our knowledge as weapons to hurt others that are
different from us. Not to mention that a lot of criticism are not based on knowledge
but on personal viewpoints and stereotypes.
Speaking of diversity, previous blog
talked about an ad supporting for homosexual orientation. This week, I am going
to share a different story, a story about unconditional love, respect and
understanding. A mother wrote about her son. When this little boy was six years
old, his parents bought a puppet theater and a chest of dress-up clothes for
him. Within those clothes, there is a sparkly green halter dress which
caught the boy’s attention. In the beginning, the parents also prepared girl’s
costume because they didn’t want to limit his creativity. However, from the
moment the little boy put on that beautiful green dress, he or maybe she never
really took it off.
I think this situation was definitely
out of their surprise. Instead of “correcting” this behavior, the parents chose
to be open-minded, and chose to respect. Whenever the boy asked to put on a
dress, they never say no and never saw him as a weird kid. Even though I am not
a mother yet, I know this is really really difficult for the parents. Parents are always worried about their children being different, afraid of kids getting
hurt and being bullied. For them, this is definitely not an easy issue only
about showing support. Of course, family’s supports are important. Nonetheless,
from the moment they say “yes” to kids, they have to see their sweethearts
going on a different path with more obstacles. They have to become so far
stronger to face those worries coming right up, to protect their babies from
hurt. This is not easy. In the article, the mother said” My husband and I were
never of the opinion that girls should not wear pants or climb trees or get
dirty, or that boys should not have long hair or play with dolls or like pink,
so the dress did not cause us undue alarm or worry. But school was about to
start, and we found ourselves at a crossroads.” In the end, still chose to
support and taught the boy how to protect himself when parents are not around. I
can understand and deeply felt their struggle. I can see the efforts they made
for him. I was so touched when reading this story. I still remember the mother said”
And we, as a family, decided to be open and honest about it, too, celebrating
her story instead of hiding it.” I really
recommend you all to read this article. Both as a mother and as a child would be so touched
as I was.
Reference:
https://cn.nytstyle.com/style/20160920/modern-love-transgender-child-identity-parenting/en-us/
Log #2
Sea-level rise issue
There are two main causes of sea-level rise: shrinking land ice releasing water into the oceans, and warmer water expanding as a consequence of the rise of ocean temperatures. These two causes result from global warming. Rising sea levels put coasts at risk by eroding and degrading shoreline, amplifying storm surges, inundating inland permanent, and intruding with saltwater. To limit the pace of sea-level rise, we need to reduce global warming emissions.
Sea-level rise arises from global warming, which is kind of common sense. However, to understand this issue more, we need to figure out why and how global warming affect our oceans. Global warming leads to the rise of global temperatures, and thus makes glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets be melting, adding water to the oceans. Then, as the global temperatures rise, water expands accordingly (thermal expansion). Slowing down global warming is something countries and companies are trying hard to do now. To really stop sea water from intrude inland, every person should put into practice what the environmentalists have promoted, or we are still indifferent people when it comes to sea-level issues.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/causes-of-sea-level-rise.html#.WMdoC9R95kg
http://www.climatehotmap.org/global-warming-effects/sea-level.html
Log #2
When the Wind Blows
I would never forget a comic book that I read when I was a little kid. Written by Raymond Briggs, "When the Wind Blows" was a political allegory which warns citizens of all countries that their governments may start a war any time. Even though nuclear war never occurs in the real world, we may understand the fact that there are many things out of people's reach, and the government may ignore people's demanding and execute false protocols which bring destructions to the society.
Poverty is a severe problem worldwide, and yet, still need to be solved. No matter which system you are living in (either capitalism or communism), you always see economy depression each year. That being said, the government tells the people to have faith in them, giving them more time to search for the solution and vote for them for another 4 years. The real problem is, they never find the solution to poverty, and there are more and more people waiting in the unemployment line.
A famous French poet once said, "When the wind blows, we must find ways to survive." In fact, this was the same quote written in Miyazaki Hayao's 2014 movie "Wind Blows". Indeed, life always finds its way to survive. What we can to do solve "poverty issue" is to donate money to the charity which devotes themselves into assisting poor people. A little money it may be, but a massive encouragement to the whole society.
I would never forget a comic book that I read when I was a little kid. Written by Raymond Briggs, "When the Wind Blows" was a political allegory which warns citizens of all countries that their governments may start a war any time. Even though nuclear war never occurs in the real world, we may understand the fact that there are many things out of people's reach, and the government may ignore people's demanding and execute false protocols which bring destructions to the society.
Poverty is a severe problem worldwide, and yet, still need to be solved. No matter which system you are living in (either capitalism or communism), you always see economy depression each year. That being said, the government tells the people to have faith in them, giving them more time to search for the solution and vote for them for another 4 years. The real problem is, they never find the solution to poverty, and there are more and more people waiting in the unemployment line.
A famous French poet once said, "When the wind blows, we must find ways to survive." In fact, this was the same quote written in Miyazaki Hayao's 2014 movie "Wind Blows". Indeed, life always finds its way to survive. What we can to do solve "poverty issue" is to donate money to the charity which devotes themselves into assisting poor people. A little money it may be, but a massive encouragement to the whole society.
Log #2
BBC Earth, 11 March 2016. — "'What I wanted to do was find a story that showcased both sides of the fence,' he(James Walsh) said."
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160310-the-difficult-truth-about-poaching
When it comes to stopping poaching, the first thought that flashed through my mind was to stop the poachers. To stop them, we should know why they poach first.
As the report said, the poachers were originally hunters. They hunt because they needed food and trades since they had been cast away from their homeland and unemployment was greatly increased.. Their homelands were turned into reserves, which according to the local, benefited them nothing at all. So they hunt to fill their stomachs and support their family. So they hunt for more money. So animals are sacrificed. So they are stigmatized with cruelty, greed and heartlessness. All of these, however, is not what they are doomed to be. Instead, they are forced to be. They are forced to move away from their original prosperity and suffer from unemployment and poverty. Under such circumstance that the balance between animal conservation and human life is destructed, maybe we should find another way to help the poachers in order to stop poaching.
One of the solution that was mentioned in James' documentary "(en)snared" is education. Children are educated and know the importance and gravity of conserving animals. They even go in person to the reserves to watch wildlife, after which students response that they fall in love with the animals. So they go home and teach their parents how important it is to not poach.
Even though education is a way to shoot the problem, I think how to help the local solve their financial problems and low employment rate is the major way to ultimately stop poaching.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160310-the-difficult-truth-about-poaching
When it comes to stopping poaching, the first thought that flashed through my mind was to stop the poachers. To stop them, we should know why they poach first.
As the report said, the poachers were originally hunters. They hunt because they needed food and trades since they had been cast away from their homeland and unemployment was greatly increased.. Their homelands were turned into reserves, which according to the local, benefited them nothing at all. So they hunt to fill their stomachs and support their family. So they hunt for more money. So animals are sacrificed. So they are stigmatized with cruelty, greed and heartlessness. All of these, however, is not what they are doomed to be. Instead, they are forced to be. They are forced to move away from their original prosperity and suffer from unemployment and poverty. Under such circumstance that the balance between animal conservation and human life is destructed, maybe we should find another way to help the poachers in order to stop poaching.
One of the solution that was mentioned in James' documentary "(en)snared" is education. Children are educated and know the importance and gravity of conserving animals. They even go in person to the reserves to watch wildlife, after which students response that they fall in love with the animals. So they go home and teach their parents how important it is to not poach.
Even though education is a way to shoot the problem, I think how to help the local solve their financial problems and low employment rate is the major way to ultimately stop poaching.
Log #2
Trump's immigration policy
Recently, I read the Trump's immigration policy on Wikipedia. It seems to be more specific towards Mexicans. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems.... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." He said. And, of course I will do this kind of things such as banning the neighbors that do such things. People says that "One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel". If a man from a specific group do bad things, people will assume that the whole group is bad. There are some Mexican people did bad things in the US. But does it mean that all Mexican people in the US does bad things?
So, why would people hate Mexicans? Or, to be more specific, why do the media that we contact the most are making Mexico and other developing countries look guilty? For example, there're lots of movies about criminals in Mexico. And we've seen lots of news articles about the drug dealers in Mexico. And even the newest video game called "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands" is about the criminal in Bolivia. Are they, the media, doing this to draw people's attention? To get more viewers? To get more players to buy the game?
Let's take a look back in Taiwan's media. There has been a lot of things happened in Taiwan recently. The one thing that can show how media affect people's thoughts the most is the murder of the model case. Folks got mad and started to write bad words on the other model's facebook page at first. Then, when the other model proved that she's innocent, people who wrote bad things on the model's facebook page started to delete their posts because they can be sued based on them. So, what's the purpose of the media? Since when they changed their goal from spreading news to affect people's mind? Let's take a look at Denzel Washington's words.
Recently, I read the Trump's immigration policy on Wikipedia. It seems to be more specific towards Mexicans. "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems.... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." He said. And, of course I will do this kind of things such as banning the neighbors that do such things. People says that "One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel". If a man from a specific group do bad things, people will assume that the whole group is bad. There are some Mexican people did bad things in the US. But does it mean that all Mexican people in the US does bad things?
So, why would people hate Mexicans? Or, to be more specific, why do the media that we contact the most are making Mexico and other developing countries look guilty? For example, there're lots of movies about criminals in Mexico. And we've seen lots of news articles about the drug dealers in Mexico. And even the newest video game called "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands" is about the criminal in Bolivia. Are they, the media, doing this to draw people's attention? To get more viewers? To get more players to buy the game?
Let's take a look back in Taiwan's media. There has been a lot of things happened in Taiwan recently. The one thing that can show how media affect people's thoughts the most is the murder of the model case. Folks got mad and started to write bad words on the other model's facebook page at first. Then, when the other model proved that she's innocent, people who wrote bad things on the model's facebook page started to delete their posts because they can be sued based on them. So, what's the purpose of the media? Since when they changed their goal from spreading news to affect people's mind? Let's take a look at Denzel Washington's words.
Log #2
Image of social media on girls
Technologies are so well developed that people could just use social media to context one another. People nowadays won't have to use so much effort into meeting people and bonding with each other. They can just send texts or just simply video-call them instead of actually meeting up face to face. Internet and media are efficient but it also creates loneliness. As the article has mentioned " People they peer into the mirror on the screen, because sometimes just naming a feeling as normal can make people feel less alone. So a simple 'I love you exactly as you are' may be more timely than ever." It is never too late to tell and let people know that they , as who they really are, matter more than their appearance.
Social media affects people in many different ways nowadays. And most importantly, it makes people link their self-worth to their looks. Social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram; They affect people unconsciously by just seeing how many likes they get on their post and how much attention they can get just for how they look.
As this phenomenon were created, I felt that people are just trying to gain their confidence through their self-image on social media. There are many Apps online that can photoshop photos and make people look thinner (prettier) in order to help them gain more likes on the post.
In my opinion, people are just doing so, in order to make themselves feel less lonely and much happier as being accepted by the society. Because this is how our society defines people; basic stereotype that says beauty equals to fitness, whiteness and thinness.
http://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/
Log #2
Book: Becoming Nicole:The Transformation of an American Family
Author: Amy Ellis Nutt
After reading several articles about introduction of trans people, I'm willing to learn much more about their lives, something that will influence their living or even the deepest thought in their mind. Thus, I tried to find a non-fiction about transgender and this is it, a true story of a trans girl who is just two-year younger than us which take place in America.
Can you imagine of being disgusted by your own genitals every time when you are taking a shower or even trying to answer the call of nature? This is what Nicole, the main character of the story, had thought before accepting the sex reassignment surgery. Unlike sex is decided by our genes, gender identity is influenced by our brain. Research had shown that the putamen (which is the structure of the deep brain) of transgender people is actually different from general public. The size is smaller so it cause them to have the thought of living in the "wrong" body since they were born. Due to this mental problem we call it as gender dysphoria.
So how about the physical problem? Closely related to gender dysphoria, the issue of physical health is which bathroom should a transgender person use? On Nicole's case, when she was still too young to accept the reassignment surgery she used to choose the bathroom base on gender identity. The decision she made was accepted by some girls but against by most of the students even the Christian Civic League.
Transgender people didn't choose to be a trans but born this way. The foundation of Maslow's hierarchy of need is physiological. Easy thing such as going to the bathroom might cause a problem to them. Although setting up gender neutral toilet can ease the problem, however it's not the solution. Since Donald Trump had revoked the guideline on transgender bathrooms, trans people still need a lots of support and help from us, and it is everyone's business to defend human rights.
Author: Amy Ellis Nutt
Can you imagine of being disgusted by your own genitals every time when you are taking a shower or even trying to answer the call of nature? This is what Nicole, the main character of the story, had thought before accepting the sex reassignment surgery. Unlike sex is decided by our genes, gender identity is influenced by our brain. Research had shown that the putamen (which is the structure of the deep brain) of transgender people is actually different from general public. The size is smaller so it cause them to have the thought of living in the "wrong" body since they were born. Due to this mental problem we call it as gender dysphoria.
So how about the physical problem? Closely related to gender dysphoria, the issue of physical health is which bathroom should a transgender person use? On Nicole's case, when she was still too young to accept the reassignment surgery she used to choose the bathroom base on gender identity. The decision she made was accepted by some girls but against by most of the students even the Christian Civic League.
Transgender people didn't choose to be a trans but born this way. The foundation of Maslow's hierarchy of need is physiological. Easy thing such as going to the bathroom might cause a problem to them. Although setting up gender neutral toilet can ease the problem, however it's not the solution. Since Donald Trump had revoked the guideline on transgender bathrooms, trans people still need a lots of support and help from us, and it is everyone's business to defend human rights.
Log #2
I randomly picked it from the reading list though it's not my type. After reading for a while, I've observed some interesting parts in the book. Especially the following sentence, "Libertarian paternalism is a relatively weak, soft, and nonintrusive type of paternalism because choices are not blocked, fenced off, or significantly burdened." It's such a new term for me and also a new kind of notion. Moreover, "A nudge, as we will use the term, is any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people’s behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives." I've determined that how important this word effect people's life. Specifically, if one person could nudge her/himself, it would critically motivate one's economic incentives and performance.
Even though I haven't finished the whole book, I am looking forward to the next chapter and see what author is going to share with us readers.
Log #2
Animal Abuse
Should zoos exist? Zoo are selling fairy tales.
To be frank, not until I read the article did I realize how cruel human beings could be. Since I was little, my parents, the media, the society had built a wonderful, beautiful image for zoos-- paradise for little, cute animals. They claimed in zoos you could see penguins elegantly swimming in the water, monkeys happily swaying between trees, pandas lovely playing with the cub. However, now I know these are only for marketing, for money-making. The so-called cute animals don't exist. In zoos I could only see the deprivation of freedom. The innocent animals are imprisoned in the name of education and conservation. But sadly they actually only serve to entertain people. Only few of the zoos keep their promise and will truly play the roles they should be.
Besides, zoos are too afraid to talk about the real thing. "We should not tell the Disney story that animals are only cute and only get born and never die." Instead, we should also let kids know death is a natural process in life. In so doing, we realize education but not only build an imaginary world which ends up deceiving.
After reading the related articles, I feel deeply sorry for the animals that are suffering now. Few people pay attention on this issue because we, human beings, are the one who have pushed them into the abyss. I feel so helpless and useless that I could make little change and I could not save those are in pain. But I am definitely willing to arouse people's awareness on this issue.
Reference: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140626-copenhagen-zoo-euthanasia-marius-giraffe-conservation-science/
Log #2
On my reading this week about Transgender, I am focusing more on their mental health. I have to admit that through the whole process of the reading, I feel kind of irritated and concerned about how being a minority affects the social life and the mental health of Transgender.
It is very heartbreaking when I found out about the humiliation, the alienation, and the discrimination the transgender teens had to go through prior to their coming of age. It is the most significant moment, especially for teens, in building up their identity. It is when teens are going through their "most rebellious phase" and yet the transgender teens still have to deal with all the bullying and to understand their sexuality. It is the time when all they need is just a simple affection, understanding, and acceptance from others.
According to one article, regarding the research conducted between the transgender and non-transgender:
65% of non-transgender says they are optimistic about their future while only 30.5 % of transgender do.
All I can say when looking at the chart is, We all do have rights to dream, and so does transgender. Sure everybody will somehow feel uncertain of their future. We all do. But do you know all the discrimination that occurs make it even worse for transgender? Transgender do not have any mental illness (WHO is positive on that), but it is the unawareness in the society that makes the best toxic to their mental health.
Related Link: http://www.activeminds.org/transgender-college-student-mental-health
It is very heartbreaking when I found out about the humiliation, the alienation, and the discrimination the transgender teens had to go through prior to their coming of age. It is the most significant moment, especially for teens, in building up their identity. It is when teens are going through their "most rebellious phase" and yet the transgender teens still have to deal with all the bullying and to understand their sexuality. It is the time when all they need is just a simple affection, understanding, and acceptance from others.
According to one article, regarding the research conducted between the transgender and non-transgender:
65% of non-transgender says they are optimistic about their future while only 30.5 % of transgender do.
All I can say when looking at the chart is, We all do have rights to dream, and so does transgender. Sure everybody will somehow feel uncertain of their future. We all do. But do you know all the discrimination that occurs make it even worse for transgender? Transgender do not have any mental illness (WHO is positive on that), but it is the unawareness in the society that makes the best toxic to their mental health.
Related Link: http://www.activeminds.org/transgender-college-student-mental-health
Log #2
After
reading some articles about sex trafficking and having deeper understanding of
it, I further moved on investigating in another form of sex violence – cybersex
trafficking. Cybersex trafficking is also a type of sex trafficking which is on
the rise as internet access increases everywhere. Victims of it, including
children under 2 years old, are abused or forced to perform sex acts in front of
a webcam, and “customers” can view the show anywhere in the world through the Internet.
The more abusive the show is, the more the customers pay. The persons who set
up the show exploit the children and make a profit from it.
When
I learned the words “cybersex trafficking” for the first time, I thought it was
about finding the buyers through the Internet and then selling the sex slaves. However,
it goes beyond just this. Never did I think that a webcam – the tool we use
frequently in our daily lives – is being used in this way for this kind of
purpose. This invention becomes a weapon which may leave lifelong scars to the
children. Even though the children don’t meet the customers in person, I think
being imprisoned somewhere and forced to perform in front of a webcam are still
great torture.
In
addition, I think those customers who pay for watching the show have twisted
mind. As human beings, we feel sorrowful and compassionate when we see adults
being tortured, not to mention the fact that it is the little and cute children
who are being abused. How can those customers be so cold-blooded and pay for
watching children being treated like this?
Before
I started reading the articles about the issue of sex trafficking and cybersex
trafficking, I didn’t know that there are so many people who are suffering from
them. Even though I am unable to give any practical help to those people, I still
can pay more attention to this issue and pray for them.
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