Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Cultural Appropriation

Is it okay to wear bindis? Or how about Indian headdresses? I think there is a final line between demoralising someone's culture and respecting it. 

In my opinion (yes, I went there), people that wear a bindi, an indian headdress or anything else like that aren't trying to offend anyone. I would agree that there is a time and a place to wear these things but, is it really such a big deal to wear them to a festival or a fancy dress party? I'd say no. I've found that anyone who has ever worn anything like that has worn it because the appreciate the culture so much and want to know more about it or visit the country it originates from, not people they're wanting to make fun of the culture. 

If I'm honest, the only people I've ever seen complain about this issue are people who have no right to complain on the matter and, by that, I mean people who wouldn't wear such items in day to day life. They claim it to be "disrespectful", but do they really have any right to comment on the matter? I have friends who wear bindis or have the option to wear one who honestly do not mind if other people wear them, as long as they're being respectful and not demoralising the culture.






Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Asian Bad Drivers

























I don't wanna be discriminating, but Asian really don't know drive. The thing that kills me is that, especially here in California, even though they are bad drivers, they have just super and fast cars. Whyyyyyyyyyyyy???

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Mammy Stereotype

The Mammy stereotype was the main way white Americans looked at black women from the early 1800s to the 1950s.
The Mammy pictured female household slaves as: fat, middle-aged, dark-skinned, underiderable (at least to white people), happy to serve whites, always smiling, white teeth.
Even after the slaves were freed the Mammy stereotype continued to put a happy face on black women’s lowly position in society, helping to set at ease the hearts of good white people everywhere.

Actually, I'm italian, and my dad and I use to call my mother Mammy. She's little fatty, she never had a job to take care about four of us daugthers and the house. In addiction, she loves cooking. That's why we call her mammy, and i like it. =)

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Outing




Sadly, gay discrimination can be still found in workplace. The choice of the picture above isn't just based on a Boss that is firing an his dependent, but of a Unhuman Boss that is discriminating and firing a his dependent in front of his colleagues. Outing is pretty rude, and though. If he was a dumbass and deserved to be fired, ok, but because he's gay not. It's his private life and his own business. 

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Gay Discrimination




















Honestly I totally agree...
I think everyone has to respect others people private lives, either we like or not...
What would you do if your child will be gay? will you discriminate you own blood?

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Gender Inequality in vote


        WOMEN STILL CAN'T VOTE, SOMEWHERE. 

 





















As of early 2012, women are not allowed to vote at all in Saudi Arabia and Vatican City, and both women and men have a limited vote in Brunei and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Though all other countries allow women to vote in some elections, some countries have a traditionally low turnout of women voters because of social conventions. The most recent country to allow women the full right to vote was Bhutan, which changed from a family voting system to an individual voting system in 2008.

Even countries where women are allowed to vote may not have a very high percentage of women who actually turn out. This sometimes happens because of social or cultural traditions; for instance, women in a very traditionally patriarchal society may feel uncomfortable voting. Education is an issue in other areas, where women often don't vote because they don't know or understand their voting rights.

We are in 2016, isn't it the time to make some definitely change about gender inequality?







Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Gender Inequality Online

Women Harassment on Twitter 

As the use of social media has become an intrinsic part of our everyday lives, so also, has the visual presence of abuse. As a result, the violent and persistent harassment of prominent women online has been covered substantially in the media. This harassment is neither recognized as sexual harassment nor as a societal problem, as it is often viewed as an unfortunate side effect of the anonymity offered by the internet. This harassment should be seen as an example of gender inequality as it discredits and silences women’s voices online and halts the process towards equality by creating a hostile and misogynistic environment, which renders the online sphere, solely available to men.                                                To find out in what ways sexual harassment online could be seen as evidence for gender inequality, the study used critical discourse analysis on fifteen Twitter tweets judged to be sexual harassment. By looking for representations of self/other and the use of governmentality, studies found that the tweets conjured up a discourse of patriarchy which adhered to stereotypical gender definitions, only leaving one subject position for females – that of a sexual object.