Family Guy

I was watching Family Guy tonight and I noticed a lot of women references. They related more towards Lois and other females but nothing towards Meg. I have noticed that in many upon many episodes that they treat Meg poorly. She is also a female but she doesn't get the "respect" from guys as the other females do in the show. I'm curious as to why put down Meg all the time. She is a female, she has all of the female parts, it just confuses me. The only episode I can remember is when Meg and Lois went south for a spring break vacation. Meg showed her chest to thousands of people and then people started paying attention to her. Is that really what this world is coming to?? Women HAVE to show their breasts to recieve attention from not only males but females too. It just disgusts me watching these "funny" shows now after taking this woman studies course. I finally get all the "humor" behind the jokes and they are not funny.

Magazines

While waiting in the check out line to purchase a few Christmas gifts, I see rows upon rows of magazines. Towards the bottom are the childrens magazines with fun pictures to color and other things. Next level up were cooking and house magazines. The next row up were for the tweens. That row had all of the Edward/Bella, 1 Direction, and those "big" media people on the covers. A few rows up, at the top shelf were the "Must be 18 and over to purchase" magazines. I was shocked by how many of the titles and heading stuck out to me. Most if not all were mentioning something about women's bodies. I understand that the magazine needs to make money but I know for a fact that if I brought my younger sibling into that store and she started reading those headings, my parents would flip. I feel like those sorts of magazines should be in an adult store or in an enclosed room like at the Family Video. The adult movies are in an enclosed room and there are cameras and mirrors that watch who walks into the room. This way I, and several others including parents, do not have to explain to their child or younger sibling what "Titties" or other nasty words at their age means.

Any thoughts about where these magazines should be located?? Or am I just preparing for the worse when I see those sorts of "18 and older" magazines sitting out in the open at a local, family store.

Date Night

My boyfriend and I have a date night once a week. It usually consists of going out to dinner followed by seeing a movie. Typically when we go to dinner, it is a restaurant like Olive Garden or a sushi place. Somewhere nice where we like to dress up and spend time together. The past three weeks that we have gone out to eat the waiter or waitress always hands the bill to my boyfriend. Yes he pays but I still pay every once in a while to keep it fair. But the past few weeks I took it upon myself to pay because it was my turn. Every time, the waiter/ waitress gave my boyfriend the bill and I had to snatch it away.

Why is it that every single time the bill is handed to my boyfriend? Do they think I am incapable of paying a dinner bill? Do they think that the man should always pay? Why not set the bill in the middle of the table and then whoever pays can just take it. I do not understand why they have most waiters/waitresses have to be sexist and give the bill to the male of the relationship.

A rollercoaster of hormones...

I live in a house with three other females besides myself....so a house of four women under one roof with one bathroom. It is not a walk in the park let me tell you that. Every week somebody is on their period and the hormones in the house are outrageous. Why is it that only women's hormones go up and down so quick? I did not sign up to live on a rollercoaster. I would have to admit that I have my ups and downs but I definetly do not target anybody specifically like the other females in my house. I have seen this in other female houses. There are ALWAYS fights, drama, and crying. But when I walk into my boyfriend's house which have all males under the roof, there is never any drama, no talking behind each others back, nothing like what happens in a all girl house.

This is more of a help blog. What should I do to have the hormone rollercaster slow down and take a break. It isn't safe for anybody in this house.

Alison Piepmeier Article

After Monday's class, I went home and re-read the Alison Piepmeier article and had my boyfriend read it with me. I wanted to hear his thoughts and views about this touchy subject of having a child with down syndrome or aborting it. Shockingly, he said he would never abort a child. "I would still love the child if they had down syndrome or seven legs or 100 eyes."

I mentioned to him that he was going over board and he disagreed. He believes that he created that bundle of joy and he would love it no matter what problems that child had. Both of us had mentioned that fact that most people that we have known have aborted their babies because they could not handle it or that they didn't want to bring the child up not having the best. Yes I would agree to an extent but why take an innocent life away. The baby has done nothing wrong.

As for Maybelle in the Piepmeier article, I think that is great. Yes she has down syndrome but she was a perfectly healthy baby. Still today, she is a healthy little girl with down syndrome. She sees the world in a different way and honestly I am proud of Alison Piepmeier for not giving up.

Laundromat

Yesterday I was doing my laundry at the laundromat with my boyfriend. I had all my dirty clothes separated into darks, colors, and whites. My boyfriend on the other hand threw all of his dirty clothes into one load and he had darks, colors, and whites just like me. I asked him why he didn't separate them like I did and his response was "I don't know, takes too much time". I would agree, when I first started to wash my own clothes it was difficult and time consuming to separate my clothes but it helps in the long run. I got used to separating clothes that it has just become natural to me. It just baffles me how different women and men can be when it comes to laundry. When all of our loads of laundry were done, I folded mine and put them in my laundry basket where my boyfriend just through them in his basket and was ready to go. When we got back to his house we just left his clothes sit in the basket to get all wrinkled. I was the one who folded his clothes and pt them away in their correct spot so he could find them. He thanked me and said he would start helping out with his laundry but he should right? I mean it is HIS laundry!

Women Vs. Men on Getting Ready

This past Saturday my good friend and roommate turned 21. The process she and our friends took to get ready was ridiculous. I of course was not drinking because I needed to be sober since I was the designated driver since I am the only one under 21. I was fine with this so. While all the girls were getting ready in the bathroom together, I sat in the living room and watched TV just wearing some sweats. The guys who were also going out with the girls just had on jeans and a nice shirt. They took maybe 10 minutes to get ready to go out. The guys and I were discussing why women NEED to get ready together in ONE tiny bathroom. There is no need for 6 girls to be in a bathroom all trying to get ready. This post is basically about why women take so long to get ready than men and why do women need to use the bathroom together.

Being a girl, I do not fit the stereotype where I NEED somebody to go to the bathroom with me. I am an adult and can use the bathroom by myself. A conversation with my friend can wait less then 5 minutes. With my roommates though, they have to be in the bathroom with somebody else. It is not just about using the bathroom to take care of business but even showering. When I am in the shower, I cannot tell you how many times my roommates just open the door and sit on the toilet to talk to me. Showering is my alone time and does not need to be interrupted by other girls. Plus the door was closed!!!

When I am going out, I have never taken over 30 minutes to get ready. Within my 30 minutes I curl my hair, get dressed, and put makeup on. My roommates this past Saturday took almost 2 hours!!! What can you possibly be doing for 2 hours!?!? Like I said before, the guys and I were watching TV waiting for my friends to get ready so I could drive them downtown. Everybody in the living room was complaining as to taking too much time and waiting for too long. I just don't understand what could possibly take so long!