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Mar 29, 2007 15:41

the following is a quick homework assignment that i need to post here in order to go online once i  get to campus so i can print it out, however feel free to comment, if you feel so inclined

James Sessions

3/29/07

Sociology

Paper 2

I have watched “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”, the nineteenth episode of the seventeenth season of “The ( Read more... )

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legendofmatt March 30 2007, 05:37:12 UTC
I have watched “Girls Just Want to Have Sums”, the nineteenth episode of the seventeenth season of “The Simpsons”. The central theme of this episode is the splitting of classrooms between boys and girls. After a comment made by the elementary school principal insinuating that girls are inherently inferior in math, he is replaced by a woman who is the archetypical “feminist ( ... )

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ducttapedemigod March 31 2007, 16:50:04 UTC
who's on the "flip side" here?

"...that if someone tries too much to alleviate these problems, you can create a gap between the sexes that will be difficult to bridge. Gender inequality may still exist in our world, but if we immediately try to make things perfect, the culture shock will harm us all"

the feminist making them "feel math" isn't really trying to bridge gaps, and lisa isn't causing more gaps to be formed. She's alleviating them, but how is that a culture shock?

other than that, it's pretty solid. just a few little questions about your wording at the end.

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