Privilege, Power and Difference
By: Allan G. Johnson
The author's goal in writing this book was to change we think in order to change how we act regarding privilege, power and differences. What came to my mind is that we are currently in a country that has changed dramatically since he wrote the book in 2001. First and foremost I believe that the reason people don't become part of the solution is fear, fear of the unknown.
Gender: Society is going thru big changes regarding gender. People are opting to use gender neutral pronouns and new parents are not identifying their newborns as boy or girl raising them as gender neutral kids. Angelina Jolie lets her daughter Shiloh identify himself as a boy. Disney Stores no longer divides their Halloween customs by gender and Target will be taking down signs that identify toys for boys and toys for girls. Sweden is the leading country in gender equality and now are heading to be gender neutral by adding a new pronoun "Hen" to their vocabulary to be used instead of he [han in Swedish] and she [hon]." Seattle has a new all-gender bathroom law. Harvard just joined other colleges in adopting gender neutral pronouns such as "Ze", "They" and "Genderqueer".
Why are gender neutral public bathrooms such a big deal, it's not like our homes have separate bathrooms.
Why are gender neutral public bathrooms such a big deal, it's not like our homes have separate bathrooms.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/04/hen_sweden_s_new_gender_neutral_pronoun_causes_controversy_.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-university-colleges-gender-free-pronouns-transgender-genderqueer-students/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-university-colleges-gender-free-pronouns-transgender-genderqueer-students/
What does this mean in the future for "White America" will it be illegal to ask on applications if you are a male or female? Will gender neutrality be good or bad for America?
I was thinking the same thing about the gender neutral bathrooms! There is no male and female bathrooms in our homes so why is it that way in public? They all have stalls in them. Then there are family bathrooms that women can go in with their sons, and then handicapped bathrooms if it's not the same as the family bathroom.
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