Correctness

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Or at least so the saying goes. Clearly however this saying is lost in translation from being spoken of theoretically to the actual world we live in. Through the sound emitted by ones vocal chords should not have a way to harm another. We have found a way to take offense to this. And thus, the concept known as political correctness is born. It is odd, that a method of thinking supports that such decibels audible to the general population be altered in written and spoken form to simply preserve one's "feelings." The true harm towards one another is distributed emotionally, or physically. But verbally? And even speech not intended to spite another. Could someone truly take offense to Lincoln not using "foremothers and forefathers" but rather just "forefathers" in his famous Gettysburg Address?  Could someone really listen to one of the great speeches in our nations history and think nothing of its purpose, but simply of its inclusiveness? It is quite a path that our society has taken, where even the smallest thing that could be found offensive, is found offensive, and this is something that I hope to see reversed, or resolved throughout the course if my life. 

Priorities..?

The needs of many vs the needs of a few. This is an issue that the government probably faces every day. It is unfortunately difficult to cater to the needs of every last citizen in the country. For every group of people that is watched over, it unfortunately breeds another group that is neglected, as after there are so many of us and so little change inducing eyes. This is something that personally I have been thinking about a lot since reading The Clan Of The One Breasted Women. I find if very sad that the very uncovered hidden population of mormons were the ones that the government found it rightful to expose to the harmfulness of their bomb testing. Their valued secluded nature was what made it so that they were prime targets to the horrible side effects that came from the bomb testing. So simply them living like they were raised to and keeping quiet, by the members having "listened, observed," and "rarely asking questions" caused them to have to suffer, which I found to be very sad and very thought invoking. I certainly hope that silent injustices such as the bomb testing we read about ceases to exist and we can all be a peaceful, "unmarking" race! 

What isn't marked?

So marking. Marked vs unmarked. Its an odd way of looking at a topic that's been hit many times in this class, which is women and their societal roles and "limitations." That everything a woman is to do is judged and goes down under and against her image. That society has placed barriers on how it is that a doll (COME SEE GUYS AND DOLLS) is to act in public. However this same society places its own views on the actions of guys as well. It is not true that we both live in different worlds, it is the same cruel yet beautiful world that judges both sexes. It may seem like "our colors are duller" but it is true for both sexes. In fact I don't believe that there are things that are marked and unmarked. I think everything and every action is marked and all together contributes to our image in society and amounts to who we are. Much like how a girl could be judged on what she wears, the same goes for a guy. She may dress "too scandalously" but he may dress "to feminine" at the exact same time. There isn't much that goes for one without going for the other, and no matter how dull our colors may seem they will always appear that way until you choose to see them with light and realize that every action inevitably will be marked. (OH AND COME SEE GUYS AND DOLLS)