Gordaen's Blog

I think the big problem that a lot of people have with gay marriage is that it goes against their religious beliefs. I’m not sure why people tie that with the secular process of having a marriage recognized by the federal government, but that’s my only guess at why there is so much resistance. Maybe [...]

Recently, I’ve posted a bit about feminism due to my Women’s Studies course. The books we’ve read had some pieces of good piled under huge anti-white-male sentiment. Apparently, we live in “whiteboyworld” (one of the essays actually used that “word”). One of the essays claimed that all medical problems that doctors tie to obesity are [...]

As I promised a few days back, I am going to do a post about the totally awesome book that I have the honor of reading for my Women’s Studies class. The book is called Women’s Voices Feminist Visions and I wouldn’t do a door the dishonor of using the book as a door stop. [...]

I am taking a Women’s Studies course at the university as my last general requirement. When I signed up for it, I figured the course would be about the difference between the perspectives of men and women, empowering women, and perhaps some historical info about influential women. It is actually about prejudice… and that is [...]

I never have heard a satisfactory explanation for why racism against whites (and males in particular) is legal. It’s one of those things that I have kept off my mind for quite a while, but then I saw something that brought it back up. I was browsing for scholarships intended for teachers and I found [...]