1] In
a single, topic-driven, and well-developed paragraph, SUMMARIZE Walsh’s argument.
2] In a single, topic-driven, and well-developed paragraph,
SUMMARIZE Benkof’s argument.
3] In a single, topic-driven, and well-developed paragraph,
SUMMARIZERose’s research findings AND answer the following questions:
How do these facts undermine the cultural mythology surrounding
“same sex lesbian” relationships? In lieu of the facts, how does the
culture generally portray lesbian relationships (sitcoms, etc.)?
[HINT: Think about Dr. Rose’s research findings intersect with Dr.
Butterfield’s anti-patriarchal, anti-male brand of lesbianism (145).]
How do these facts undermine the cultural mythology surrounding
“same sex lesbian” relationships? In lieu of the facts, how does the
culture generally portray lesbian relationships (sitcoms, etc.)?
[HINT: Think about Dr. Rose’s research findings intersect with Dr.
Butterfield’s anti-patriarchal, anti-male brand of lesbianism (145).]
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Matt Walsh
ReplyDeleteMatt Walsh is a man that strongly believes and is very clear about it in his blog that transgender toddlers to his words “nonsense”. He points out that toddlers can’t choose what gender they want to be, that at that age they can’t even dress themselves, their parents do. A child will do what they are told to do and wear what they get put on them, they have no choose in that cause they can’t do it themselves. At that age they can’t even put on clothes without help let alone make a huge decision that impacts there in entire life. Being Transgender means a whole lot more than just changing sexes, gender is different than sex. He ends with the comment with “there is no afterlife… at least no logical explanation of one… so let’s stop worrying so much about gender and maybe more about our environment that we are destroying every day”. He moves form talking about transgenderism to talking about how religion is incorrect, he uses the problem about the environment to get people’s minds off of transgenderism.
David Benkof
Benkof’s argument is that people who are gay or lesbian are not born that way and that they choose to be who they are and choose what gender they are attracted to. He argues that even the LGBT community say that they are the way that they are because god made that way, it is not true. Scholars that are part of the LGBT community don’t think that it’s in their DNA but it is a Choice. He states that being gay cannot be innate, it has not been proven that being gay is biological trait but it more involves the surroundings of one’s social environment. He states this by saying “sexual orientations are specific to our culture, and thus not basic human nature.”
Rose
Suzana Rose’s article about lesbian partner violence is very informative about knowing how many women have been reported partner violence in a lesbian relationship. The reason behind lesbian partner violence is for the reason in a male of female relationship, to maintain control. The reasons they became abusive would be the same way a male would in a heterosexual relationship would, through growing up with physical, sexual, or verbal abuse themselves. Lesbian partner abuse is not completely the same as a male and female abuse because with a lesbian relationship it does not madder who the strongest or the more masculine is because it could be either one, but not for heterosexual relationship it is almost always the more masculine one doing the abusing. Lesbian partner relationship are affected by abuse just as any other relationship would despite what the world my think. A lesbian relationship is still a relationship and most relationships have problems and lesbians are no exception.
Walsh's argument is that the little girl, and all young children, are not old or intelligent enough to truly grasp what it means to be a boy or a girl. He says that it was the parents doing to make her believe she was actually a boy. Our society applauds this behavior, making the parents crave attention.
ReplyDeleteBenkof argues that no one is actually born gay or straight. These are social constructs that western culture has created.There is no evidence to suggest otherwise.
Rose argues that violence in lesbian relationships is very prevalent. Between 24 and 90 percent of lesbians claim to have been abused by a partner. This undermines the mythology behind lesbian relationships in the sense that they try to get away from men because of their behavior such as being more prone to violence. Lesbians who abuse their partners are exhibiting these same behaviors.
Walsh
ReplyDeleteThis article called 'This poor child is confused, not 'transgendered'. The main idea of the article was about a young girl that they transformed into a little boy. But at the time the child doesn't have a clue of what is going on with her body. Sadly, the parents said that she think that's she's a boy. Another thing that is mentioned in this article is how the society is welcoming about these kind of things that are about being LGBT. Toddlers aren't old enough to make their own decisions. So because the parents of this child is making the choice of making there child a boy is bring more attention to the situation and that's exactly what the parents want.
Benkof
This article is called "Nobody is 'born that way', gay historians say". The main idea of this article is that we weren't just born to be gay or straight. Homosexual nowadays say that God made them to be this way but that's not true because God gave us a choice to make. If you want to be gay that's your choice, if you want to be straight that's your choice. Society makes it seems like it is okay to be gay because they entertain it. Everyone knows that way is the right way but there is something called the internet that people listen to or read about stuff that say that it is okay to be gay.
Rose
This article is about "Lesbian Partner Violence Fact Sheet". The main idea of this article is about lesbian relationships. She spoke about lesbian violence that seems to be accruing in relationships and how it may lead to social problems. Another point is that they abuse there partners because they feel like they can be able to gain control of the relationship. To conclude all the thoughts of Rose is that she's saying that being in a lesbian relationship is basically put yourself at risk because you're setting yourself up to be bullied. Which is not a good thing when you're trying to be in a health relationship.
Walsh
ReplyDeleteThe article of Matt Walsh tells the story about the young girl Ryland, which grew up like a boy, because her parents wanted her to be a boy. Using Ryland as an example for the “transgender movement” is “insane”. She didn’t “choose to be a boy”. A small kid is not able to choose, what she or he wants to wear. The “parents started dressing her in boy clothes”. An important point in his article is when a girl chooses to be a “lesbian”, her identification is now fix, but her “sex” is “fluid”. What happens if a girl becomes a boy, is her sexual orientation still fixed?
Benkof
David Benkof is a Senior Political Analyst. In his article, “Nobody is ‘born that way’, gay historians say”, he negotiates the viewpoint of the “LGBT” about innate sexual orientations. His argument is based on the fact, that “no ‘gay gene’” has been found. According to Benkof, the reasons for sexual orientations are way deeper. So “[h]ow can gayness be natural, if it is also culturally specific?” The “LGBT” explains both sides: “born that way” (“natural”) and “product of Western society” (“cultural”). Benkof describes why the cause for sexual orientations the “culture” is. “Homosexuality was generally something one could do, not something one could be”. If the people of the 10th-century would have been gay, we would been informed nowadays, but there is no “evidence”. He concludes, that “sexual orientations are specific to our culture, and thus not basic human nature”.
Rose
Suzana Rose is a Ph.D. at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. In her “Lesbian Partner Violence Fact Sheet” she shows the “social problem […] [of] violence among lesbians. “17%-45%”of lesbians became “victims” of “sexual and/ [or] psychological abuse” like “[d]isrupting other’s eating or sleeping habits” and “slapping, kicking, hitting or biting”. Some reasons are the same for both types of relationships, becoming the “stronger” part of a couple or “to avoid” feelings of loss and abandonment”. This is a consequence of growing up in “violent households”. The differences in “abusive relationships” are that in “lesbian” couples both parts can start with the fight whereby in heterosexual relationships the most of the time the “stronger” part, “the male partner”, the reason is for the violence. A huge problem is that in some states the lesbians have no chance to get help. In the mythology of lesbian relationships can be consequence of problems with the other gender, or at least because the same gender is preferred. So these facts, shown by Suzana Rose, are bizarre. Even when your sexual orientation is for the same sex, the violence rate is so high, although normally you would think the people respect their gender more than the other one. Compared with Butterfield, when she was in her lesbian partnership, she didn’t deal with men, therefore the respect for women should be bigger, than it is shown by the statistics. As a result, the struggle for power is much higher in “same-sex relationships”. Generally, the culture shows homosexual couples are a real union, even though they sometimes fight, but only on linguistic based fights. To conclude, in TV shows lesbian relationships are often shown with a more masculine part and a more feminine part.
Walsh, in his essay, argues that children do not have the mental strength to decide if they are a boy or a girl. This being said, for decisions “made by the children” to become the opposite sex must come not from themselves, but from the parents.
ReplyDeleteBenkof urges us to believe that people are born neither straight nor gay. Our society has created these labels that people identify to.
Rose tells us that there is a lot of violence in lesbian relationships. This statement takes away from women saying they are leaving men because they are more violent. These women are going into the same relationships they say they are getting away from.
Walsh
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a girl who wanted to get turned into a boy. The young girl thinks that she is a boy because she does not know what is going on with her body. The parents decided that they will let the girl get turned into a boy that way they can get attention from other people. Because people these days applaud that kind of behavior, so that is why the parents did it is for the notoriety.
Benkof
This article is about whether people can be born straight or gay. The reality is that people can not be born gay or straight, they just pick it up as they live. Most of the time people choose whether or not they want to be straight or gay, being gay or straight is fluid which means if a person chooses to be gay they can turn back straight whenever they want. People get so caught up in what the media and celebrities say about homosexuality and they just follow the crowd and agree with them when they really do not know any facts at all.
Rose
This article is about lesbian relationships. Rose talks about how violence in a lesbian relationship may lead to social problems. If a lesbian couple gets in a fight it is normally about one of them wanting control of the relationship and having more power over the other. Being in a lesbian can be a troubling time because of that but sometimes they get along just fine.
In walsh's article, he argues that young children do not have the mental capacity to make the decision to change their gender. Using Rylands story as an example for the "transgendered movement" is " insane". She did not choose to be whether she wanted to be a boy or girl. It was her parents decision in attempt to gain attention from others.
ReplyDeletePeople in todays society applaud this kind of behaviour by Rylands parents.
Benkof's article goes into the argument whether people can be born gay or straight. Homosexual culture now says that they are simply born that way because God makes us how he wants. Scholars that are part of the LGBT community suggest that there is no homosexual DNA, it becomes a choice at some point in their life. People get so caught u[ in what the media and celebrities say about homosexuality that they don't even bother to take the time and do proper research on the topic.
Rose's article discusses lesbian relationships. She speaks about the violence between lesbian couples that lead to many social problems. they feel like in order to gain respect in a relationship they need to be abusive. this goes against the way the media portrays lesbians. the media makes them look like they have been previously abused by men, forcing them to turn lesbian. These lesbian relationships are where the two women are kind and more loving to each other
In Walsh’s article “This poor child is confused, not ‘transgendered’ Walsh simply explains why a little toddler can’t identify himself as a transgender. Walsh gives many examples on how this boy is basically being forced to be transgender. He says “This child didn’t ‘choose’ her gender. She didn’t choose to cut her hair and dress like a boy.” This child is being forced by her parents to be a boy. The child is too small to make decisions for itself. Even if she says “I’m a boy” it doesn’t automatically make her transgender! She is a toddler. That’s what toddlers do. They say they’re people or stuff their not. Walsh says it perfectly when he says “Here’s the thing about little kids: they don’t know what it means to be a boy or a girl.”, and this is exactly true. Kids think sexuality is defined by the clothes you wear or something even as simple as the hairstyle you have.
ReplyDeleteBenkof’s argument in The Daily Caller is definitely against the “you were born gay” crowd. He argues the point very logically by stating that being gay is a cultural thing. Back in ancient times there were no “gay people”. There were people participating in homosexual activity, but they didn’t identify as gay because there was no such thing. So how can we be born something that isn’t even a real thing? “Sexual orientations are specific to our culture and thus not basic human nature”. If you could be born gay everyone would have been born either straight or gay not just us 21st century people.
In Suzana Rose’s “Lesbian Partner Fact Sheet” she informs us of all the statistics of abused women in lesbian relationships. It can be multiple types of abuse, but physical abuse is the main kind. She also says Lesbian partner violence is almost the same as heterosexual partner violence. This undermines the cultural myth that Lesbians are trying to get away from men because of an abusive relationship. They are likely to get hit in a Lesbian relationship as well as a Heterosexual one. So if that’s their reasoning they need to just stay straight. Most of the time Lesbian relationships are portrayed as all loving and no fighting. It is mainly portrayed as a perfect world where there’s no conflict. These statistics show otherwise. Lesbian relationships most certainly aren’t perfect. If women are trying to get away from men in general they should probably stay away from Lesbian woman too because according to these statistics a Lesbian relationship isn’t much different.
1)In Matt Walsh’s article “This poor child is confused, not ‘transgendered’ he tells the story of a five-year-old transgender male. The child’s story has not only been told across the country, but celebrated and praised. Walsh believes this is obscured and insane. This girl did not choose to be a boy, she’s not of age to be making reasonable decisions. This child’s parents decide what she wears, eats, and does. The parents state “Ryland showed signs of being transgender because she didn’t like girly toys and she didn’t like to wear dresses”. Just because a girl likes superheros and doesn’t like wearing dresses does not mean that she need to change her identity. Ryland said at age two that she was a boy. However, a toddler’s imagination never stops. Walsh states “Walk into a room of toddlers and take a poll. You’ll soon discover you are actually – according to the self-reported data from two and three-year-olds – surrounded by lions, dinosaurs, aliens… and all manner of other mythical concoctions.” Ryland’s parents took what she said and embraced it, they believed her “boy phase” was more than a phase. The child is too young to even understand what gender really is, she is not mentally capable to make a decision on which gender she should be.
ReplyDelete2)“Nobody is ‘Born That Way’ Gay Historians Say” by David Benkof speaks on the argument that homosexual people are born “that way”. Parts of the LGBT community believe that there is actually a “gay gene” that is stitched inside some people’s DNA. Although Biology plays a role in sexual behavior, no “gay gene” has been found. Using historical facts and documents, social scientists have examined the evidence and no society before the 19th century had a gay minority. These historians aren’t saying that nobody wasn’t gay, they are saying that each society had different ways of expressing love, gender, and desire. Homosexuality was not a form of identity. Benkof himself says “none of this means people don’t have sexual orientations today, it just means sexual orientations are specific to our culture, and thus not basic human nature”. Overall, there is no evidence to prove that people are born gay.
3)In the “Lesbian Partner Violence Fact Sheet” author Suzana Rose speaks about lesbian partner violence and the facts behind it. Society often views same sex relationships as having a greater chance of domestic violence rather than heterosexual relationships, yet the facts prove otherwise. About 17-45% of lesbians report having been the victim of at least one act of physical violence by a partner. Despite these numbers, which are lower than the numbers for heterosexual relationships, society still views homosexual relationships as more abusive. The topic of abuse in lesbian relationships is often ignored due to political correctness and the gender roles in society. Rose states that “lesbians abuse their partners to gain and maintain control”. While abuse in lesbian relationships may be a smaller percentage than heterosexual relationships, it is still a problem that must be addressed.
In Matt Walsh's essay "“This Poor Child is Confused, not ‘Transgendered’” explains the new matters of transgender people throughout the world. But then immediately gets onto another part of the subject talking about the Ryland Whittington the transgender toddler. This child was no more than the age of two years old and had a sex change operation from a boy to a girl. Walsh in the end is claims that society views on transgendered toddlers is like "viewing the earth as it were flat." Walsh supports this matter, he believes that this is our "new society" and "the wave of our future."
ReplyDeleteIn the article "Nobody is ‘born that way,’ gay historians say" by David Benkof, it explains the matter of homosexuality being either a choice or a trait from birth. Benkof talks about how most homosexuals today claim that homosexuality is a choice that runs through DNA, but Benkof does not agree to that statement due to his research with the LGBT historians. The historians have studied homosexuality for many years since their origins, and they came to discover that homosexuality is most likely a choice. They explain homosexuality as a social construction towards human lifestyles, and believe to where if he or she is around that social construction for too long they will be sucked into that trait.
In the essay "Lesbian Partner Violence Fact Sheet" by Suzana Rose, it is written towards the subject of abuse in Gay and Lesbian relationships. Rose explains the outcomes of Gay couple violence from 'eating and sleeping habits" to "Pushing and shoving turning into abuse." Rose recognizes this matter to be serious with her research on the matter to where 15-40% of Gay couples abuse the partner often and also 50% are lesbian. Rose wants us to see this problem and let us know the struggle homosexuals have in relationships.
Walsh:
ReplyDeleteIn Matt Walsh's article he writes about a story on a girl named Ryland. Ryland was a toddler who didn't like to be "girly", she was more into things boys did. So with that being said Ryland's parents took that literally and started embracing her and what she wanted to do.They supported her wanting to be a boy. Walsh thinks that the idea of that is a little weird. He states that kids don't know what it means to be a boy or girl so with that being said you have to show or guide them into what it is to be a boy or girl.He believes that Ryland's age is too young to try and choose what gender you want to be due to lack of comprehending what it truly means.
David Benkof:
David Benkof's article touches on the topic often brought up when speaking on homosexuality. Are people born gay? He says that many people who claim to be gay state that God has made them that way. Is it true? Benkof tends to think differently along with a group of scholars who are actually gay and lesbians themselves. They state that gayness is a product of Western society originating about 150 years ago. Benkof says that it's proven sexual orientations are not innate.
Suzana Rose:
Suzana Rose starts her article by explaining what Lesbian Partner Violence is. It's violence in lesbian or gay marriages/relationships. It's been defined as physical, sexual and psychological abuse. About 17-45% of lesbians report to be victims of physical abuse by a lesbian partner. Lesbians abuse their partners to gain a sense of control.There's many similarities between lesbian and heterosexual partner violence. Although lesbian and heterosexual partner abuse has it's similarities it has it's differences. For example in the event of abuse in a heterosexual relationship the male is often the victim as in a lesbian relationship both are looked at as victims.
In the article “this poor child is confused not transgendered”, Matt Walsh tells of a story of two parents who brag about their daughter and how she began to “transition” into a boy. He explains how this is one of the most absurd things he has ever heard; the “transgender” is in fact a toddler at the age of five. Walsh describes this as a tragedy. “A tragedy of nonsense. Horrible, abusive, pathetic, sad, bizarre, tragic nonsense.” Matt goes on to explain how ridiculous it is for the parents to claim that she “chose” to be a boy. Kids at that age are still a good ways away from the age of reason. “That’s insane. This girl did not choose to be a boy. She can’t. She also didn’t choose to be a world famous face for the transgender movement. Her parents made that decision. Her parents decided to make her a ‘boy’ and alert the press.”
ReplyDeleteIn David Benkof’s article he addresses one of the biggest questions in the controversial topic of homosexuality; am I born this way? According to many LGBT members, they claim that “God made me this way”, however “if it’s proven sexual orientations are not innate, much of the scaffolding upon which today’s LGBT movement has been built would begin to crumble.” Scholars of gay history and anthropology are even saying that “gayness” is a product of Western society that came about around 150 years ago. Benkof found many resources, both historical and anthropological, that support his beliefs that homosexuality is not innate.
Suzana Rose explains that lesbian relationships, just like heterosexual relationships, also include the issue of domestic violence. About 17-45% of lesbians report having been the victim of at least one act of physical violence perpetrated by a lesbian partner. Lesbian couples go through a variety of abuse; things such as pushing, shoving, slapping, kicking, physical abuse, and psychological abuse. Apparently they do these things for the same reasons a male would batter his wife. They want control, and in some cases it comes from the feeling of abandonment.
Matt Walsh in his article, “The Poor Child is Confused, Not Transgendered” talks about a toddler who goes by Ryland who “showed signs of being transgendered” just because she didn't like girly things. Walsh talks about how the parents, Jeff and Hilary Whittington, went a little crazy when their two year old daughter started liking “boy” things or “girl” things and to take it a step further they rather glorified this “moment” in their daughters life. Walsh explains this as pretty much crazy and completely stupid just for the fact that it’s not Ryland who's making this decision: it’s her parents. Her parents have to buy her clothes for her and her toys and just because Ryland “came out and said she was boy” doesn't exactly mean that she's transgendered. She's only a little girl and little kids have an imagination and will “pretend” to be a lot of things but her parents have taken this fantasy and made it reality. Walsh even takes that and says it’s “abuse” because they have used their “transgendered” kid to become famous and show this “moment” to a national audience. Society has confused people of what identity really is and we have to speak up for it.
ReplyDeleteDavid Benkof in his article, “Nobody is ‘born that way,’ Gay Historians Say” explains how historians who openly consider themselves part of the LGBT community express that people just aren’t born that way and history really does say that as well. Benkof goes on to explain that through out history there has been documentation of same-sex relationships but to look at those relationships through the goggles of today just doesn't work. He takes the Ancient Greeks as example as some of the elite men of Greece were expected to take young boys and “apprentice-lovers” and that in their culture same-sex relations weren't looked at the same way they are today. Specially they weren't considered a minority as they are today or for that matter weren't considered “gay” or “lesbian” or even “straight”. These terms of identity were created by culture today and we cannot simply look back at history and confirm that “homosexuality” is something that people are born with because history actually says the opposite.
Suzana Roe talks about lesbian partner violence, including physical, sexual, and emotional, and how this has been happening in a lot of these relationships without a lot of people noticing. Both of the partners are at just as much risk for being abused and usually the abuse happens because one wants more control over the other and they don't want the other to leave or abandon them. This can be problem for those who are abused because the one doing the “battering” as Rose calls it can make the other silent by say she will tell everyone she's a lesbian which can jeopardise things like her job, family relationships, immigration, and child custody. This violence can happen quite often and usually isn't helped at all.
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ReplyDeleteHi, everyone! Professor Kirk, I'm so pleased you chose to assign my "Born That Way" essay to your students. It's one of the most significant things I've written, and by far the most widely shared on social media.
ReplyDeleteHowever, it's fairly shocking to me how few of your students understood even the basic thesis of the piece. For example, five of you (Mariah, Chelsea, Devin, Quinton, and Josh C.) claim that my piece says people choose to be gay despite the fact that the FIRST SENTENCE OF MY ESSAY says that no serious person thinks that.
To be fair, Urs, Josh B., Cameron,and Brandon "get it" and did a good job summarizing my essay.