One of the things that we discussed this week, and what I found most interesting, was the differences between men and women. Even from a young age there are differences. And not just of obvious ones.
To start off this section we watched a video about this subject. In it some ladies were saying that if women are not capable of doing the same work as a man then the standard should be lowered or technology should aide them. She was speaking of instances like the fire department where physical strength is involved. This made me mad. I feel that if we a lowering the standards then that is not equality. We should be equal but that means that we must meet the same requirements to do the job.

Another thing that we talked about was how when men focus on a task that is all they are focused on and they devote a lot of energy to that one task. But women focus on many different things at once, that is one reason they can be doing something and then say “I don’t hear the kids anymore”

So I was thinking about that and one time my aunt was telling me that when her husband reads books his whole attention is devoted to that book. She said that she found the only way to get his attention was to call him one of the characters in the book. I thought that was so cool to devote that much attention to a book, and I tried it the next time I was reading, no I can’t do that. While the majority of my attention is on the book, I am also listening to everything around me.

I found this very interesting to look at the qualities that are generally associated with each sex and see how well the complement each other and work well together. But at the same time I see qualities of both that I have.