Warning: this reaction paper may be filled with a lot of angry towards society, so I apologize in advance.
Just today I was on Facebook and saw a picture that said “Men DO NOT belong in the bathroom with girls!”. Hoping to see that someone has a brain and knowledge on the topics of transgender, I proceeded to read the comments, which let me tell you, was an awful idea. These were my FAVORITE comments being made:
“I 'm so sick of this political correctness. Let 's just call it as it is. A " transgender" is nothing but a freak. They do not belong in a woman 's restroom. They belong in a sideshow of a circus!!”
“If you have a penis..men 's room. If you have a vagina...women 's room. Problem solved.. What if I said I felt like a Bear..Could …show more content…
I have the hardest time when people say that it is the most selfish thing someone can do. I think they are the one’s being selfish. They have no idea the pain, suffering, sadness, angry, or anything being felt by this person. All of these feelings that have led this person to think that there only option is to take their own life. That is what they felt was their ONLY option, and I know that that takes a lot to get to that point, so they are not being selfish. It comes down to people never feeling what these people have felt, and I hope they never have to. I know this from personal experience, because I use to be one of those people who thought it was, in a way, selfish. In my sophomore year of school, I had one of my best guy friends call me. Little did I know that the conversation would change my whole life and begin to introduce me to suicide. Bawling hysterically, he was calling to say goodbye. He told me about all the suffering he had been going through and his plan to now take a ton of pills and then cut his throat with a knife that he was holding in his hand as we talked. Being 15 I had no idea what to do, which one schools need to educate students better on what to do, but I stayed up all night with him and convinced him that he at least owed saying goodbye to me in person. Although he really did not owe me anything, I needed to buy some time to be able to talk to the counselor at school and hopefully save his …show more content…
(Please excuse all the feels that are about to come out, I am all about validating people) Professor Woody, I just wanted to let you know how much I have loved this class and needed this. I honestly took it hoping to get more insight on all of my disorders, but it has done even more than that. It has given me more education and compassion for so many concepts and opened my mind up to even more ideas. I can now stand up for all my opinions on the things I listed above and many more, but do so in a more factual way. This class has given me something to look forward to on Mondays and an environment that is so loving and completely takes away all of stress for once. I hope you know the impact you have had on me and my life. You are such a beautiful soul!
Just today I was on Facebook and saw a picture that said “Men DO NOT belong in the bathroom with girls!”. Hoping to see that someone has a brain and knowledge on the topics of transgender, I proceeded to read the comments, which let me tell you, was an awful idea. These were my FAVORITE comments being made:
“I 'm so sick of this political correctness. Let 's just call it as it is. A " transgender" is nothing but a freak. They do not belong in a woman 's restroom. They belong in a sideshow of a circus!!”
“If you have a penis..men 's room. If you have a vagina...women 's room. Problem solved.. What if I said I felt like a Bear..Could …show more content…
I have the hardest time when people say that it is the most selfish thing someone can do. I think they are the one’s being selfish. They have no idea the pain, suffering, sadness, angry, or anything being felt by this person. All of these feelings that have led this person to think that there only option is to take their own life. That is what they felt was their ONLY option, and I know that that takes a lot to get to that point, so they are not being selfish. It comes down to people never feeling what these people have felt, and I hope they never have to. I know this from personal experience, because I use to be one of those people who thought it was, in a way, selfish. In my sophomore year of school, I had one of my best guy friends call me. Little did I know that the conversation would change my whole life and begin to introduce me to suicide. Bawling hysterically, he was calling to say goodbye. He told me about all the suffering he had been going through and his plan to now take a ton of pills and then cut his throat with a knife that he was holding in his hand as we talked. Being 15 I had no idea what to do, which one schools need to educate students better on what to do, but I stayed up all night with him and convinced him that he at least owed saying goodbye to me in person. Although he really did not owe me anything, I needed to buy some time to be able to talk to the counselor at school and hopefully save his …show more content…
(Please excuse all the feels that are about to come out, I am all about validating people) Professor Woody, I just wanted to let you know how much I have loved this class and needed this. I honestly took it hoping to get more insight on all of my disorders, but it has done even more than that. It has given me more education and compassion for so many concepts and opened my mind up to even more ideas. I can now stand up for all my opinions on the things I listed above and many more, but do so in a more factual way. This class has given me something to look forward to on Mondays and an environment that is so loving and completely takes away all of stress for once. I hope you know the impact you have had on me and my life. You are such a beautiful soul!