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and more. Society has placed boundaries for men but women expect beyond those existing boundaries and men are willing to go beyond them for that same reason. For example the women who are receiving tampons and chocolates reaction might be delightful, but the person who rings up the males buying tampons and chocolates might judge them otherwise if it happens to be a man. So we may ask why is it that men do these things if they know they will be judged? According to Umberson et al, in the article…

Gina Davis’ article, “No, Our Tampons and Birth Control Shouldn’t Be Free”, states that just because something is necessary does not mean it should be paid for with tax dollars. Davis states, “I don’t expect taxes to be taken out of anyone else’s hard-earned paycheck to take care of my lady issues, so why are women expecting that in return?” (“No, Our Tampons and Birth Control Shouldn’t Be Free”). The expectation is not that birth control should…

The Bexar County population is almost two million and is expected to grow one more million by the year 2020. With the expected growth in population we can expect for the homeless population to also grow. Laura Calderon from Heaven for Hope said that they service an average of 1,200 Homeless per month and 25 percent of this are women. (2017) According to the Journal of General Internal Medicine, “women are one of the fastest growing groups in the homeless population”. (Lewis et al. 2003) This…

The movie Orchids is a documentary of a woman named Phoebe Hart who tells her interesting life story about her being intersex. Phoebe and her sister, Bonnie, go on a road trip all throughout Australia, recording each moment on her video camera. The beginning of the documentary is when Phoebe still was unaware about her intersex condition. She recalls memories of her girlfriends growing breasts and talking about menstruating. Phoebe had noticed in her mid-teen years that she was not developing…

indicate a concern, the test was done during the routine check up. She reports her last menstrual period was 2weeks prior to the visit. Her cycles usually involve of 1-2 days of moderate bleeding in which one tampon last a few hours, followed by 2-3 days of light bleeding and spotting in which a tampon or pad…

Her sensitivity to stress and her reaction to anxiety is apparent when she begins to scream hysterically as her fellow girl classmates throw tampons and laugh at her. Her anxiety is apparent here as she overreacts to something that is completely normal, although she believed she was dying. Carrie’s depression and resistance to attention within neuroticism is also apparent as she is constantly…

Oscars story is similar to that of an American immigrant in that neither of them can rely on the government for help, but it is also different because Oscar was able to lean on his new friends instead to earn success. For fear that his legal status would be discovered, Oscar chose to stray away from his initial dream to pursue another. Instead of going to get a small community job like most immigrants would he chose to chase something else that he was very passionate about. Granted that he…

I was never quite drawn to this article immediately, because when I saw the word “period” in a headline, I could only assume it was the grammatical definition of the homonym was being used. I chose to click on the article anyhow, and to my surprise, would find out that my hypothesis was proven incorrect. I have nothing but praise for both the New York Times as well as the editor of the article for publishing this story. Considering the aim of most news companies is to increase both viewership…

the natural oils would build up in their hair and keep everything slick and in place. And homeless women with periods? They should just hold it until they can find a restroom and stop being so childish. It’s not like women actually need pads and tampons. As long as the bums can teach themselves how to stay clean, keeping their jobs and becoming clean, model working class Americans shouldn’t be…

In today's day and age, you would expect things to be, well, perfect. Wrong. In today's society, women are fighting for nearly all the rights that they were in the early 1900s. Gender inequality refers to the treatment one might receive based on their gender. Women are often treated as inferior compared to men, and it's been this way for hundreds of years. In a world where mostly men are in charge, it's getting a little hard to get the rights we need. First and foremost; why is this happening?…