Heterosexual privilege? does it exist? what can society do about it?

Heterosexual privilege is a societal norm that all people are heterosexual. The basic civil rights and social privileges that a heterosexual person automatically receives that are denied to the LGBT community. I believe that this issue is definitely common in todays society because the LGBT community is definitely making it more aware that they are people too and that they are here. I believe that nation wide, we are trying to resolve the issue like making gay marriage legal and what not. People just need to learn how to except people the way they are and not discriminate amongst a sexual preference.

How do these essays differ in organizations from the essay you wrote?

1) Both the essays that we had to read for today both addressed a problem in the beginning of them and towards the end, they reveals some sort of reasoning for the problem, where as in my essay that wrote, I simply just wrote a story in chronological order. The essay "Where I come from is like this" is set up with longer paragraphs than the one that I wrote making it seem longer and drawn out.

2) Do you as a man/woman in the US feel that you encounter sexism in your everyday life? in what way? Discuss.
I believe that today we do live up to society norms, and whether we know it or not sexism is hidden in some of those norms. As a woman I feel that I do encounter sexism in our everyday life but it isn't to a high extent because men and women do sort of see eye to eye in this day in age for example powder puff....

Beyond entertainment, what is the purpose of these writings? How do they function/fit into our culture?

We all have freedom of expression. We have the ability to express our feelings and ideas in many different ways, and writing in a blog happens to be one of those ways. I noticed that in todays society, well...the new generation has a problem with expressing themselves vocally and the purpose of these writings is to help express ourselves with what we know best, messages or in other words...text. Writing in blogs fit into our culture by a way of learning. there is a saying "you learn new things everyday" and writing in blogs can also help us learn new things about ourselves and reading the writings of others help us to learn new things about other people...

What have you been happiest to leave behind coming to college?

I have been happy to leave behind the environment that I was surrounded by back at home, because I know it wouldn't have done me any good. If I would have stayed at home and went to school, I think that my mind set wouldn't be as strong as it is now, to be able to focus and get everything done accurately and on time. The environment that I was in at home, wasn't the best. I was surrounded by people who didn't have the same goals as me. I didn't like being around that...so my closest friends and I decided to move not to far but far enough away from home to achieve the goals that we have set for our future.