Friday, April 13, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Compatibility or Sexuality?
So many relationships today do not last because they are based on attraction and lust rather than compatibility. In America so many relationships do no last because couples do not look into the deeper aspects of their potential partners. This article gives a look into what you should really look for in a partner.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201204/compatibility-the-secret-ingredient-happy-relationship
-Dominique
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201204/compatibility-the-secret-ingredient-happy-relationship
-Dominique
Monday, April 2, 2012
Fighting Like a Man
Meet Serah Farron
Serah is the protagonist of Final Fantasy XII-2 spending the game searching for her sister throughout time. The weapon you see there is a made up weapon (called a bowblade) that has the ability to transform from a crossbow into a sword. However it's mainly seen being used within cutscenes in its crossbow form. The reason I point this out is because in earlier development Serah was originally written to solely utilize a sword, but was rewritten to utilize the aforementioned bowblade to "preserve her femininity". The Final Fantasy series is notorious for having a majority of their female characters being relegated to "back row" positions casting spells or summoning creatures to do the fighting for them while the majority of their male characters get up close and personal with the enemy. There are only a handful of male or female characters in this series who go against these norms and are instead the opposite class of their gender. The following article also touches upon this female stereotype of non-aggressive female characters within the gaming industry.
http://gametheoryonline.com/2010/09/17/women-gamer-stereotype-girl-grrl-ladies-female-gaming/
However there are female video game characters out there who wield swords and bazookas with just as much or even more skill as a man, one of these being the heroine of Heavenly Sword Nariko. In the game Nariko is the daughter of a leader of a clan of warriors who was predicted to be born a boy who would bring great honor to the clan. However instead she was born a girl and this addled with the fact that her mother died giving birth to her caused many members of her clan to view her as a curse. However when they are captured by the evil King Bohan Nariko utilizes the power of the forbidden Heavenly Sword to save them. Now my question to all of the readers out there who watch the subsequent video is this; does Nariko still retain her femininity despite "fighting like a man"?
-Asael
Serah is the protagonist of Final Fantasy XII-2 spending the game searching for her sister throughout time. The weapon you see there is a made up weapon (called a bowblade) that has the ability to transform from a crossbow into a sword. However it's mainly seen being used within cutscenes in its crossbow form. The reason I point this out is because in earlier development Serah was originally written to solely utilize a sword, but was rewritten to utilize the aforementioned bowblade to "preserve her femininity". The Final Fantasy series is notorious for having a majority of their female characters being relegated to "back row" positions casting spells or summoning creatures to do the fighting for them while the majority of their male characters get up close and personal with the enemy. There are only a handful of male or female characters in this series who go against these norms and are instead the opposite class of their gender. The following article also touches upon this female stereotype of non-aggressive female characters within the gaming industry.
http://gametheoryonline.com/2010/09/17/women-gamer-stereotype-girl-grrl-ladies-female-gaming/
However there are female video game characters out there who wield swords and bazookas with just as much or even more skill as a man, one of these being the heroine of Heavenly Sword Nariko. In the game Nariko is the daughter of a leader of a clan of warriors who was predicted to be born a boy who would bring great honor to the clan. However instead she was born a girl and this addled with the fact that her mother died giving birth to her caused many members of her clan to view her as a curse. However when they are captured by the evil King Bohan Nariko utilizes the power of the forbidden Heavenly Sword to save them. Now my question to all of the readers out there who watch the subsequent video is this; does Nariko still retain her femininity despite "fighting like a man"?
-Asael
Battle of the Sexes
For ages Women and Men have been engaged in a constant struggle of men vs women. Although times have changed and its not always just "men" and "women" involved the struggle remains. But why?
-Dominique
Media Misrepresentation
As documented here a recent episode of the popular medical drama House M.D. caused a stir amoung the asexual community. The premise of the episode involved an asexual couple who seek medical attention for a minor issue. House, hearing of their asexual relationship, seeks to discover a medical condition which could be affecting their sex drive. However, he does not just suspect them to have a medical issue; this stance is evident in his statement that "lots of people don't have sex. The only people who don't want it are either sick, dead, or lying." The episode concludes with the husaband being diagnosed with a tumor which impairs his libido and the wife with a confession that she had been lying about her asexuality in order to continue the relationship.
The amount of media attention asexuals have had is growing at a relatively slow pace. Although media attention is welcome, seeing it portrayed as a symptom rather than a sexual orientation is what the asexual community is against. True, some instances of asexuality are related to physical ailments but the majority of "sufferers" are not truly suffering. Instead they are healthy individuals who happen to have been born without or have come to lack a drive to have sex with another. While media attention is important, such instances of misrepresentation are all too common when on the topic of asexuality.
-Ashley
The amount of media attention asexuals have had is growing at a relatively slow pace. Although media attention is welcome, seeing it portrayed as a symptom rather than a sexual orientation is what the asexual community is against. True, some instances of asexuality are related to physical ailments but the majority of "sufferers" are not truly suffering. Instead they are healthy individuals who happen to have been born without or have come to lack a drive to have sex with another. While media attention is important, such instances of misrepresentation are all too common when on the topic of asexuality.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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