Blog Post #1
I cannot believe that my first blog post for this class is exposing this experience I had. I also cannot believe I am talking to candidly about this because I worry that what happened between my roommate and I earlier last semester would not be taken seriously, both the occurrence and why I am still thinking about it months later. In other words, this experience falls in line with one issue that feminist theory touches on heavily: The question of whether or not this study is really about real-world issues and if it’s as important as security, etc. As somebody who has been gendered, it really backs a person into a wall. Last semester, I was sitting in my living room with a new male roommate of mine. He was going on about how we should hang out and do something other than watch TV. I had sent him a list of activities to do in and around Gainesville, and he pulled it up. Then he said: “Oh, paintball sounds fun.” Then he looked at me and blinked. “But guns are a guy thing,...