Overall I enjoyed this class when compared to my other ones.
I really enjoyed the fact that there was no textbook we had to read chapters
in, just real world articles that were interesting to read and interesting to
hear everyone’s opinions in class. A number of the incidents we discussed too I
hadn’t heard about before so it was especially interesting for me to learn
about them.
Similar to the Women’s Studies class I took last year I
found a lot of information useful when it comes to transsexuals, transvestites,
and gender dysphoria. These things are becoming a lot more prominent in today’s
society and I think it’s helpful to learn about the differences so you can make
correct statements.
I would say that the topics that were the most interesting
to me were the case of the children in the blue eyes vs. brown eyes case and
Serena and Venus at Indian Wells. I hadn’t heard of that incident before and it
was pretty interesting to learn about since there were so many different sides
to what may have actually happened.
I wrote a blog about the blue eyes vs. brown eyes case and I
could say that keeping one helped me write differently about certain topics and
these topics in general make you think differently. I think I will take a sense
of openness from this class that will be helpful in my career. I don’t want to
discriminate against anyone on the basis of their gender, race, sex, or
anything else and hopefully we can all work together well as I know the field
of sport management usually requires you to work a lot with others.
The only other presentation I have seen so far besides my
own groups was the drafting presentation of Trinidad James and I thought it was
very well done. Very clever and thought out with good points being discussed
and I enjoyed watching it and look forward to everyone else’s as well.
By: Matt Goryance
Hey Matt! Nice Post, I hadn't thought about the fact that we didn't have a text book for this class. I will agree that I liked that a lot too. I liked that our readings went right along with our discussions and the reading weren't a bore to read. I actually enjoyed reading them and I learned a lot of new information too! I really enjoyed your brown eye, blue eye blog post as well. I had never seen this study done before so it was new to me. I really liked the underlying message under it and I believe more people need to see the study. Racism still occurs today and it is not right. I really enjoyed the final presentations as well. The Trinidad James draft was cool especially because gay athletes is such a hot topic right now. Going along with that I liked our discussions on the Athlete Ally and I also wrote a blog entry on that, and I learned some more information on the group. I also liked the other two presentations as well especially the comparisons of men and womens salary. Overall, I really enjoyed this class and I learned a lot from it. It has opened my eyes to view sport and gender issues in a different way and not to "judge a book by its cover". Good luck in school Matt!
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