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Ok, storytime!   I need you to think about this for a bit before you answer.  When constructing your response, write in third person to keep yourself out of it, BUT, you can still use an example from your own life.  I am just trying to keep your writing skills from going to crap! In your opinion, what is the most powerful emotion?   Love, hate, jealousy, indifference?   Why? Provide an example that illustrates exactly how that emotion is the strongest one of all.   Be as detailed AND persuasive as possible.

Since the beginning of time, men and women have had their own separate place in societal structure.  Sure, over the course of time, certain lines have been blurred--women have become construction workers, electricians, CEOs of huge corporations, war heros,and even made a run for the Presidency. Stay-at-home moms and housewives are few and far between, due in large part to our economic system in America.  Despite all of that, though, in any suburban house on any given night, you can listen in on or more of the the following conversations between a parental figure and a daughter: "You are NOT wearing that to school young lady!" or "Go into the kitchen and help your mother with dinner, Sally (or Annie, Suzy , insert girl's name here)" or "Oh sweetie, if you want to fit into your prom dress, you probably shouldn't eat that." or "Dating is a privilege not a right and you don't have any rights!" And maybe if we are listening in on...

This week, we are going to start tackling some of the pretty weighty issues prevalent in our world today.  These issues do not only affect women as you will see; all too often society has a way of excluding the men from the victimology of sexual assault, abuse and harassment, and some of the things we will read about and look at will show how damaging that can be. First, we need to talk a bit about the notion of "rape culture" and how we can define that.  So, you guessed it--I'd like you to take the first stab at making sense of something that should really not make any sense to anyone. What exactly is "rape culture"? In class we are going to be taking a look at songs and their lyrics, and to that end, we will be examining the 2013 summer jam "Blurred Lines" by R. Thicke, that everyone and their uncles were singing 3 years ago. Are there other books, movies, songs, videos that you feel may send mixed messages about what constitutes appropriate s...