Hello Ladies!
My name is Lauren Voelkle and I am a senior Psychology Major here at Fredonia. I am minoring in English, which is why I decided to take this class, in order to fulfill my requirements. I am also in the group STEPS (Students Teaching Equals Positive Sexuality) and we sometimes deal with women and gender issues in addition to our presentations on safe sex, alcohol awareness, STI's, HIV/AIDS (my favorite topic), homophobia, sexual assault, and healthy and unhealthy relationships. This semester I am going inactive, however, to focus on my grades, but feel free to talk to me if you'd like! I am from a small town called Marilla, which is just outside of Buffalo, and I love all things dealing with being Buffalonian....Go Bills! I also love movies/tv, music, logic puzzles, and hiking in my free time.
One thing I wanted to mention in class over the Wikipedia/American Novelists controversy is how the women who are writing are being treated in the work place. There is proof that women are still being paid a lesser wages than males do all over the world, and yet there are still more male writers? I wondered if that has anything to do with the "broken-windows theory" and how it relates to women in the workplace. Women might not be getting paid as much because their male counterparts believe that they are "broken" women who need more money for health care or materialistic things. Males spend most of their money on electronics or entertainment, as opposed to women who spend their money on makeup and things to make them look better. What do you think?
Also, for an anecdotal story, the other day I was talking to my male friend and we got onto the topic of card games. I mentioned that I would suck at poker because I am inexperienced and he told me that was because "guys are better at poker than women". He obviously didn't know who he was talking to and he got an earful for trying to compare men and women's abilities, but what I'm trying to say is- if any of you are good at poker, let me know so I can prove a point!
For some people, pretending they aren't good at poker may help them win! Their opponents won't see them as a threat and won't expect to be beaten. Secretly learn how to play and then beat your guy friend by pretending you don't know how!
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