Journal Notes

Journal 4:
Part 1
2.
When the guests came to our class it opened to my eyes to see how many people identify with different genders and identities. Prior to this class and the guest speakers, it is easy to think that gender is only spilt into two genders or identity. It is also frightening to see how these people are treated because they do not fit into the cookie cutter shapes of gender and identity. Gender is more complex than I thought it to be.
It is never ending and evolving subject and it affect more people than I thought. In the society we live in it sometimes difficult to see the things that are not the norm. Usually it is what society dictates to us.

3.
Kayia Hinton – Real Estate Agent

Are you in a male dominated career?
Yes. Real estate is usually a male centered career.
How does that make you feel?
It encourages me to work harder to prove that I am just as efficient if not more.
What are the differences between you and your male counterparts? The difference are many. Some subtle, some very obtuse. For example my dress code or what I wear is scrutinized more than male contemporaries so I have to take careful care when I get dressed for work in the morning.
Is there a wage gap in your career?
Luckily in real estate, it is really about how much money you make on a sale and how much the property you are selling is going for. But as I said before this is a male dominated career.
Do you see your career having more females break in over the years to come?
I do see it in the coming years. There are more females now in real estate than when I first started in this career.

Part 2
From taking this class, I have learnt so much about women and namely oppression. Oppression sometimes can be around us and we do not know we are oppressed. It is an all-encompassing faucet that has many heads. Women are such an undermined gender, yet it is proclaimed that they have equal rights and privileges as men do. This is how oppression is apparent but it hidden under a cloak of false equality.