William Powers's 'Step Outside Your World Analysis'
Step Outside Your World Analysis
Nathan Holquist
COMM/315
July 3, 2014
William Powers
Step Outside Your World Analysis
An activity I chose to put myself out of my normal environment was to put myself into my current roommates world. My roommate identifies as a homosexual and sometimes dresses in a flamboyant fashion. With his aid I was able to kind of go through a small transformation to give myself a more a feminine look complete with some makeup and a Michael Kors purse that I borrowed. I wanted to understand how he and others are viewed by Oklahomans.
The location I chose was the Northwest Expressway Target. This location was away from areas I normally shop and figured I would not run into people I worked with. I wanted to make a quick outing because of my lack of comfort level. My roommate did join me to give me support.
For the most part I observed a lot of curious looks. I observed the older generation not making eye contact as well as some others that were middle aged. I did see what appeared to be high school aged males pointing and laughing however, I could not make out what was being said. I did get a comment for a nice …show more content…
Speaking to her and learning what she had to do to become a woman must have been difficult. When she was a man she had to go two years living as a woman before doctors would perform the surgery. I know just the 20 minutes I went out in public just with makeup and a purse made me appreciate what she went through for two years. Working in a blue-collar job as a mechanic, it is difficult to get around the stereotypes and the intolerance especially when it comes to LGBT community. I know I couldn’t get many of my fellow workers to repeat the same type of experiment but it would definitely change some people’s minds to how they would treat the LGBT community if they did. With my experience I can better defend and do what I can to erase the negative stigma associated with
Nathan Holquist
COMM/315
July 3, 2014
William Powers
Step Outside Your World Analysis
An activity I chose to put myself out of my normal environment was to put myself into my current roommates world. My roommate identifies as a homosexual and sometimes dresses in a flamboyant fashion. With his aid I was able to kind of go through a small transformation to give myself a more a feminine look complete with some makeup and a Michael Kors purse that I borrowed. I wanted to understand how he and others are viewed by Oklahomans.
The location I chose was the Northwest Expressway Target. This location was away from areas I normally shop and figured I would not run into people I worked with. I wanted to make a quick outing because of my lack of comfort level. My roommate did join me to give me support.
For the most part I observed a lot of curious looks. I observed the older generation not making eye contact as well as some others that were middle aged. I did see what appeared to be high school aged males pointing and laughing however, I could not make out what was being said. I did get a comment for a nice …show more content…
Speaking to her and learning what she had to do to become a woman must have been difficult. When she was a man she had to go two years living as a woman before doctors would perform the surgery. I know just the 20 minutes I went out in public just with makeup and a purse made me appreciate what she went through for two years. Working in a blue-collar job as a mechanic, it is difficult to get around the stereotypes and the intolerance especially when it comes to LGBT community. I know I couldn’t get many of my fellow workers to repeat the same type of experiment but it would definitely change some people’s minds to how they would treat the LGBT community if they did. With my experience I can better defend and do what I can to erase the negative stigma associated with