In Sullivan’s essay, I found it hard to understand and take away what I thought the central idea might be. I did read through it and understand the parts talking genetically as I am in the medical field and find that type of research interesting. It was confusing though had they made those assumptions to try that out in the first place. Who would think that those types of personal choices made could be discovered by your makeup. I know genetics don’t completely define it and that there are other factors that play a role in it such as personality, up brining and who you surround yourself with just to name a few.

In relation to Testosterone Rex, I think that correlate around the same idea. You can see they even relate based off the title of the article. Testosterone. The way we are and our complete body comes from genetics, it allows us to figure out and understand so much about ourselves that sometimes even we don’t completely comprehend. I think both writers had a similar vision in mind for both of their works.

In this journal entry I will be discussing what I read in the article, the Second Sex. If I’m going to be completely honest, I hated reading this article. In the first pages, it discusses how the woman is seen for sex and only sex; defined as a womb. It was one of the hardest things to read and got frustrating at times by the words the author was saying.

I think the U.S. still has one of the highest teen pregnancies rates in the world because of society. We are taught to be conservative and abstain from sex until marriage but that isnt always the case. Some teens have seen their parents of friends have children at a young age and believe because they did it, so can they. Its an ongoing cycle that will never cease. It can be taught for years and pushed onto students but they are still going to do what they want. I went to private school for all of my life and we were constantly reminded sex is for marriage but we had so many rules and expectations not only from the school but also our parents and that led to kids completely disregarding what people told them because they were tired of what seemed like being bossed around. It’s that rebellious attitude that leads to teen pregnancies. It just takes one slip up to completely change your life and the lives of others.

It is common heard that men have more of an arousal than women. And this can be true in many aspects not just the bedroom. It’s stated that there is at times a lack of equality in the bedroom which is a very direct question. It can imply the delicacy of the woman nature and how some feel as if they can’t take control in that scenario. With men being known as the more dominant ones, women “surrender” their bodies to the men and give in to please them. This can also have a lead to why teen pregnancy rates are so high. Some girls want to keep and please the guy they’re with so badly to the point of basically allowing the boy to do whatever he wants to her because if she gets pregnant, it more or less affects her life than it will affect his. Ya it is his child, but that doesn’t mean he has to stay around.

This was one of the readings I didn’t think I would have to read and in the back of my mind was hoping the topics she discussed would not pop up. But here we are. I relate to her more than I thought I ever would when beginning to read her article in Bad Feminist. When reading what she went through, how she felt, I began to cry. I went through an almost identical experience; one of the worst times of my life. And as much as I hate myself for allowing me to put myself in that position, I learned so much about myself. I learned it is okay to say no. No is a word I don’t like being told nor prefer to tell others but when I said no in this situation, it was the first step to loving myself, respecting myself, and accepting who I am. But at the same time, I would not wish for anyone to go through with what happened and what I allowed to happen to me. I believe God gives people challenges that they can handle and this was one specific one that really pushed me.

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