week 8 dq

These subjects are interesting but there is a problem. I had the flu so hard for a month that during a 3 or 4 day stretch about 2 weeks ago, my wife and I debated whether or not I needed a hospital. Ultimately we decided that staying home and just adding salt to my water in the proper proportions equivalent to a banana bag would suffice. During that time I was just capable of answering the questions in this class. But now I am back, brain works, body is not fighting me anymore, I am almost 100%.

However what I thought was a cold but the MD a few days ago told me it was likely the flu; a prearranged appointment which ironically was made 3 days before I became cannot get out of bed sick. My being sick did bring up sexuality issues. I “toughed” it out in part because I am an intensely strong-willed person; biologically male, but strength of character and will have less than zero to do with biology. Ask Margret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth, etc. by 1000s of other iron-willed females.

Another example for an iron-willed female who had an issue with several violently patriarchal cultures. Elzbeth Bathoray, aka the Blood Countess, cousin of Prince Vlad Wallachia III (Aleksandra Bartosiewicz. 2018). Vlad is intensely famous for a nickname the Ottoman Turks gave him to punish him for killing too many of their spies in Wallachia (Layher, W. 2008). Which happens to be a small area inside the country of Transylvania. And now you know who Vlad’s propaganda names are. Yes, that Vlad. His title is a Knight Order, it was/is a title not a name.

Elzbeth ran into issues because she ran a hospital in the former dungeon of several of her castles (The Blood Countess. 1996). She collected as many of age females within about 100 or so mile radius of her castles, and set her army to protect the girls at all costs. Which for armies that want to perform “unmentionable” acts this angers both the footman and the commanders. One of the ways commander keep their infantry in check is to promise all the …. they can have, for given amounts of time. The … for adults can be imagined but not required to talk about academically. Hint is more than enough. And more than a small amount disgusting to say the absolute least, more a crime against humanity, but leaders do not see it that way. Also 3 of her main accusers were men who owed her vast amounts of money. In return for their completely fictional testimony, they absorbed a large chunk her treasury and several of her castles (On the trail of the “Blood Countess” of Slovakia. (2014). So legally speaking there is less than zero reason they had to lie because they obviously did not steal tons and tons of gold from her or her lands, her castles, and gained access to the few “young girls” being kept in her hospital. There was less than zero incentive for them to lie. Oh wait, I got that backwards there was less than zero reason for them to tell anything close to the truth. They lie and get rich and powerful. Having dozens if not 100s of 6-18-year-old females who were suddenly “under their protection”. Vile and disgusting does not even come close to a solid description. Her being labeled a serial killer is pure fiction; but at least the males in charge of western culture for the last half millennia do not seem to mind. Just ask Katherine G. Johnson if her first years at NASA were smooth and easy (Houston, J. L. 2019). She was not allowed to author papers, so her boss plagiarized her work putting his name on in. She was 1000 times better mathematician then him, but hay what does that matter. He got the credit and the higher pay, and she got to do the work. For him that was a perfect solution. The actions are not much different between those two specific females.

This is the basis of Western Cultures perspective towards females. Males need to be strong and stoic, and females are to be cared for by good men. However the facts and the fictions are mostly very far apart. The worst part is, sociopaths have less than any idea what truth is. Sociopaths are who the group tend to put in charge. So the unfeeling, unemotional, uncaring people can make decisions which hurt small numbers of people but help the group overall. The group likes that dynamic, and if a few timid males and a few “unimportant” females get hurt in the process; society can rest assured that they will not be attacked next by the leaders.

Regarding the reading “Stereotypes”, is an apt description but more than a little incorrect. Once an image is created in someone’s head of a thing, person, etc. that image stays that way unless something happens to change it. What is missed in the article is why the image stays in the persons head. Half a sentence is about the culture forces its citizens to “stereotype” however that half a sentence is not followed up at all. The author wanders into areas that are concepts post 1890 and have little if any impact on anyone not born in either western Europe or America. Forget species wide. We must not forget the Witch Burning times 50-1700s .I adjusted the dates according to long and complex sequences of information. Removing the propaganda of the Romans trying desperately to hold onto power despite the fact the Empire was about to collapse shortly after the events of 30 c.e.. But that is an extremely long and complex story.

Sandra Bem’s gender schema theory (GST) is an interesting theory. However it has limitations. As the description in the article provided, “it covers almost exclusively Americans”. Americans is a very specific type of culture, the built-in rules regarding how Americans GS blinds the Western Cultures from seeing world cultures the way they are. The article by Eagly backs up virtually every point minus the history information. Females have been all but left out, and when they are included in psychological studies it is from at times very inappropriate perspectives. If most of the participants in the study have a specific schema about females, than the study itself will be very biased. Gender differences in moral orientation: A Meta-Analysis is a perfect example of assumptions creating the basis of a biased study. Assumptions which were proven incorrect by the end statistical results.

References

Aleksandra Bartosiewicz. (2018). Elisabeth Báthory – a true story. Przegląd Nauk Historycznych, (3), 103. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.18778/1644-857X.17.03.04

Eagly, A. H., Eaton, A., Rose, S. M., Riger, S., & McHugh, M. C. (2012). Feminism and psychology: analysis of a half-century of research on women and gender. The American Psychologist, (3), 211. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgea&AN=edsgcl.302524864&site=eds-live&scope=site

Houston, J. L. (2019). The Life and Pioneering Contributions of an African American Centenarian: Mathematician Katherine G. Johnson. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 66(3), 324. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=134924491&site=eds-live&scope=site

Layher, W. (2008). Horrors of the East. Daphnis: Zeitschrift Fuer Mittlere Deutsche Literatur Und Kultur Der Fruhen Neuzeit, 37(1/2), 11–32. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1163/18796583-90001051

On the trail of the “Blood Countess” of Slovakia. (2014). CNN Wire. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgov&AN=edsgcl.379408229&site=eds-live&scope=site

Sara, J., & Janet Shibley, H. (2000). Gender Differences in Moral Orientation: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, (5), 703. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsovi&AN=edsovi.00006823.200009000.00006&site=eds-live&scope=site

Silverman, R. (2012). Stereotypes. In M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender in media (pp. 373-375). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781452218540.n155

The Blood Countess. (1996). Publishers Weekly, (25). Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsgea&AN=edsgcl.34573359&site=eds-live&scope=site