Diversity Event

     My diversity even that I attened was the Women and Gender Studies 35th Anniversary Keynote Address.  I went simply for two reasons, 1 i needed to attend a diversity event and two I would get extra credit for one of  my fashion classes.  Therefore I hit the jackpot, a two in one deal. 
     This particular diversity event consisted of a woman talking about how woman are viewed in society.  For instance in the job force men still are making more money per hour than woman are.  Woman are also called a lot of horrible names even though they could do the exact same thing as a man.  It talked about how most people felt that men were better than woman and were head of household. 
     The speaker also talked about females who wrote blogs and wrote for the newspaper.  Often times men would write back and critisize what they had to say.  Men would just get thrills down grading the woman and making fun of them.  This often times would cause the woman bloggers or writers to stop writing because they felt threatened.  Some were even made fun of for moral values and religion beliefs.
     From this event I learned some new ideas about where woman are said to be placed in this world.  I took away from this message that men were supposed to be of higher status than woman and woman would always come second.  I however in no way agree with this message.  I realized all the things the world said of woman and now know what I must do to over come all of the degrading of the sex.  I know that it has to deal with how strong someone is and how must will they have to pursue their passion.  I therefore made a deal with myself that I would do what it takes to make it in life to get where I want to be, even if hurtful remarks are thrown my way.  I will simply brush them aside and move on.