Author Archives: Carly

You meet someone, you go out on a date, you fall madly in love and everything seems to be absolutely perfect. In many relationships that honeymoon stage lasts for short period of time. You become more comfortable with that person and you start being comfortable enough to disagree. Arguments come up more and more, andContinue reading “Journal #5”

Family is everything! How many times have you heard that growing up? If you are anything like me then you have probably heard it more than you have heard your own name. Growing up I was the only girl out of the four children in my house, and the parental favoritism was clear. “Parental favoritism:Continue reading “Journal #4”

If you have ever been in a relationship then you know that a perfect relationship doesn’t exist. There are fights, conflicts, and even break ups. Sometimes relationships have that one person that just gets so angry and they claim Sudden-death statements “Sudden-death statements occur when people get so angry that they suddenly declare the endContinue reading “Journal #3”

Women in today’s modern society have to face many stereotypes and gender roles. Stereotype meaning “to describe overly simplistic interpersonal impressions.” (McCornack and Morrison 81) and gender roles, “a shared societal expectations for conduct and behaviors that are deemed appropriate for girls or women and boys or men.” (McCornack and Morrison 158) and the idea that womenContinue reading “Journal #2”

Last Friday I had walked into the bathroom at my local WalMart as a transgender woman (male transitioning to female) was walking out. Two men stopped the woman and confronted her and proceeded to tell her she “Needed to use the men’s restroom” as “She” was a man and did not belong in the women’sContinue reading “Journal #1”