Blog 4...

Currently my major is PR and it is within the Gaylord College of Mass Communications. Within this major important courses all pertain to PR...like PR writing, PR campaigns, PR Publications, Mass Communication Law and of course the very vital Internship. 

In my job, I will definitely have to be a strong woman and stand up for what I'm trying to sell or represent. Whether I work in a Business atmosphere, a Non-profit or I work to represent a certain person or product, I will have to fight for what I am representing. I can't let pressure from men keep me from actively putting my product/person first and foremost. I get paid by the success of what I am representing and if I let my status as a women interfere with my job, I will not come out successful. I have to remember, I am good and what I do and I can't let someone tell me otherwise. I don't feel that gender will really effect me, but I will always have to be prepared. A good women's study course I could take would be body image vs. reality. This could help me be more confident in myself so that I'm worried less about what I'm portraying to the public and more on what I should be presenting to them. 

My past work experience is a little bleak. I've done the babysitting gig and but most of my work experience comes from volunteer work. Sadly, I have not yet had a real paid job but I believe some of my volunteer efforts have been very comparable (minus getting paid). I guess in reference to gender,"it would be the girl thing to do". I mean babysitting...it is the typical woman job, not that I stereotype myself with the typical woman. Volunteer work can be for all, typically within the different volunteer situations I have worked within, there have been an almost even ratio of men to women. 

In response to reading...

I have to say I really agree with the top 10 Social Issues facing Women.

Obviously equality is number one. But I was a bit surprised by number 2. Although this subject is the center for many debates I have to agree as a woman we should have the right to choose. Although I am not for abortion...I am not against it either. The woman who is carrying the child should have the right to decide, and a law should not tell them otherwise. Another important issue is Education. This one is very dear to me. Obviously higher education has now become a necessity in the competitive world of job searching. This higher education is just part of the steps we need to take to show that we are just as capable as men of getting the job done. Our degree is our proof that we are as equally qualified. This thought sort of goes along with what I read in FIFE. Still in today's society women are not completely equal to men. I think the degree is even more important now because although some will still discriminate, in the end if you have the same education as a man, in theory you should be considered equally...but yet again this isn't a perfect world....

In the reading on Black Women Studies...I think it is ridiculous that racism is still apparent in society. It's just plain wrong. Personally I feel there is not need to have separate movements. Although we first and foremost need to overcome race issues, we secondly need to remember we are all women and if we unite together, we will make much more of an impact than participating separately.