thoughts - double standards and biases

One thing i dislike is double standards. On NPR today they were discussing about administering HPV vaccines to 11-12 year old girls and boys. Yes boys can get HPV too, and this can lead to various cancers, and HPS is contagious. However, this is what struck me, parents are easily accepting their 11 or 12 year old boys taking this vaccination which helps prevent against the sexually transmitted disease. For daughters, this is harder for parents.

It is easier for parents to accept their teenage boys are going to go out and have sex? The sooner a boy has sex, the sooner he becomes a man?
However when it comes to a teenage girl having sex, this is very undesirable, upsetting? If it's OK for the teenage boy to have sex, who is he going to have sex with?
It's OK for a man to be a player, and to be unmarried way into his 30s, but not for a woman. The double standards continue and woman are still stuck in the stereotype/gender role. A woman is never a player, she becomes a $%*#.
Maybe we need to step back and look at the gender roles/stereotypes we play, and how we can change these stereotypes that keep us locked in a role/behavior!


http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/07/142030282/why-hpv-vaccination-of-boys-may-be-easier

Second thought of the day:
The news is skewed and the perspectives all biased. However a youtube video speaks the truth? Candid cameras speak the truth? Hidden cameras are likely to be unbiased? Perhaps, to a point.
It is in my opinion, that these too can be skewed/filmed in such a way at times that it can be biased.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142016109/smile-youre-on-cop-camera
As we become a more digital age, it is good people get their "news" and information from more than ONE source (school/college/and what used to be the news in general - paper/radio/tv). This has helped broaden people's minds. Also its been feeding people a lot of crap (yes i used the word crap), because how many of these digital sources are legitimate? How can we trust scientists when politicians say that they are fabricating global warming data, and research on polar bears... Who do we trust? Who do we believe?
There is one thing i learnt from television ... Trust No One! (X-Files)

It is Marie Curie's birthday today!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/07/marie-curie-honoured-with-birthday-google-doodle-115875-23544243/

Love and Hope

No matter what is going on in your life... always remember that people love and care for you, although they may not show it everyday. 
Hang in there and love yourself... its a universe of possibilities. 
Don't give up!

Be Still, Be Present

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

- Lao Tzu -

 

 

 

 

Picture Courtest Iloveclimbing@facebook - Dana Augustin playing with the block of La Grave La Meije FRANCE. Photo: Jerome Josserand

I am the 99%... We are the generation!

I look back and I see I have a lot of unpublished blogs from 2009-2010... most of them reflecting my angst about my applying for jobs... occupy movement would appreciate those blogs. it took them three years to organize, when I was so raw with emotion then. However I realize I made it happen for me (with a little support from my friends, and family). I fear its not only the government, Wall-street, the 1%, but also institutions, a generation of people - who sell the idea that "once you go through college you will have an awesome career". of course you have to get the formula right - grades, participation, leadership in college, internships, assistant-ships...

Today, things have changed. They do not follow this "formula" anymore, unless you are a doctor or engineer (these too, might change) but it seems to be back to those days where you have to fend for yourself, intelligence, commonsense, sharpness and HARD WORK are what counts. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes.

After graduating with my masters - i expected a GIS analyst job. That's what they told us - with a masters you should be able to get a GIS analyst job. Bachelor degree holders usually get a GIS tech job. This idea is fed to us, also this IS why we are going to school, to get the BETTER job. World changes, history catches up... we can blame whoever we want, the presidents in the past, Bush, Obama, 1%... In the end, life comes at you, and you make of it what you want.

What are you waiting for another day, another storm, another talk? Take action...(peaceful action please).
I went on my own path. The whole "path" for Pree has been very interesting so far. Who knows where it will lead next.
The occupy people, I don't disagree with them, because they sought action which they seemed will/might help them.

"Change does come from within, but the winds of change can be blown from many different directions"

"Be strong, Be precise, Be the Tiger"

"You are the Generation" - Mr. L. Hartnett

I became the tiger, I am strong, I am working on being a better me! If I can do it, you can too! We all fall, get hurt, but we get back up and kick @$$ harder, stronger and better!

image credits: http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2011/10/14/174091-occupy-wall-street-march.jpg


Breathe!

My Guardian Angels

Your head in my lap,
you breathe your last few breaths.
I say good bye,
as tears fall from my eyes.

Wish you didn't have to go,
I feel your pain, your parting sorrow.
We are attached so deeply,
I know somehow we will always be together.

I will miss your brown eyes,
Your strange voice, Which I got used to.
You nudging me for attention,
You cuddling up for sleep time.

I will miss you running around,
going crazy, doing silly things,
chasing squirrels, bumping into the door...
When you were sick, I took care of you and would do it all - all over again.

I will always pick dog's drool over cat's fur,
As strange as it sounds I will miss your drool and your longing looks for my food.
You could read my feelings,
From your eyes I knew your moods.

You were my loyal loyal furry friend,
We shared so much without words.
No one can ever replace you,
You were unique, you were my friend, protector, guardian, teacher, guide.
From you I had nothing to hide.

You are gone, but our deep connection will be held in my heart.
And I will always remember it, remember you.


My doggie guardian angels:
Chips, Butch, Twinkie, Orion, Draco, Brooklyn, Snoop, Piko ...