Women: A comparison of sexualization vs. desexualization

         Desexualization is to take away the sexual characteristics of a person surgically such as, their testicles or ovaries or to castrate or "spay". Sexualization is to make or become sexually aware.

            Women have been desexualized a lot in the past and now women are starting to get their sexualization back. In the Middle East many young girl have been desexualized by Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). This is because of cultural, social, and religious practices. This is mostly a practice, but it has become "law by custom" even though there is no mention of it in the Koran or the Sunnah. I find this very sad and disturbing because they are girls at the age of ten going through FGM. This desexualizes women greatly in that their genitals, that make them female, are taken away and altered. Women have the right to their own body parts and I see this as disrespecting women's privacy and right over their own body.

            Lately, women have been sexualized greatly in more disrespectful ways than respectful. Women have expectations now-a-days to look like modern day "Barbies". Models, most of them, are not exactly all "natural". Most models have had surgical alterations to their bodies just to strive for "perfection", but what IS perfection? Nobody knows anymore. The "model", causes many women to have low self-confidence because they do not look like the "preferred" way that people would like to, or see women as.Another example is, Child Beauty Pageants. Children are now being entered in Beauty Pageants by their parents. They give their daughters the expectations of what the world wants to see, not how they feel they should look like. It gives children low self-confidence and it fogs their reality of life.

             Women have been desexualized and sexualized in many ways and these are just a few examples. So, is desexualization and sexualization wrong or right? How does it help the world? I say it has not helped the world very much, but it has changed it to have silly expectations of people. People show love and be who they are and the way they were born, not surgically change themselves or lie about themselves to the point where they will eventually get lost and disappointed in life with wanting more. Desexualization and sexualization for women have mostly been negative through-out the years.

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Finding Dawn

In the two articles that I read, "Police had enough to get a warrant for Pickton in 1998," by Postmedia news, and "Police Blasted at missing Women inquiries," by the Vancouver Sun, points out the question "Why did the police not catch Pickton sooner?". Inquiries to the police, pointed out in Police Blasted at missing Women Inquiries, were either pushed aside, forgotten about, or not as important as they thought. Many people were missing for years and years, until only one woman survived and had proof of what Pickton was doing. I think that this is horrible. Why did the police not see it or take it seriously when dozens and dozens of women went missing? I think that systemic racism had a big play in it and that it is not fair at all to all people. People should have a priority to be found or helped no matter their race, sexuality, or religion. After reading that article I read Police had enough to get a warrant for Pickton in 1998. I found this very disturbing. He killed women and then called them his "trophies" and they don't think that he murdered them only sexually abused them. My question is, why did the police not question him or get a warrant when they knew he was involved in some way with abusing women on the streets of Vancouver? These women, dozens, did not know what could have happened to them and it is not their fault. I blame the police for not investigating Pickton when they know he had assault charges. It could have saved many women's lives.

LGBTQ Issues

          I think we still need LGBT activists to introduce diversity into the world. When we have activists that are LGBT it brings a new concept and outlook in life and brings up new ideas. It shows us how people in the world want to make everyone equal and should have equal rights from the beginning. Having LGBT activists help the world become more open-minded to new things. They help people see what others are struggling for in their lives and what it may feel like to be themselves. It gives other people an opportunity to have the right to be themselves openly, whether homosexual or heterosexual. The fact that we have openly Gay activists makes people feel more comfortable and safe. It makes people feel safe in the way that they are not alone and there are other people on their side who have more power than them, other than having a hetero-normative society all the time. The world needs to know that Gay people aren't just going to go away and that there are going to be activists that are homosexual. The world is changing and LGBT activist show that to everyone and have new ideas to work with homosexuality around the world. Having Gay activists show our children that this world is open to new things, new ideas, and that there are people out there who will support your ideas. What makes Gay activists so important is that it mainly shows, the world is changing and we are changing with it. It's important to have diversity in the world, not be the same all of the time. They show that the world is changing with new ideas and we want to change to accompany those ideas. Make the world a better, more safe, and liveable environment, for everyone. Gay activists are important in a way that they give people hope. People who are LGBT or not, have hope from Gay activists that the world is going to change and the world is going to be a better place. It helps people who are having trouble with their sexuality who may think that suicide is an option. Gay activists stop that, they stop that by being themselves. By being an openly Gay politician and showing people that they are here, here to help others, not just the LGBT community. They stand up for what they believe, they don't conform all of the time. If everyone conformed, then there would not be different religions, there would not be different races of people, there would not be stylish clothing, there would not be electronic devices, there would not be agriculture, there would not be diversity. There would not be change in anything. We would all be wearing grey clothing, eating raw food, having diseases with no cures, we would all be sad at the same time, we would all be predictable, we would all be boring. Gay activists are important to society, they are important because they bring diversity, acceptance and the change that we need in this world.

The Globe and Mail

         The Globe and Mail 2015. One of the people we have interviewed is Stephanie Marquis. She has tried to change the world to be more accepting of LGBT people. She has petitioned and spoken out to people who weren't as accepting of the LGBT community as they are now. During the last year of travelling across the country, she has raised over a million dollars in donations at her talks. These donations fund safe homes for teenagers and children to go to when they feel uncomfortable at home due to homophobia. These homes also provide councillors for anyone to talk to about sexual orientation, advice or troubles. There have been a few homes  built and up and running in Western Canada. Her goal is to keep raising more money for homes and awareness in the USA. A few Christian churches in British Columbia have accepted the LGBT community in joining in on church gatherings. There are many people across the country who support her actions and words and who are also thankful that she has stepped up and tried to make a difference.

The Absolute Diary of a Part-TIme Indian

The character in this book is a very complicated character. He was born with brain damage and had to be operated on when he was a baby. He describes himself and calls himself a retard. The kids at school beat him up and call him names because he is different. He describes himself a a very thin person with big feet and a big head. His eyes are both different so he has to wear glasses.
His family is very poor. Sometimes they go days without eating food. He thinks it's good sometimes because then everything he eats taste better. His best friend is his dog. He tells him everything. He has a very difficult life at home being poor and he has a difficult life at school.