Monday, March 2, 2009

Gls Assignment- Case Study 4.

         In my opinion, the main character trait lacking in the student of this case study was respect. I believe the student was lacking respect because if you truly have respect for other people you wouldn't call them vulgar, disrespectful names and make assumptions about them. The student that made fun of a classmate and the two women probably  made the classmate upset about his choice in music, and made  the women embarrassed or angry.

The main area of equity that is being addressed  in this case study is sexual orientation. The student made assumptions  that, because his classmates taste in music was considered "girly" or "un-manly" in his opinion, that he was gay. The student also assumed that because the two women were together, that they were "dykes". When  people see a male doing something feminine  he is seen as gay and if a female does something masculine she is seen as a "dyke".

A positive outcome for this case study would be if someone went to a teacher/principal and explained the student's actions and have the school address the differences in society. the responsibility of the school is to teach the students  to be respectful ambassadors for their school when they go off school property. If their teacher would have explained the expectations of the students it might have prevented the student's behaviour. 

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