The End....

    We have all learned a lot doing these posts. Crystal was initially unsure of what gender had to do with anti-war/peace movements. But after researching the topic she discovered that women during World War II basically had to hold society together while the men in their lives were at war, then had to take care of injured men when they returned while still maintaining their family lives. She also learned how women organized movements and protests in the Vietnam era. She also learned a lot she didn't know about how members of the LGBT community influenced anti-war/peace movements throughout history.  These are all things she never would have known had she not participated in this research blog.

    The picture Monique posted was particularly interesting because it shows a woman, possibly in a state of Nirvana, breaking free of the social restrictions that society has put on her. This was a good visual representation of what we have all learned about feminism. As Monique said in her posts feminism is not about hating men, it is about accepting that women and men are equal. Women must not believe that they are predestined to behave a certain way or follow a certain path because of the sex under which they were born.

    We all found Taylor’s post to be pretty touching because it showed that someone who comes from a religious background can still be accepting of the ideas of people who identify as members of the LGBT community. The picture of Taylor with her brother was cute, and it showed how close she is to him and how much love there is in her family. It is a nice idea that someone can come from a religious background and still love and accept others for who they are. We all learned in general how prejudice and the ideas of societal norms can keep society from advancing, but how the actions of a few people in the past have allowed us to be able to move forward and become who we are today.

    The reason that these topics matter is because we have all learned that to move forward people must stand up for what they believe in. Whether it is feminism, women’s rights, or LGBT rights. Everyone deserves to live in a society where they are equal and accepted for who they are. The general idea of this blog was to compare past events to the present and see how much progress we have made when it comes to how we view and treat each other. We believe that we have shown how much of a difference people have made in the past when they have stuck together, and that what people are doing now will continue to gain rights for future generations. We hope that whoever has read this blog has learned something from it, and found the concepts as interesting as we did. Thanks for reading!

Crystal and Monique