Margaret Mead, a woman I admire

Margaret Mead was an American anthropologist born on December 16, 1901 in Philadelphia and died in 1978. In her ethnographic research of the 1920s and 1930s, she challenged the sexist biologist view that prevailed in the social sciences according to which the sexual division of the work in the modern family was due to an innate difference between the behavior of men and women. In his comparative study Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies Mead (1935) she introduced the revolutionary idea that the human species is enormously malleable, sexual roles and behaviors vary according to socio-cultural contexts. It was thus a precursor in the use of the concept "gender" widely used later in feminist studies.

Accident in bicycle

Hello everyone! Today I will tell you one of the accidents that I remember the most when I was little ... When I was 7 years old my mother decided to take me seated on the bicycle frame, for which I had to always remember to keep my legs elevated so that they wouldn't get caught in the bicycle's ray ... However, in a moment of carelessness I lowered my legs and one of my feet got caught ... it was so painful! My foot turned for a moment until I screamed so loudly that my mom noticed and slowed down ... My foot was injured and bruised so I wore a bandage for a while, and also I had to go to school wearing my slippers! My classmates laughed a lot at this situation and they wouldn't stop staring at me ... with time I started to heal and it was no longer necessary to go to school with slippers, but it was so comfortable that I didn't want to take them off.

My favorite subject of this semester

Hi all! Today I will talk about my favorite subjects of this semester. The subject that I really like is "Mapuche"; first because the teacher is so kind and cool, he really interested in our learning. He is mapuche and his point of view is very interesting because he talk in first person about his culture and history.  The story about the mapuche always has been related and constructed by others like europeans and chileans persons. So, all the time, we talk about the mapuche from only one perspective. Is necessary listen and understand others perspectives about the mapuche and the"chilean history", above everything mapuche voices. Anyway, I love this class, so I try to be there all the time.

My second favorite subject is "Gender Anthropoly", because this subject makes you question many things about the way you see your life. The teachers of this class are very intelligent and interesting. The gender has been construct by society, defining gender roles and placing the women in a lower position. In addition there are others forms of oppression that crosses the gender, like class, race, age, etc.