Man and Masculinity - Social Science (notes)

I finished talking about Abnormal Psychology and now I am going to switch to our next topic of social science. Apparently I have four booklets of notes. I have two of those readily available. I may have thrown out notes prior to deciding to writing a blog. However, as I go through my paperwork if I find anything I think may be of interest to you, I shall record it for you before throwing it out. We now have an pandamic of COVID-19. Please listen to the medical staff, especially those specializing in infectious disease. Also listen to the politicians to help you to decide who to vote for in following elections. Always believe the experts who specialize. Keep safe. I studied how this would happen years ago when I took a course in biology. I went to Costco yesterday and was disappointed that they were selling six rolls of toilet paper for $10.00. I have never noticed six rolls being sold prior to this epidemic. I am disappointed but fully understand how companies exploit. So now I am going to focus on men. As I mentioned prior to day, I found this course the easiest in my undergrad. I actually liked the professor and I did find the course humorous. I got in trouble a few times for laughing at what was being taught. For example the “Rule of Thumb” You have heard of it? Well that derives from England when the law indicated that men could not beat their wives with the circumference of a branch more than that of the man’s thumb. The professor marched up to me in the centre of the room, looked down at me and asked if I thought that was funny. Have you had those moments when if you say anything you know you will burst out laughing and get into more trouble? Here we have a situation that it is ok to beat up a woman as long as what you are using is not bigger than the man’s thumb doing the beating. I was laughing because it sounded so absurd to me - so ridiculous. I am chuckling now that I am typing this. It is never ok. So when my professor was looming down over me, I was trying not to burst out laughing because I found it funny and more so that he was over me and so angry. Have you had those bursts when you are trying not to laugh but you just can’t help it? Your mouth is shut but there are short bursts of breath escaping. I am not in elementary school, I am in my first year of university and am a grown woman so I am finding that funny too. Me thinks I am really going to enjoy this course. So, the study of men is social science (in this situation). So, I shall ask you some questions we were asked. Where did you get your ideas about what it means to be a man? What is the central theme of Beyond Patriarchy? This was one of the books we read. I have since given it away. I simply had too many books to keep and so what I do unless I need it, is give them away to people who have an interest in the topic or donate it or place it out on my front yard for someone to pick up. Why not? We were also to examine a short history of humanity. What was the Mode of Production? It seems mundane now, gathering, hunting — women perhaps couldn’t hunt as much because they had to care for the children. - Horticulture - Industrial (factory production). Family - Matriarchal (mother) - Tribal group of people - work together to gather food and share because can’t store - Conseguine family. Male/Female - division of labour - access to socially valued resources. What is Social Science? Social Science’s attempt to use the scientific method to look at humans in society. What do Scientists do? Hypothesize, experiment, observe >change> collect data - conclusion. Examine consistency and patterns. What problems are there when - humans for science? 1. We are unique. 2. Energy is required to observe. The more precise we get, the higher the energy, the more the thing gets excited. For example: Presence when observing causes energy, therefore, when a woman (or man)is typing, she is not relaxed if someone watches her. Animals in controlled situations are different than in the wild. 3. Bias - eg. sound barrier; the world is flat (by the way the world is not flat). 4. Mathematics - difficult to quantify. 5. Durable - Skeleton not skin colour. Must be durable to survive. The central theme then is that masculinity is not innate but socialized. Much of the literature by men on men - female relationships tend to be at one extreme or another; many look at how men are scarred and deformed by our roles but do not examine men’s privileges and power over women. Many such books and articles play or ignore the social structures of the power of men. Some books we read on this course looked at the psychology and not dealing with the power and positions of power. Social Science is a Masculine Theory. What was mentioned was a television series “Origins of Man” which dealt with Masculinity based on what it is not. To be continued with Power - every male that sexually abused has been abused. (based on this course) Next week it is back to theology.

The New Missal (From the Middle Ages continues to the Italian Renaissance) - my notes - Theology

The late Middle Ages goes to the Italian Renaissance and so we move away from cosmic. Rome and Italy is taking leadership again. This humanistic shift is rural to urban, from universe to human. Awareness of human achievement is giving praise to God. There is a return to a sense of the significance etc…- music - complexity. In Gothic there is a window to God. Here the surface needs to fill up. Art and music are dialogue for you - an aesthetic sense. The Reformation - Culture and the scandal of the wealth and politics. The rest of Europe is experiencing the plaque. The show and birthing of culture. Luther - needs to divorce. The Catholic response - Arrival of Trent - 25 sessions over 18 years. Trent is the first council that they need theologians. First having theologians consulting, in order to recover early forms of the mass. If it is going to overcome what led to Protestants Luther separation. We need to go to what was before. This is going to lead to the Trinitarian mass. What comes out of Trent? Suppress physical barriers to the altar. You create a very open church (no pews). You create a church that is back to the original - open, bringing people closer to the altar by moving the choir to the balcony. Emphasize the connection of the ritual to the cross and sacrifice as human participation in God’s saving labours. (It is interesting that in my own church the choir has moved from the balcony to the front and the Creed from Trent is recited rather than the apostles creed) Connect the ritual through scripture, and architecture and the communion of saints as members are now of God’s reign. No longer cosmic. Jesuits design their churches so that you can have a religious play before mass. The importance of preaching in vernacular for catechesis - (that is why they broke away). The mass of Pius V is basically the mass of 1000. There is a new form of education. You take a mystery of faith and music - theme of music - liturgy; Articulating it separately. Make the church a home for people so people feel comfortable. It had great promise. But it is an unfinished reform. There was limited use of the vernacular. The protestants used it and it did not want to be too protestant. Then comes the Enlightment and the French Revolution…… to be continued.

Brrrrrrrr baby it's cold outside

My sibling is in Florida, enjoying nature, the water and the heat. I am sitting here waiting to work and after ensuring my walkway is clear of snow, am watching my neighbours removing the snow as well. I want to go see the Invisible Man but don't think I will be going anywhere. It wouldn't be too bad if it was always cold but there is quite a flux in temperature this year. Next week it should be 6 and raining. Now, I am wondering how, as you know I would like to move to Niagara, but I have also been watching the weather in Orlando. My qualifications allows me to work in the States as well as Canada. Now how can I work that out? My college allows me to practice one year out of my country. Of course I still have commitments and cannot move from Toronto but as always it is nice to keep my options open. When you have many options, I believe it is more challenging, however, it makes it all the more interesting. I really, really, want to sit outside and drink my morning coffee as I see the sun rise in blissful but not too hot days. I am good in the 20's which Orlando has. Why Orlando? Because I am a Disney Nut. Will I abandon my clients in Toronto? Of course not. I will just have to spread my wings and open up to HIPPA on the Internet or/and have a good long distance plan. Hey how about cold months in the States and summers here? For now, it is a dream that has removed my mind from the blistering cold, which gets deadly. My favourite city of course is New York, but I may has well be here weather wise. So, talk to you soon. People are still walking their dogs, but my pets are nice and warm and cozy napping away, enjoying the warmth within these walls. Good talk.

More Fraud attempts - Be careful. These people want to scam you.

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Tiresome fraud attempts - Don't fall for it.

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Attempted Fraud - Don't get fooled by this

Last year Canadians were scammed for millions of dollars. The amount of suffering that people endure because of scams is most unfortunate. If anyone volunteers to give you money for whatever cause, the objective is to get yours. It is unfortunate that people will try to tug at the hearts of people with these stories. Be aware, if it is too good to sound true, it probably is. This email was sent to me as well as many others. I do not post each one I get because they are simply too many. Have a nice weekend. Talk next week. I am Mrs. Rossio Palacios, my doctor said I have few weeks to live due to my breast cancer since 2015. I am a very wealthy woman but I am never generous to the poor and less privilege people, so now I have decided to help the less privilege. But I cannot do this by myself because of my health situation, I tried to do this by myself due to short life time cannot allow me to do it alone, because I can die at any time according to the physician. Please I seek your consent to help me carry out this my heart desire so that my spirit will be at rest when I die. Please get back to me if you are willing / capable, OK I wait for your urgent and positive respond. Thanks Mrs. Rossio P etc....

Last notes (I believe) from my Abnormal psychology .........(note book 3)

Social network can work positive or negative eg. Meeting a couple. Woman is dying from lung cancer and smoking, with husband’s support. Suicide encouragement - negative. (Since this lecture assistant suicide is legal). Biological Approaches - The question as to why Stressors tend to effect different people in different ways. Salier saw general things, but all types of conditions are different in arousal patterns for different states - A clear response to anger and fear can be easily missed. Lacy’s work in the 60’s - very specific responses. Immune System: Skin >wood sliver breaks off inside (skin) > fragments break off>antigen. Immune system sends out cells. Looks at shape and does two things - 1. encapsulates the antigen. 2. Secretes enzymes which degrade the invaders. Anti bodies produced to kill (scavenge) the antigens. Now bacterial/virus as opposed to wound. 1. First recognizes antigen, not part of the body (as do with all proteins) - then as before. Then stores a picture of this (so to speak) and next time antibodies shape specific for this antigen. Stress inactivates the immune system, one of biological approaches. If people are stressed - activity in immune system are reduced. Cancer - when cells starts producing antibodies, if immune system is repressed, people don’t have the benefit of this system. Another class of disease - Auto immune disease eg. polo. Recognition mechanism is a bit faulty. Immune system has forgotten it is part of own body, therefore immune system destroys healthy body tissue - paradoxically x cells as well by stress. Regarding head injury. Some people incorrectly say that to have brain damage one must be non conscience. Empirically - cut corpus callosum in epilepsy - provides learning experience- if fire for a minute and repeats….nerve fibre goes to the other side of corpus callosum - after a few months bilateral response because other side learned - cut corpus callosum - prevent secondary. He poked the brain while patient was awake to figure out how it worked. Eg. If extensive brain damage and no loss of consciousness. Diagram : Brain shake by bang of head - if no shock wave - does not pass out. When test patient - attention, memory, planning, emotional instability. Studies more recent - possible brain damage without unconsciousness. Soplosky -depicts that when people/animals are stressed, a tremendous increase in excitatory amino acids and stress hormones called Gluco Corticoids cells of the hippocampus (memory control centre) and the connections it makes with the frontal lobes. Hippocampus states is an important store for short term to long term but not stored there. Directs other cells to convert to short term to long term. Frontal lobes contribute to memory as follows; Hat, cow, pencil etc….. Easier to remember four classes of items such as clothes, tools, spices; animals. ^ not recall } recognition , no internal ^ cues to help retrieve search. Frontal lobe does this. Gluc Corticoids seem to gravitate to the two parts of the brain and do their damage. What has this got to do with functioning? Neurophysiological malfunction in schizophrenic drugs or not. (I have completed book 3 of notes of Abnormal psychology. The rest of my notes are a review for a test which I won’t place here. I am sure it would be boring for you. Next week I shall continue with the Theology notes and then decide what is next from my notes for you. Perhaps a course I took in Masculinity and Man. That was a Social Science course which was the easies course I ever took. How would you like me to share that with you? Til then. Have a wonderful weekend.