blog #19 Herring,Susan C., Deborah A. Johnson, and Tamra DiBenedetto. “Participation in Electronic Discourse in a 'Feminist' Field."

I agree with the statement that discussion online is more likely to be democratic than discussion offline. I think when you're online and not face to face you're more free and less intimidated to say what you want to say or get your point accross. In person, strong personalities usually dictate topics of discussion. You don't really have this problem online because because when you're online the physical intimidations like how one looks and sounds is taken out of the equation. Everyone is on an equal playing field and all that really counts online is one's opinion nothing else. This makes it a lot easier for someone to be themself and speak their mind.

blog #18 Guiller, Jane, and A. Durndell. "‘I Totally Agree with You’: Gender Interactions in Educational Online Discussion Groups."

This study echoes the same tune reflecting how the male and female sex when they are online and in person. The study found that the female participants were in agreement with their fellow classmates more often than the male participants were. And when the female participants did express their opinion, most of the time it was in agreement with their fellow classmates. The male participants on the other hand did the opposite. To me, this study just reassures me what I already know just from life experiences. Women tend to agree more and men tend to disagree more.

blog # 17 Gefen, David, and Catherine Ridings. “If You Spoke as She does, Sir, Instead of the Way You do: A Sociolinguistics Perspective of Gender Dif

This study just reassures me about my assumption that deep down inside women are much more passive and compassionate than men are. I think it is in our DNA, our core, this is who we are and it reflects when we communicate no matter what form we use. Years of evolution has made men what he is and women what she is. This is the perfect balance and I think it is the reason we are how we are. As stated in the study, not every man can be catagorized in the stereotypical image that men are but for the most part the majority of them can. Women, no matter where they are or what forms of communication they use they will always be more compassionate than men and will always search for something to have more meaning than just its tangible qualities.

blog #16 Johnson, Fern L., and Karren Young. "Gendered Voices in Children's Television Advertising."

Advertisers know exactly what to put on to catch the attention of kids. Now and days kids rely on tv and the internet for everything from pop culture to education. This leaves a gigantic door open for advertisers to get whatever message they want through. Although parents and teachers do their part in instructing young kids these days to do the correct thing, it's becoming more and more difficult because of our digital reliance on everything. I think in the future this problem will only be expanding. It'll be rare 20 years from now to see kids playing outside like we once did. This makes advertising on television and other forms of communication that much more effective.

Artz, Jeanne Munger, and Warren Pundy. “Gender Issues in Advertising.”

Boys and girl, men and women are attracted to different visuals. The marketing companies know this well and format their ads to draw as much attention towards that specific group as much as possible. With young girls they focus on showing the glamorous side as much as possible. With young boys they focus on action figures and very male dominant characters. All these advertising strategies are to draw as much attention as possible to their products. Advertising clearly is the reason on what sales and what doesnt sale.

blog #14 Martyna, Wendy. "Beyond the "He/Man" Approach: The Case for Nonsexist Language."

I think eventually our language will change enough to better reflect both sexes but as for now and the near future, not much will be done. I however do not believe there will ever come a time where our language will be completely nonsexist. The reason why I believe this is because the sexists in our language is a direct reflection of our history. To completely make it nonsexist will be to erase our entire history. Our language is a product of thousands of years of speech. Unless we completely come up with a different way to speak our language will always in some small way or form be sexist.

post #13 Henley, Nancy M. “Molehill or Mountain? What We Know and don't Know about Sex Bias in Language.”

I agree with Henley when she says that girls had to learn type II rule of masculine generic during their early school days while boys learned type I growing up. Girls do have to learn to differentiate things by sex and use the correct terminology while boys often to everything as he. I think this happens because in our society we view girls/women to be more proper therefore it is important that they refer to things correctly. Boys on the other hard are given the freedom to make mistakes and these mistakes in terminology made by boys are not corrected right away because society believes it is okay. I think language affects and reflects thoughts. They we speak says a lot about how we are as a society but it also reflects how we are as well. Our views, thoughts, and beleives are reflected through our speech.