Week 9

This week wasn't too bad.  I thought the assignments were really interesting and I feel as though I learned a lot.  It is crazy to now see my perspective on the his vs. hers topic after these assignments and reading other blogs.  I have never really noticed it in the past and it never really bothered me but within the last few days I have noticed it everywhere and it is driving me crazy.  Not because I am offended but because I know that it is wrong.  In the bible it always refers to he or him.  I have realized that in the passed but never really thought much about it.  Now after doing these assignments and talking on the topic it is cool to see that in modern writing it is trying to be changed.  I think it sounds a lot more professional when it is not sexist. I really liked the assignment where we had to choose other words so that it wasn’t sexist.  This really got me thinking and I now see myself making those mistakes and having to fix them.  One error that I saw in this past week was my own error.  I noticed that when I send emails out to my dance moms, I always say the “girls” because I am talking about my dancers and all of them are girls… as of right now.  It got me thinking because I do have boys in a hip hop class and you never know if any boys are thinking about joining another style of dance and so I shouldn’t be sexist and say “girls”. I should be saying dancers or students.  Within the past week I have fixed this error and will remember from here on out.

dance and so I shouldn’t be sexist and say “girls”. I should be saying dancers or students.  Within the past week I have fixed this error and will remember from here on out.

This is how I felt when I realized I was using "girls" in all of my work emails instead of "dancers" or "students."