Comments on: Autopsies, Gendered Language, Proposition 8 Update http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/medical-procedures-autopsies/ - contemplating - cogitating - brooding over - considering - reflecting on - introspecting - deliberating - ruminating - meditating - mulling over - musing on - visualising - brainstorming - envisaging - dreaming of - and putting on the thinking hat 'til we are lost in thought Fri, 29 May 2009 02:53:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: ithinkthereforeib http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/medical-procedures-autopsies/comment-page-1/#comment-136 ithinkthereforeib Thu, 28 May 2009 17:43:21 +0000 http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/?p=172#comment-136 Glori: I don't think any lesser of Sotomayor's nomination because of the article, but I do think it raises an interesting question. At least one for me-the-critically-questioning-everything-thinker. Constanza: Isn't it? What really amazes me is that autopsies used to be the norm, but somehow nearly disappeared in the middle of the 20th century, only be emerging again now. I love when I get confronted with things I never thought about - and I definitely considered the war dead from this perspective. Glori: I don’t think any lesser of Sotomayor’s nomination because of the article, but I do think it raises an interesting question. At least one for me-the-critically-questioning-everything-thinker.

Constanza: Isn’t it? What really amazes me is that autopsies used to be the norm, but somehow nearly disappeared in the middle of the 20th century, only be emerging again now. I love when I get confronted with things I never thought about – and I definitely considered the war dead from this perspective.

]]> By: Constanza Chacon http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/medical-procedures-autopsies/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Constanza Chacon Thu, 28 May 2009 17:33:38 +0000 http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/?p=172#comment-135 Wow, the autopsies article is so interesting! I had no idea this sort of thing was going on! Amazing =) Wow, the autopsies article is so interesting! I had no idea this sort of thing was going on! Amazing =)

]]> By: Gloriana http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/medical-procedures-autopsies/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Gloriana Tue, 26 May 2009 23:50:49 +0000 http://ithinkthereforeib.edublogs.org/?p=172#comment-133 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I just wrote a veryyyyyyyy lond paragraph commenting on the article of language and gender and it was erased. I'll try to summarize what I wrote. The article definitely changed the perspective I had on the nomination, as I thought it to be a very brave pick. First of all, I do not think that Obama chose Sonia Sotomayior exclusively because of the need for more empathy in the court. I wouldn't believe that he would nominate someone for such an important position based on empathetic qualities. However, I do not think it is accurate to make associations between women and empathy since not necessarily is a woman more empathetic than a man. I do think that woman are USUALLY more empathetic than men due to the identity they have created through the historical context in which they have developed. I agree with the author's statment on the idea that it is OK to nominate women becuase they can bring variety of experience and perspective to the court- but not necessarily empathy or kindness. Even if I do not believe Obama nominated Sotomayor only to add more empathy and kindness to the court, he did make an association between women and empathy. I believe one must be careful with how one associates some words to women and their possible implications in certain situations, as in this one. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I just wrote a veryyyyyyyy lond paragraph commenting on the article of language and gender and it was erased. I’ll try to summarize what I wrote. The article definitely changed the perspective I had on the nomination, as I thought it to be a very brave pick. First of all, I do not think that Obama chose Sonia Sotomayior exclusively because of the need for more empathy in the court. I wouldn’t believe that he would nominate someone for such an important position based on empathetic qualities. However, I do not think it is accurate to make associations between women and empathy since not necessarily is a woman more empathetic than a man. I do think that woman are USUALLY more empathetic than men due to the identity they have created through the historical context in which they have developed. I agree with the author’s statment on the idea that it is OK to nominate women becuase they can bring variety of experience and perspective to the court- but not necessarily empathy or kindness. Even if I do not believe Obama nominated Sotomayor only to add more empathy and kindness to the court, he did make an association between women and empathy. I believe one must be careful with how one associates some words to women and their possible implications in certain situations, as in this one.

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