Week 4 Blogging Assignment

I was talking with a friend about religion, and he explained that his beliefs were held in the Baha'i Faith. As a newer religion, its core values include: humans are one family, there is one God, science and religion are in harmony, and women & men are equal. In essence, the key words or themes of this faith are balance, harmony, and humanity. To further question his beliefs, I asked why he believes that women and men are equal and should be treated that way. He answered with an explanation or an analogy of how treating the lower class with respect (ie. making conversation with the maid or cooks or janitors) should be always done because they are just another human being. In the same respect, women and men are still both humans. Both are trying to survive and prosper, finding the meaning in their own lives. As for the connection to our gender studies, I hope to keep that in mind when we read how societal pressures has created these differences and because of that has formed problems specifically for one gender (example: anorexia and women). Grace Huang