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| + | The reading I find most thought provoking is was the essay by Carroll Pursell. I also have noticed that no one has really commented on it (I think). The issue of gender studies has been a recent issue, as far as I know. Pursell states, “When gender has been raised as an issue, it is women, not men, who have been studied.” (p. 18) The socially constructed idea of masculinity drives historical study, especially as I have seen it in elementary school classrooms. This is a random connection, but I am sure everyone remembers studying the big and powerful guys in social studies (i.e. Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Lincoln). Another thing I found interesting was how she described the negative connotation of women with skilled trades resulting in fear of “economic competition and sexual emergence” before the Industrial Revolution, and of course seen during it (p. 18). She makes many strong arguments throughout the essay about why it is important to study gender, both men and women, as a catalyst that changes technology and many other areas. However convincing Carroll Pursell’s argument, I found that her topic sentence in the conclusion worthy of further investigation and confusing to me in comparison to her thesis.- Kirsten Walleck | ||
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| + | I will have to agree with Kellye in that I enjoyed reading (most of) the essays on technology and the changing perception through the years. The authors’ writing strongly reflected their various background and specializations. Noticing the relationship helped me see each author’s point of view on technology and the relationship between the readings mentioned by Taylor. Overall, the reading provided a great basic knowledge of technology in the context required for this class.- Kirsten Walleck | ||
