Week 7: Politics

           Normally, I’m the first person to say that I really dislike politics.  Coming from parents in opposite political parties, it has always been one of those topics that my family is not allowed to discuss unless someone wants a large argument to occur.  However, I found myself smiling in lecture this week talking about politics, rather than sitting at the dinner table, cringing, wondering if someone will start a fight by bringing politics up.  To be perfectly honest though, the pizza might have contributed to my happiness a little bit.  But apart from my love for pizza showing through my large grin, I was really interested in our discussions that we were having in class.

            I think the most intriguing part about our conversation was when we were talking about one-night stands, and whether guys respect girls who participate in them.  The boys in our class made it clear that respect is lost as soon as a girl decides to have sex on the first date, which brought up an eye-opening discussion.  I get really confused about this topic, because how are girls not supposed to get mixed signals?  Boys want you to have sex on the first date and will give you shit if you don’t, but they won’t respect you if you do.  It is almost like you can’t win.  I suppose I would rather take the heat of not hooking up with someone on the first date than not be respected, though.  In my opinion, you can usually prove the boy who said bad things about you wrong, but once respect is lost it is really hard to get it back.  But when it comes down to it, I really think that it is important to make decisions for yourself, and not for other people.  If you want to go around having one night stands and it makes you happy, that is your prerogative, and if waiting to become sexually intimate with a person is more your cup of tea, then good for you.