reflection on heterosesexual privilege

Gay, lesbian, and transgendered

I did not think about gay, lesbian and transgender that much because in Korea culture is that to hide these thing and people think that these people are shameful and impure. This thought is really people’s common thought even young people too. Actually, little change at this century, because people could be see these people more often that make to change people’s thought including me.

When I read that article about gay, lesbian, and transgender then suddenly I remember one woman, she was actually a man. He was a man but he transgendered so, now he is not man also he is an actress in Korea. Also, the Supreme Court adjudicates on his case for he could be changed a woman with all documents which means his social security number and his name and everything, to be changed a woman. So, Korean people said, “why the Supreme Court decided that we can not understand, because our thought that the Supreme Court encourage to do transgender, to be a woman or man if they want.” Also, people said, “how about young people, if they see the story then they could be influenced by his case.”

I study about diverse for race, homosexual, and level of people’s class but this topic is really strange to me and sometimes can not understand. Two days ago, I saw the Korean movie that about gay. Then I was watching then I think that it is really strange to me, and I said, “Is that happen possible?” “Oh, no. how did they do that?” because, the actors were doing something. Then I thought Korean people’s thought was changed rally.

journal 3

While I was in the class, I thought about the discussion that I had with my classmate. In the beginning of the class, we shared about our chest box. My group members shared about each other’s life story and then I felt that we were becoming one. Our relationship became close each other as a group member. Some of the topic or issues were really personal, but we sheared including my self. Today, I especially thought about gender because men think that women are stronger than them. One of the men from my group members said, “My mother is stronger than my father. He is really mercy, but she is not.” Then everybody began to question about the reason why. In my opinion, women are weak before the man. However, when a woman becomes a mother of her child, then she has to protect her baby and take care of him/her. Here is a story that is really interesting I do not know exactly where the story came from. The time of this story was one dry season in one of the forest in Los Angeles. A mother and her child were in the forest and suddenly fire rose from no where and it burned almost all the trees and animals etc. when the fire came close to the mother, she decided to save the child and began to dig the ground. There was no shovel or any other tools in her hands, but she finally made a hole blow the ground and hid her child in it. Then the mother lay down on the cavity and she died from the burn of fire. Her sacrifice and lore toward her child saved a life. If I was a mother of my children, I would’ve done the same thing. However if I was just lady or woman then got a same situation with man not baby, who was die? Probably man dies for woman or lady.

How do we find level of the life? journal 4

I am from South Korea. Our Korean people have gap, but we can not see even we know about the level. How to find for people who are rich or level is high? That is easy, because if we want to know that is look around our neighborhoods and we live in which area. That means our level separated by living area. Many people think about that people are equal even where people live also people hope to be equally but think realistically in our sociality is not. That is why first people’s income are different between to people. Also the income improved the quality of life for people’s children or for their self, the income made by city of capital. So many people want to live in capital city because capital city give to people a lot of benefit for money or living, because our Korean people think that person who is born send them to capital city of Korea. Also people live in capital city that make people’s level and advantage. For example of our Korean parent action, the parents get high salary or parents got a professional jab then they get a extra income or parents has a lot of money then following the parents action is that their children send to other nation for learning English. It is true. So many of single mom or single dad lives in Korea because one of parent take care of their children then another mom or dad get to work for their children. One of interesting thing is they live in capital city of Korea. I think that happen made by our competitive society and people’s level. also, I remember, Korean club limit about level of salary, age and have a nice figure when people came to club but they attack by club members front of entrance if they look not good. I think our social level by the money, person who has money or not.

journal 2

Sometimes, when I meet someone who does not know about me before I ask to the person

about her/him. The reason is that I do not know about that her/his information for age, live,

hobbies, common goals, culture, etc. if I do not know about her/him, we can not keep in touch

and we do not want to share about our life story or thinking each other. That means I cant have

a close relationship with that person.


One of interesting thing is one of my own experience. My personality is always being active

and full of liveliness, but sometimes my personality shows differently to others. For example, I

can come off as very quiet ant shy when meeting a new friend. If I meet a person who does not

know me, I tend to feel nervous and uncomfortable. For example, I felt the same way even when

I was young. However, one time I went to a restaurant and a man came up to me then asked me

some questions about me like, “what is your name?” “Where do you live?” “How old are you?”

“What is your religion?” “What are your hobbies?” “What were you feeling when you coming

here excited or nervous?”.etc. MY responses were too short or maybe just a yes or no and that

was it. Further, he said, “Are you not interested about me?” “Do you not have a question about

me?” As a result, he and I did not keep in touch any more.

I think about that commonly and my thoughts and feeling when I encounter someone

different from my self. My example is just that I meet people just by my friends introductions

but our sociality is not a simple. If I will be a social worker then I will meet many clients,

however the client should be feeling comfortable with me. So I think that I will make an effort to

feeling comfortable to my client by my experience and professor’s taught.

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