.. Det andra könet

"Man föds inte till kvinna, man blir det".
- Simone de Beauvoir

"Kvinnan är kvinna i kraft av en viss brist på egenskaper", sade Aristoteles.
"Vi måste därför betrakta kvinnornas karaktär med utgångspunkt från att de lider av medfödd bristfällighet."
Och Thomas av Aquino förklarade i samma anda att kvinnan är en "misslyckad man", en "slumpvis tillkommen varelse".
Det är vad skapelseberättelsen symboliserar där Eva framställs skapad ur ett av Adams "överflödiga revben" enligt Bossuets formulering.
Mänskligheten är maskulin och mannen definierar kvinnan inte sådan hon är i och för sig utan i hennes förhållande till honom själv.
Hon betraktas inte som en självständig varelse utan bara vad mannen bestämmer att hon ska vara.
Man kallar henne också "könet" och menar därmed att hon för mannen framstår först och främst som könsvarelse.
För honom är hon kön och alltså är hon det helt och hållet.
Hon definieras och differentieras i förhållande till mannen och inte han i förhållande till henne.
Hon är den oväsentliga gentemot den väsentlige.
Han är Subjektet, det Absoluta - hon är det Andra. - - -

- ett stycke ur Filosofins värld

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>:(

Quote of the Day

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
~ Soren Kierkegaard

>> Repeated Mistakes

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重複犯錯

Quote of the Day

"Be who you are and say what you feel

because people who mind don't matter

and people who matter don't mind."

~ Dr. Seuss

Easter holiday !! ^__^

It's finally easter holiday !
Even though I'm going to have much to do, school work such as essays, I'm so glad there's no school : D
I'm hyper right now. Can't fall asleep either so I'm sitting here and listening to music. The Cure and Pet Shop Boys.
Today the whole school had several floorball matches. Me and my class played against four other classes. We lost two matches. But we won two as well ;D I had alot of fun, can't wait till next year, then we'll kick their asses ;D
Unfortunately we didn't go to the finals, but hey, it was our first time, we will only get better and better ^^

I'm done reading Animal Farm now. Such a good book. I like how George Orwell used animals to describe the situation in Soviet Union.
I wonder why he decided to use animals, instead of humans, to describe the characters .. But that makes it all quite unique. ^^
It's quite scary how the animals first decided that everyone was equal, no one was better than the others, everyone should have it the same, and just a bit time later all the animals is controlled by dictatorship, in this case the pigs. Suddenly the pigs have control over everything, and the other animals don't quite understand. The readers can see that from the first chapter the pigs have a big part in this farm. They are categorized as the "clever" ones, and they first say to the animals that soon all the animals in the farm will have it better. They will no longer have to starve, they will no longer have to work for the humans. Because the humans are the enemy, the pigs says.
All the animals in the farm believes in everything the pigs are saying, and soon they have invent Animalism. But all the pigs do not believe in the same thing when they mean Animalism.
From the beginning Animalism mean that everyone is equal. No animal can kill another animal.
Of course, that sounds great thinks the animals. But from day to day, the pigs are getting more control, more power and more greedy. The more power they get, the more they want. Instead of being equal, now the pigs are living like kings, while the other animals lives as slaves.

The charachters in this book can be compared as the ones who ruled Soviet.
One pig can be compared as Stalin. Another pig as Trotskij. A human, the man who's in charged for the farm in the beginning, is compared as Nikolaj II. Another as Molotov. And one pig, who has a big role in this book, as Lenin or Marx.

I enjoyed reading Animal Farm, and I'm definitely going to search for another book from George Orwell (I mostly want to read his book "1984" ). ^_^

Oh, well it's time to have a rest now I think. It's 01:24 AM (*gasp!*) but I'm actually not a bit tired .. : P Ah well, I think I'm going to listen to music .. Perfect .. : D

Have a good easter holiday !! With lots of fun I hope ^__^

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Gahh !!
I couldn't be happier it's only one week till easter holiday ..
I'm so stressed out. And tired.
I've been studying alot these days. Trying to catch up with everything .. Without success ..
I had two tests today, maths and social studies .. I guess it went good with the social studies part, well I don't think I'm going to fail .. But with math .. Ahh it drives me mad even thinking about it >:P
Even though I've been studying so hard, I don't quite understand ...
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And to make it more worse I'm having a cold so during the two tests I had today I didn't really feel well .. I think I had fever .. So I've decided to stay at home tomorrow .. My body feels exhausted and .. I'm in a bad mood >:( gahh some things makes me so angry sometimes ..

I'm tired .. So tired ..


Of ... everything

Finally ...

... Weekend !! Ahh I really need it .. School makes me restless .. !
I'm going to meet two of my friends later, I havn't met them for a long time now, so it's going to be fun ... =))
Otherwise, I don't have much planned to do this weekend. Excpet to practise to the maths test (I'm 20 pages behind !! -_-'), which is on Monday, and social studies test, which is on Wednesday ...
=_='
I had biology test today .. It didn't go well .. I think (or more, knows) I failed it .. It was about Genetic, DNA .. And stuff. Ugh, so complicated and hard to remember everything .. Ah, I guess I'll just have to wait and see ..

It's still snow here, but I feel that the spring is on it's way .. Which is great. Except that the pollen is coming as well ... >X(
The weather is wonderful outside, it's sunny and warm but at the same time it's still winter ^__^ I love it. I just want to go out and photograph ^^ I love to photograph the nature : D

.. Maybe I should go and practise maths now .. 'Cause I know I won't do much tomorrow or on Sunday .. Even if I say now I will ;P .. I'm lazy .. ^_^

I'm going to start to read a book, named "Animal Farm" by George Orwell ! It feels great, it was long time since I actually read a book :P
I havn't started yet, but I'm looking forward to it ^___^

.. Mmmm .. I think I'm going to make some graphics now ^__^ : D

Hope you'll enjoy weekend ^___^

Wohoo ...

So .. The holiday's over and it's school tomorrow ..
I don't know why, but I'm in a quite good mood ^__^
Even the thought about school can't bring me down :D
hehe, okey I make it sound like school's something terrible. But it isn't. Mostly.
;D
I'm done with most of the stuff I've planned to do this holiday. Oh, okey I've only done half of my french homework, but that's more than I expected I'd do. And really, it was quite much.

I've been listening to all kind of music groups today ^_^
Great Lake Swimmers, Shearwater, Aqualung, Rufus Wainwright ... Were the ones who caught my attention ^^
Music, music, music ... How would life be without it .. ? It makes you happy and it can make you sad .. But in a good way ^__^ Sometimes it's the only thing that you want when you're sad .. Songs that are reflecting what you're feeling ..

Oh, I got a little carried away there ^_^
Anyway ... Yesterday I had a little movie night on my own ^__^ It was fun and cosy ^^
I watched Howl's Moving Castle and The Jacket .. ! Both are terrific movies : D
I specially like Howl's Moving Castle !! Just an adorable movie :D The director is Hayao Miyazaki, and he has directed Spirited Away too (which I'm still waiting to see ^_^ )
The Jacket, starring Adrien Brody (who made a terrific performance) is worth seeing too !
I recomend these two movies ^_^



Well .. I think I'm going to bed soon .. Just waiting for my iPOD to get charged ^__^
Listening to Damien Rice, Morrissey, Sun Kil Moon, Keane, The Postal Service, Embrace before bed .. Makes my heart sing and make me think tomorrow's going to be a good day ... ^___^