Good evening Justice 420 world! My name is Brandon Pollard, I am 23 and live out in Gilbert. Currently I am in my third year at ASU as a senior and will be graduating in May. I am definitely extremely excited to graduate and move on to the next phase in life. In that next phase I hope to use my degree of Justice Studies as a means to advance my career in corporate security with my company or one of its close competitors. Gotta go where the work is right? The reason I am taking this class mainly is to fulfill one of my 400 level requirements that are needed for my degree. However, I hope to get very valuable information out of it. As society becomes more about equal rights I can agree that women should be treated the same when it come to work. Hopefully I will gain valuable knowledge that will help me not only in life but as well as my career.
To me women, work, and justice are all very close members of one family. For the longest time it was that women stayed home with the children, house, and family duties. While the man on the other hand was the one that went out made the money and was the superior of the house. In today’s society I think that have very much changed. It’s something in my opinion that we are very far out from being of equal status all across the country, however, I believe more and more are coming to equal terms. Personally as a young white male I hope to be able to provide for my family. Yet, on the other hand I would love for my wife to have a name and reputation of her own. I think that in today's world women my age are reverting back to that old school way of wishing that they could just be stay at home wife/mom and not have to work. Even after years of what other women have fought so hard for. I guess it goes with the saying that things tend to skip a generation right?
In the justice field I really have a strong interest of just doing the right thing. I am a strong believer of our constitution and the rights provided to each American. With that, I have a strong interest in the authoritative role and the study of those who use that role to their advantage. The biggest and probably the most prevalent one would be police officers who abuse their powers. By the time I retire I hope to have worked in a commanding position in a police department and the help wean that problem out. One of the most talked about problems within this field are male officers that take advantage along with inappropriate conduct with women. To me it’s just not right and should not be tolerated. However, some women will allow for it to occur if it gets them out of a ticket.
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Welcome to the class, Brandon.
ReplyDeleteI found your comment about women your age are starting to aim to be stay-at-home moms. There has been a lot written about this occurrence, particularly among middle-class women with post-graduate degrees. This is one of the reasons that I wanted to start the course with a focus on the work-family balance. The labor market and our culture has not changed enough to erase the imbalance of family responsibilities of cleaning, cooking and childcare falling on the shoulders of women, even when they are employed full time. Parents are still expected to attend school functions and volunteer at their children’s school. These practices are designed around the family of another generation. For the most part, families have difficulty surviving on one wage earner. Dual-career couples are more common. Yet, law firms, hospitals and other work sites have not accepted family-friendly policies that make it possible for working mothers to juggle work and home. We still find traces of cultural norms defining motherhood as incompatible with a career. Working mothers frequently do not get the support they need from the larger society or the workplace. Consequently, more women are opting out of the workforce if the family can survive on one wage earner. The fact that the most educated women are doing this has consequences on other women who want a career. These women do not want to be perceived as working until they have their first child and are less committed to their work.
I look forward to reading more of your blogs.
Professor Romero