First Off

The most memorable thing that I took away from discussion yesterday was a metaphor. The metaphor that “Operating systems shape our interaction with technology in ways that seem natural and invisible.” This can be applied to cultural aspects like viewing sexuality as an operating system. There are many different types of sexualities and they all act as different hardwares within the operating system of sexuality. I feel that this is a very effective metaphor that gives a better understanding when considering any cultural aspect like sexuality, education, politics, gender, class, occupation, etc. Another thing that stood out in class was that I never really thought about there being discrimination towards females or even African American females concerning videogames. It is ridiculous that there is discrimination at all in the world, but concerning a hobby? Playing videogames can be a fun hobby to have, and to be discriminated against for doing something you enjoy is wrong.

A question that arose from discussion section on Wednesday is why people discriminate against hobbies based on gender and race. I am curious if the people who discriminate them do that because they were raised with that perception or that they personally believe that only certain people of certain race and gender should have certain hobbies. If so, how do they discriminate and what is the reasoning behind the discrimination? I believe that people should not be discriminated against for what hobby, let alone anything, they choose to partake in based on their gender, race, or sexuality.

I would like to go more in depth concerning white geek masculinity and feminist’s different reactions to it. I think it would be interesting to look further into this because I have never heard of “white geek masculinity” before. When it was first mentioned in Nakamura’s article I didn’t really understand what it was, and I still do not fully have an understanding of it.