Hello everyone,
First, I just want to say that I was very happy with my book report grade :) I got a 296/300, which I think is impressive. No, not because I am lazy, but because I am one of those people who love reading but hate writing about what they read!!! I hope y’all did good and got what you where looking for.
As I said in my last blog, I started watching the assigned movies for assignment 4. The first movie that I watched was “And the Band Played On” and oh my God, I LOVED IT… It was by far the most amazing educational movie EVER!! I know I said that in the student discussion before but I just have to make sure everyone watches it, lol. I just loved how the AIDS topic was presented in the movie and how hard doctors had to work to identify the virus.
“Why did this happen? You’re a doctor, how you don’t know?” This line was said in the beginning of the movie by a little boy who lost his family to a mysterious disease that was later identified as the Ebola Fever. This quote reminded me of myself, because I never put so much thought into the struggle and the confusion doctors have to go through when they’re faced with a new disease. But when I was watching the movie, I realized that even doctors get confused, struggle, and argue with each other in order to identify a virus and help the rest of us. This movie really changed the way I think about illness and how much it takes to identify it. So now, I don’t think that doctors have to know what happened, because they’re humans too and they are limited, just like the rest of us.
I also watched the movie "Philadelphia" and it was another nice movie discussing the discrimination agianst Homosexuals who have AIDS. it talked about a successful lawyer who was fired when his boss found out about his sexual orientation. It is this movie that made me decide to discuss stigma against homosexuals who have AIDS in my DID YOU KNOW?
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DID YOU KNOW?
Okay what I am going to mention is not related directly to HIV/AIDS, but I heard this in the movie “And the Band Played On”. Did you guys know that in 1981 there was a straight press and a gay press?????!!!!!!!!
When I heard that I was like “Oh my God, that’s impossible”, like seriously!!! Do homosexuals and heterosexuals watch different news??? Does your sexual orientation effect what kind of news you like to watch??? If they both live in the same country, then why different presses????? I was just shocked to hear that. It reminded me of the “white” vs. “black”. I’m so glad that we don’t have that anymore, hopefully.
Also, did you guys know that AIDS was first called the “Gay-related immune deficiency” or GRID? But then it got renamed by Dr. Voeller.
This made me want to know more about the stigma against homosexuals who have AIDS. So I went online and did some research and found out that during the 1997, a survey was conducted and participants were asked what they think about when they hear the word AIDS. Guess what the answer was? 53% said that they think of homosexuals when they hear the word AIDS! Very shocking; I mean even after proving that AIDS is not gay-related, people still link it to homosexuality!
Reference: Capitanio, J & Herek, G. (1999). Aids Stigma and Sexual Prejudice. Retrieved September 29, 2009, from http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/abs99_sp.pdf
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Congratulations on your grade! I found it very surprising too that the homosexuals and heterosexuals had different presses. People are very ignorant nowadays, they get very easily convinced by watching stuff on T.V. or just listening to people. They do not feel like doing some research and finding out the truth.
Im happy that you did well on your book report. I am also one of those who love reading, but hate writing. I can be so impacted by the message of a book, but not know how to relay that information onto paper.I think we all have to remember that doctors are human also. They also come into situations where they are baffled and may not know exactly what to do. It must be hard as a doctor not to be able to tell a suffering patient that they are not sure what is wrong with them.
Hey Knights09,
I totally agree with you that people are ignorant and believe everything they hear or see just because they're too lazy or too busy to double check the information they recieve. I know we all do that sometimes but when it comes to important stuff, we should all double check before spreading the information.
Hey Scilla,
OMG it's soooo true... Even for this book assignment, I loved the book but hated answering the questions, and I really had a hard time writing up three WHOLE pages, they seemed like thirty to me... LOL!!!
Good job on your grade! I think that a lot of people think that AIDS=Gay men. This is insane. Like many of us know already this is a universal viruse that does not care who the host is! Well, I am waiting to get the movie And the band played on. I can't wait to see it. I think that this class is a real eye opener to all of us.
Congrats on the book report grade! I find it really interesting about the gay news and the straight news, i had no idea it was like that. I know that back then there was so much drama about being gay. I'm looking forward to watching more of the movies; I have benver been introduced to so many different views on homosexuality and HIV/AIDS.
Glad you enjoyed the Band movie. The book that it comes from is a phenomenal book to read but rather long. It was written by a San Francisco new paper reporter who himself was HIV positive. It really puts this pandemic into perspective.
The extra credit book Hot Zone is also a great read if you want to see how Ebola works. Yes there is a 'Gay' press and still is. We have a newspaper here in Orlando that is geared to the gay population. I can't remember the name of it, but Linda might.
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