Extra Credit 1

Straightlaced

First off, I will start by I really liked this documentary. It was very informational on all different sides of the topic. I have never really interacted with someone that is bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, or someone that might be unsure of their sexuality, etc. At least if I did interact with them I had no idea that this was who they were. I thought it was really good to hear all sorts of different people’s feelings, life stories, etc on the subject of being straight or not.

Second, I also liked that everyone that talked about their experience was in their 20’s or they were a teen in high school. It was nice because it put it on a level that I understood and could relate to, in a sense. They were my age, much better then someone older or someone with a high up degree trying to explain it to us. It is hard to relate with people like that sometimes. And if I could not understand because we are different, I am sure someone else can relate to them and it helped them having it be someone their age possibly going through the same thing.

It was really nice to get more in depth, or at least know that is more than just being straight or gay. I have always known that it is more than that, but I didn’t know it could go that in depth and that there was WAY more to it. Having people tell their personal experiences and their thoughts was amazing. It was much better then learning about it through a text book.

The document “Straightlaced” relates to course topics in class because we talk the whole semester about people who are labeled deviant. And everyone that was in the document would be labeled deviant by our society. They look different, act different, talk different and more than the average white male or female. The people’s master status, in this documentary, was their sexuality or their gender and that also relates to class topics because we talk about how people are looked at in society. And if there master status is deviant then that is the only thing that gets looked at.

I am really looking forward to the rest of this series. I think it is going to be great. Like I said above, this was much better then learning this stuff out of a text book.