Go for animal testing!
I get to do an experiment soon testing pesticides on cockroaches and seeing how many die. It's funny, even my lecturer noted that the only reason we can do this is because no one gives a crap if we kill insects. We can't even kill mice without being screamed at by PETA or some other organisation such as that. It's not fair, you know by the time I got old enough to dissect things in high school, they completely removed it out of my curriculum. The only reason I went into biology is because I wanted to learn how to dissect things and be you know, surgeony. No fair. Next semester I might be dissecting a cadaver. Yay.
Anyway, I support animal testing. Let's put it this way, either we test on animals, or we test ourselves. So far there has not been any other alternative proposed that is feasible. Look at it this way, I say, if you have a problem with animal testing then volunteer yourself in their place. It's simple and easy and will probably save more lives. Until the time when you actually do that, I'm going to say you just have a lot of free time on your hands to bitch and whine. Granted, I do not condone animal testing for cosmetic products. I'm sure vanity could take a hike on this issue. I'm not saying I enjoy torturing animals for fun. I'm saying I abhor it, but if it's what's necessary in order to find a cure for a disease or to learn something about a vaccine or drug, then that's a risk and responsibility I am willing to take.
On a random note, I managed to catch that show... Beauty and the Geek. I found it quite hysterical. Besides the geeky antics of a certain contestant, there was a part of the show where one of the geeks was watching his female partner cut her nails. He commented on how it's sad that society pressures women into a stereotype of beauty and the only thing the girl said was...
"You're so smart."
After cackling my ass off and nearly pissing myself, I remembered a conversation I had with a good friend a year or two ago about where we stood in society and how we both are fellow and proud nerds, even though we may not really fit the stereotype.
I still don't see why they couldn't have paired a smart AND beautiful girl with any of the geeks just to spice things up. Oh well.
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Seems to me that people feel threatened by a woman who is both smart and beautiful. So they try to ignore her, put her under a burqa, leave her off the script, marginalize her or oppress her.
Because a woman who is both smart and beautiful has incredible power. In essence, she has two weapons at her disposal: her brains and her sex appeal.
Still, how dare they perpetuate the damn stereotype! Bwah, maybe we really should burn our bras.
How dare they, indeed.
It's horrible to think how much female talent has been suppressed or ignored over the ages. In literature, music, science, government, and fine art, only the most determined of women have managed to reveal their talents to the world, until oh-so-recently.
Think the burning of the great library of Alexandria was a tragedy in world history? How about the library of women authors that was never built?
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