Asking Powerful Questions

Interactions. HUMAN interactions. Aristotle once quoted: “Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to and therefore does not partake of society is either a beast or a god. ” Indeed, mankind was made to interact, and the main proof of it is our five senses. Scent, sight, hearing, taste, and touch were designed to allow us to interact with nature and others. It is because of scent we avoid a skunk, and it is because of scent we decide to buy natural flowers instead of plastic ones for Valentine's gift. Art would not be art without the capability of mankind in interacting with things and other people. Emotions need a spark, and this spark comes through our senses. Not only for pleasure interactions exist. Interactions exist to help us ...

What do you picture when you think of a truck driver? What do you picture when you think of a basketball coach? A business person? A pilot? A firefighter? A taxi driver? A carpenter? A video game player? If I am not wrong, all those pictures that came instantly into your mind, all the characters, are men. What do you picture when you think about a nurse? What about a receptionist? A cleaner? You guess it right, most people think about women characters. Men as well as women do perform those jobs but seem invisible to the eyes of society. Why do jobs have to be connected to a specific gender? Why don't women nor men appear as the first recall in our minds for these jobs? Why most people believe that women cannot perform these jobs as well as men do or even better and vice-versa? What can we do to change that? Aren't women able to drive a cab? Aren't women able to coach a basketball team, either a men's or women's team? Aren't women able to be firef...