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A. Women, you need to make your voices be heard! 1. Watch the following video and react to it! __Edit the page and write your opinions here.__ media type="youtube" key="gFWpf97gS3c?fs=1" height="151" width="192" ﻿I've just seen the clip and it shocked me a bit... There wasn't a film, untill today which make me want to cry and kill the characters! Women are still treated as trash, women are still seen as a toy, women are still used just for fun, women continue to be like bets for the winner...I'm not talking in Viseu or in our school for ones who had stressed out that, I'm talking in general. Like in the movie the teacher, who in the begining seemed really nice, revealed himself like a coward just because he couldn't had what he want he raped the girl. But more coward was her supposed boyfriend at the time, who betraied her - that part just made me sick. How can a person be so animal for a human being? In conclusion, I think men could respect more women and give us the right value. ﻿ ﻿Mariana 11thA so, I see the film in class and I do not want to have a reaction to it , but this somng , I think is a true reality so if creed make a song about something really true it´s good (post grunge is not my style XD ) , the 'video clip' is a bit hard , but like every theme , this is another one , i think women should fight against this, they have all my support , i think everyone has the same rights , so if men don't leave you has them , fight against them !!! to conclude, the song, is a bit directly , i don't know if was a option for that , but it´s my opinion , in the end, great choice TIAGO 11th A **B. "NORTH COUNTRY" PROJECTmedia type="youtube" key="jXkVQm0QPyY?fs=1" height="112" width="192" 1. Watch the above trailer, think about the film you've watched in class and then do the Worksheet! ** **Here's some more research material about the film. Feel free to use it! ** 2. Now do the following exercises, based on the film "NORTH COUNTRY" to practise for the test. Notice that you have some reading comprehension, Use of English, namely prepositions, and a writing activity. So, LET'S PRACTISE! Don't forget "Practise makes perfect!" ==**:)) YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS ON THE FILM: ** ==
 * I. All through history, WOMEN have been victimized, suffering all kinds of abuse and discrimination. **

I'm enjoying the film a lot in spite of the fact that we haven't seen the whole film and I don't know if we have reached the middle ... but from what I've seen it is a interesting and good story which makes us think deeply on how women are seen and treated by the men's world. Discriminating women is a society problem that is getting more and more common. It is true that there are jobs which we associate to men but this doesn't make a woman unable to do that job and be good at it! MarianaFerreira Women's discrimination is a common problem because of people like Josey's father. The line that shocked me most was when her father saw his own daughter bruised and, instead of being worried, asked her if her husband had caught her in bed with another guy. For me, that is impossible. It never crossed my mind that a father could say such a thing. And how it is possible that nowadays, in a developed society, things like the ones that we saw could still happen ? On Tuesday I really got shocked to see it was just in 1989 that women got accepted in "men's jobs", and, like we saw, they did not get really accepted. The big problem is that women shouldn't do things so well; men got frightened, so they try to put us down with violence, rapes and that type of things. I hope that will change some day. InêsSousa ﻿ The movie is really good, but really shocking as well. We all know that a lot of men have the kind of behavior Josey's father and all the men who worked in the mine have, but to see it is quite disturbing. I don't think it's fair that many women are afraid of getting through the day just because they have to face this kind of treatment every single day without being able to do anything, otherwise they would be punished. I admire Josey's courage. I hope someday those type of men stop being limited and have some re spect for the ones they could not live without. JoanaPatrício ﻿ Are You also <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">?

In my opinion I think that discrimination against women is already very low today. To complement and support my answer, I have in mind that we live in Portugal, Viseu more precisely, that is, by that I mean that the socio-cultural gap is very small, otherwise no. The population of Viseu is too egocentric to achieve the said opening I mentioned above. If we formulate our opinion from Lisbon, London, and not real cities "villages" as Viseu, I assume that the result is very satisfactory answer to the issue of female discrimination in the workplace, culture, society itself itself. But in return I can not think the same way towards domestic violence. I assume that one major factor is the lack of respect and confidence in the couple. But the obsessions are symptoms of such manipulations. Jorge Martins 11ºA <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">"Men tend to rape for at least one of three primary reasons. The first rational is their desire to control a non-consenting victim. Secondly, they are acting out anger or hostility. Finally, a rapist may gain sense of accomplishment and self-worth by degrading another human being. Each rapist is unique. Every rapist is an individual with individual motives and drives. Commonly, a rape is not about a sexual act but of domination. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Rapists who enjoy the rape of a total stranger may rape for the sole purpose of making a female submit to his authority. These women will probably bear more physical scars than victims that are emotionally submissive to their attacker. These women tend to fight to preserve who they are and believe they are stronger than the rapist is. The rapist who seeks to rape women he has not emotionally dominated will enjoy the fight and gain pleasure from the attempts of the female to flee. His satisfaction is complete when her will is broken and he has his way with her." by GnRToney Almeida 11ºA <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">First, I want to say I'm sorry to Almeida because I don't know why I clean what he had written! I didn't realise how did it happen. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Secondly, I want to say that this film was the best film you had showed us, teacher. I really enjoyed it, it shows how men behavior can influence someone's life.. <span style="background-color: red; color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">﻿Mariana11thA <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">No problem, Mariana. I've just recovered it. <span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Almeida 11ºA so I really don't get it how you put that beatifull colours, but does not matter , forget XD ... so the film is awnsome and that, is very cool , a bit hard , but true , i do not have a opinion about it , but in the part of contents is really good TIAGO LOPES 11th A There are many people who call me a chauvinist / machist ( including you teach -.-) but i'll show you that's not correct...I have a human side too! About this issue i have to recognise there are nowadays a bunch of females who are treated like sh*t or worse unfortunely... The Man don't realize how important the Woman is important in our life. Without them who cleans the mess that we do (just kiding). But seriously, the meaning of woman isn't "The unique appliance that works kicking it"...They are the sun of our life! God ,when he created us was equaly(first the man of course xD). So that we are interdependent and we can't treat a human being like just one more hole (or one more stick). And this is what i think (like you saw i'm not a perv and am not a machist) Mr. Ramos 11ºB <span style="background-color: #ff6400; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">First of all, I really liked all your comments and, in general, you've all proved you are very mature teenagers and, therefore, it's always a pleasure to be your teacher, friend, "mother" :) Then, Emanuel, you are so very wrong when you say I consider you a male chauvinist. Not at all! I just like kidding and, as you always select some roles ??? (we all know which ones, don't we?), I have the tendency to pick on you. Sorry, if you somehow feel I have such a low opinion of you... So, speaking seriously, I may say that I believe you are a very sensitive, intelligent, considerate and funny teenager who respects the others, including women, of course.ANA I'd like to leave my comment on the film and on the topic related as well because it not only generates a huge amount of controversy but it also makes us think over the process of social evolution. The movie ended up being very, very interesting (no one could leave the sit when the bell rang) as it drove each one of us to the violent and cruel adversities women were submited to in our past and the efforts many of them made to ensure that nowadays we, present women, can live safer. I'm certain of the fact that some people could have got shoked with the awful situations those women had to undergo back then because it is not closed to our reality now, in developed countries at least. However, we should be also alerted to the pain and strain that are felt in the 3º world. From death penalty for adultery to excision, lots of them keep on suffering for having borned a girl so that reminds us that there are still many efforts to be done. **Vitória Melo 11ºD** <span style="background-color: #ff0600; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">2. I've just read that "IN PORTUGAL only 28 % of the Portuguese companies plan to hire women with children". This leads to the issue of WORKING MUMS.Visit the following website: [|working mums] <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">﻿Then, watch the following video [] and express your opinion on the subject. <span style="background-color: #ff6400; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="youtube" key="beqeWVPSsog?fs=1" height="112" width="192" <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Is it easy or difficult to balance being a good mother and a good professional without forgetting the personal time we need to devote to our self? I ﻿can not say it's easy or hard, just think enough time to organize the children at home and work, there is also another person in the couple. It should be a mutual work. I disagree completely with what it says in the video because it justifies the poor performance and a not so quick evolution at work because of children at home. Nobody is forced to bear children. To have children and requires two people and two to create the future child. In my opinion, to conclude, I think women themselves discriminate against themselves and make themselves victims of the situations before. Jorge Martins 11ºA must be over, so that her children ( and I'm talking about baby children) still get a good education that will determinate their life course. Further, a mother shouldn't be much of a drama queen. She's under pressure all day long, and if her baby does something stupid, the mother should give a sermon. But then she should just let it go, so she can live a normal and not stressed life ! (I had already done this post but it was erased, I don't kow how) Mariana Marques Sometimes it could be difficult to balance both, but the important is to try. Being a mom implies being successful at work, being the queen at home, being the police woman when it is necessary, being the chef in the kitchen, being the support shoulder for everyone around, being the one who supports everything on her shoulders. I totally disagree with Jorge because a mom's pressure is something you, me, all of us can't imagine because we haven't achieved that yet. I'm not talking justof females, but to a dad it is too difficult balancing work and personal time with chidren. We do not discriminate ourselves, my dear, but as you are a man, and their major defect is to act like victims and attack the other side (us). There are some things we say without knowledge and putting ourselves in such situations couldn't be the worst idea.When some of you start having a real life with a job and children you can return to this page and post your own comment, because at this time, by reading your comment, I think you are not mature enough to understand what a real life implies for a mom or a dad. <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ ﻿ <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿Mariana11thA <span style="background-color: #dd0808; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: justify;">I can't really understand why you, Jorge, say that women discriminate against and victimize themselves. While some men really share the household tasks and children's education, there are others who still live in the Stone Age and believe that's the woman's job. I tend to agree with Mariana when she states that "we have to put ourselves in the other person's shoes" to really understand what she's going through. I'm a mom and I do know it's not that easy to balance personal and professional life, especially if you want to be a good mother and a good professional. However, there are women whose lives are much more demanding than mine and I wouldn't like to be the judge of their performance. I also believe that househusbands, for example, have it even much harder. ANA

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">For the first time, I agree with Jorge, most women punish themselves, which makes the situation worse. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">About the "issue of working moms", I don't think you should generalize it. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">I don't think women should have privileges just because they have children, that would generate two problems: there would be women procreating just to have better work conditions and men would require the same treatment. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype',serif;">If it's hard to be, at the same time, a good mother and a good professional, it is equally hard to be, at the same time, a good father and a good professional. Almeida 11ºA <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Women who work and have children to take care of should be more admired than they really are. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">They do everything at the same time, they have time for everything and yet they are happy (some of them). And it's scientifically proven that men can't do two things at once, but women can live their lives, work, take care of her husband, children, being present in thelives of friends ... that's why we are the stronger sex! Cátia B.

Well, the first video posted here is a bit strong as the film we saw at classes but so the reality is. People say that women are getting more stronger and things are changing, it's true but women are still faced as "weak", "powerless" as a men tool this is a completly wrong idea. Women are exactly like Men (or better, obvious :b) have the same rights, the same strenght... Being a woman today can be very dificult, we have to take care of house, children, have to work but as Cátia said women can do 2 things at the same time and that is what make them like a Female Super Man. Rita Pinto

I agree with Cátia saying that we are the stronger sex for being able to multi-task. We can raise children, do our jobs and take care of everything. Jobs nowadays allow women to balance their house-work life, using technologies (for example, some jobs can be done through a computer at home). But it's hard to balance both. Some women rather not having children in order to focus more in their work and some women quit their jobs when they have children to take care of the child. It's the women decision if she wants to be work-oriented, a stay-at-home mom, a work-from-home-mom or to balance both. But nowadays, women have the tools to balance their personal life and work life. Marta Ferreira

<span style="background-color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**SORRY to inform you all folks that the time for your page edits is OVER. If you still want to participate, please use the Discussion Forum**__**.ANA** **<span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">C. TIME NOW FOR A FORMAL DEBATE ON THE MOTION "WOMEN SHOULD TAKE POWER" ** <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**You've got here all the material I gave you in class. Check it out and read also "Work-at-home moms fit the bill" (Sixteen+, pages 152 -153), Follow-up (Sixteen+, pages 158-159)**. <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">  <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Now, in order to practise for your debate in class, watch the following programme POLITICALLY INCORRECT, which was a late-night talk-show by Bill Maher,** **<span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">and enjoy yourself! [] and **<span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">[]  media type="youtube" key="uw9Q6GTEPYw?fs=1" height="189" width="240" <span style="background-color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">and media type="youtube" key="8C-IyOpESeE?fs=1" height="190" width="240"