So, I was doing some thinking today:

I love sociology. It absolutely fascinates me, and I can't figure out exactly why. But it is something that I would spend my free time reading about, I think. I think it is because people as a group act differently than people as individuals... and the group processes are intriguing to me.

I also really really have enjoyed studying gender inequalities this quarter, and have realized that they are not totally one-sided, but that men have issues in which they are repressed. It makes me wonder if it could ever be different, if men and women could ever coexist in a truly egalitarian society. Are the gender stereotypes too deeply ingrained in our culture? Or *could* they be changed?

And should they? I am wondering where the Biblical model of femininity balances in here, because I value that over anything else that I could learn about society. It seems for the most part that the Bible includes feminism (in a sense. Not in the sense that probably most people would think of... but if feminism is defined as just the pursuit of women being esteemed as highly as men...), just as I think it could support a communist society among Christians if we weren't all fallen and sinful. But the tie-up comes when you believe that feminism is a pursuit of equal opportunities for women with men... and obviously the Bible doesn't support that as far as roles within the home, roles within the church.. etc.
Hmm... just a few thoughts bouncing through my head.

I am done with classes for the year, and have only finals left! Praise God! What a year this has been, and not an easy one in the least, but a good one all-around. I am ready and looking forward to new adventures for the summer and for fall.

Life is full of adventures. :)