Module 1 Unit 1 B

[Angel]

During the video, while doing the questions for the SARS, Were there questions that made you uncomfortable? How did you cope with being uncomfortable?

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[Kim]

There weren’t really any questions in this video that made me uncomfortable. But when I encounter questions that challenge my biases and make me uncomfortable, both ones about sex and about other topics, I do my best to take a step back and examine why. I do my best both to think about why I hold the viewpoint I do, and why someone may hold a viewpoint that differs from mine.

[Jenn W]

While going over the questions in SARS, I didn’t find that any of them made me uncomfortable, but rather I didn’t really know about, or had limited experience. I would require further information to make a more informed decision or opinion.
Growing up in a smaller, fairly close minded community, I have regularly seeked “outside information” on many topics I found to be initially uncomfortable.

[Angel]

I love that you both explored how you DO deal with that type of discomfort. I try, myself, to remember that when I feel defensive, this is often a bias poking me. As a white person I have had to really work on being able, for example, to hear about colonial leanings I myself have, in order to reflect and relearn-but I can’t do that work when I am mired in defensiveness. I try to do the same in my sex education work-to recognize that defensiveness, or shame, is an indication of a residing bias that I have not explored.

[theo]

There wasn’t any questions on the SARS that made me uncomfortable- probably due to being with ASPECC for a while before coming into this course.

When I am uncomfortable, I remind myself that not everyone thinks like me, and I shouldn’t restrict others to my way of thinking.

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