week 5 response to nicholas

I find it very interesting that you point out that it was all something extraordinary for someONE to sail around the world at the young age of 16 however gender eventually became a topic. Because she is a girl, there are far more associations with negativity and danger as \i would expect the media to rather have with a boy. It is hard to say because this is not the case however as you mentioned, I agree with you in saying that she should be respected for her success thus far and not becuase she is a female who should not be out late and what not. I have one other sibling, a sister, and my father was always saying when we were growing up that it was unsafe for us to go out by ourselves or that we should respect our curfew more so than if he had ad sons! Unfortunately, I agree in thinking that it is somewhat less safe for girls to be alone especially in cities and at night rather than boys however, \i feel as though society projects that boys in general are to be trusted more on their own and to take care of dangerous situations over girls.