Blog 13

He says there are four classes of idols. He says that idols distract us, and that they interfere with the ability to see the truth. This is true because idols make us see them as what we want them to be like. What he says after all this is sort of confusing because he lists four types. I thought an idol could only be of a figure form.
I don't think any just one idol should be perceived as better as another one. Idols of the cave are about individual experience. Idols of marketplace are caused by imprecision of language. Idols of Theater are misinterpretations of philosophies. The idol of tribe is about  human perspective and learning. The one that is more likely to prevent the acquisition of true knowledge is idols of the cave.They are based on experiences that we have and it changes the way we look at them.
Social intercourse is with marketplace, and idols of tribe. The marketplace one is the impression of language. Words can be used in the wrong ways and people can interpret different things and you get wrong information. The idols of the tribe are human misconception. Individual reflection are the ones of cave and theater. The cave is about personal reflection on the experiences we have had in our life. Theater is the minds perspective on what we find on observations and our opinions.
The phrase the survival of the fittest means whoever has the mindset made to survive, and people that are the best fit to live. People either inhabit what they need to live or they die out. The selection is what species need to stay on Earth or die out. For example, if there are green bugs and red bugs and an animal want the red bugs than the green one's will eventually not be needed.
The animals with the better qualities are more likely to be passed down with the offspring of the animals. Only the desirable traits that are good for the animals should stay. Features that aren't as important are dominated by chance. Like for example color of an animal is something genetically related to the parents, and is not chance. Chance is like how big a nose is, how long a tail is. The efficiently of the genetic traits is more than chance.
Cloning will affect natural selection because what if humans don't know the right traits the animals will eventually need to survive. The natural selection replaces things as they are needed in a span of many many years. Cloning is not a good idea for this theory.
The more medicine that is out there the least likely the fittest selection will happen. If we can  keep making medicine to help problems then the fittest don't just survive everyone does. These bad traits will keep getting passed on because there are ways to cope with it. Instead of the natural way of getting rid of people, they will continue to survive.

Blog 11

Women were treated bad. They were beaten. They didn't get to write literature because of the way they were treated. No one in the times seen women as people who could do anything. Today has changed so much.
Talented women could not show of their talent back in these ages. They didn't get to be artists. Some men tried to stand up for women but were quickly shot down. Over the ages women began to get rights because they are just as valuable in society as men. 
She states that all the traits could basically be the same for both sexes. That personality types are not based on just that.Cultures differentiate the sexes in multiple ways, including labor, dress, manners, and social and religious functioning. 
The restriction of opportunities for both sexes make the people frustrated and they feel like they can't conform to society. It can lead to societies that are very narrow.
People get judged in our society if they don't conform to the norms of their sex. We see this first hand everywhere. If you act feminine and you're a male you get called gay. 
We should be concerned about this because we need change in our country. We don't lack any thing that other societies do. We should try to help the primitive places though because they are narrow.