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are not honored or considered brave. However, as soon as Caitlyn Jenner comes out
that she is transgender; the whole world labels her brave and an inspiration,
although she has not made any contributions to society, nothing that should be
considered brave.
But on the contrary, Caitlyn Jenner could be considered brave as she had to do all
this in the public eye. She had to overcome all of the negative views of family, the
media and the world, and decide to make this life changing decision. She could
either stay she was, or make the decision to be happy.
This also brings up the question 'is this whole ordeal a publicity scandal?
I do not believe that he would make such a serious life decision for publicity, but
many people believe that this was done in order to acquire fame and publicity. They
believe that he wanted to be in the public eye and did something drastic in order to
do so. Many people are generally unhappy and against what Caitlyn Jenner is doing.
A petition has been recently started to revoke Caitlyn Jenners gold medal. There
are over 15000 supporters of this petition. I quote Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is)
claims that she has always believed herself to be truly female, and therefore, was in
violation of committee rules regarding women competing in men's sports and vice
versa. The Olympic committee has now said that they will not be revoking this
medal. I believe that this is correct as he won this medal for his country, and had
nothing to do with his current transgender life change.
Many years ago, honor and bravery had a strict dictionary meaning and that
meaning was accepted by all. For people to be considered honorable, they had to
make a huge contribution to society, and these people were often respected by all.
Intelligence and bravery were what was respected the most.
But in our current age, honor has been stretched. I do believe that people do
deserve to be honored, but I believe that honor and respect should not be so easily
given. Honor is not about one self, honor is selfless.
In todays society, the words bravery and honor has so many broad interpretations.
Each person is raised with a different meaning of these words. So I leave it to you 'is
Caitlyn Jenner really brave and honorable?
brave as she had to do all this in the public eye. She had
to overcome all of the negative views of family, the media
and the world, and decide to make this life changing
decision. She could either stay she was, or make the
decision to be happy.
This also brings up the question 'is this whole ordeal a
publicity scandal?
I do not believe that he would make such a serious life
decision for publicity, but many people believe that this
was done in order to acquire fame and publicity. They
believe that he wanted to be in the public eye and did
something drastic in order to do so. Many people are
generally unhappy and against what Caitlyn Jenner is
doing.
References:
Unknown (29 June 2015) Noah Galloway is not runner up. www.eonline.org .
24 July 2015