First Field Studies

On February 2^nd, I had my first two field studies. Field studies are chances for our classes to go to a business, organization, or something else that will pertain to the subject of our class. 

My first field study was for my Gender and Sexuality class. Our class went to the NGO Sex& Samfund, which would be similar to Plan Parenthood. Our lecture was from 9am-11am. We started our session off with little ice breakers. We did one game where you would say something about ourselves and if it applies to anyone else they had to step forward in the circle. Another ice breaker we played was we had to say something, a lie or the truth, and everyone had to decide if it was the truth or a lie. My lie was I never drank pop, and everyone was like oh that has to be a lie. When I said it was the truth, they were shocked. After we played some ice breakers we learned about sex education in Denmark. While Denmark is a lot more open about sex than the US and starts sex education early, most teachers and students feel the sex education here isn’t that great. After talking for a little, we played a game where we ranked what we thought was important in sexuality. Another game we played was we had to sit in a seat and our presenter would read something off relating to sexuality. We had to switch seats if we agreed with the statement.  Overall the field study was interesting. It was nice to hear about what is sex education is like in Denmark compared to the US. Denmark is more about giving you the right information and knowledge about sex whereas the US is more about trying to convince you not to have it by scaring you with diseases. 

Side Note: While being in Denmark, I have noticed how much Denmark isn’t afraid to show sexuality. Recently in class we discussed porn and how many teenagers, starting at like 15, have experiences with porn. Some teenagers will even have porn viewing parties with their friends. Porn can be purchased in 7-Elevens, porn stores, and many other places. Newspapers have page 9 girls, which are girls in very limited clothing telling about themselves, and sometimes topless women on the front page. There are even sex bars where people go to naked and just have sex all over the place.

My second field study was for my European Business Strategy class.  We went to the clothing company IC Company. Our presenters told us about the history of the company. The company has 11 brands under its name and most of them are middle ranged priced. At the presentation they told us about the company and the strategy they use to maintain their business. Some of the things the company is doing to maintain its business is focusing on its core competencies, and moving production to China. After the presentation I have seen several of their brands around Copenhagen.