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Pornography: Sex Or Subordination?
Number of Words: 2310 / Number of Pages: 9
... is acting
as the key to unlocking the evil in more unstable minds?
According to Edward Donnerstein, a leading researcher in the pornography
field, “the relationship between sexually violent images in the media and
subsequent aggression and . . . callous attitudes towards women is mush stronger
statistically than the relationship between smoking and cancer” (Itzin 22).
After considering the increase in rape and molestation, sexual harassment, and
other sex crimes over the last few decades, and also the corresponding increase
of business in the pornography industry, the link between violence and
p ...
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Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness
Number of Words: 1348 / Number of Pages: 5
... OF GANG ASSOCIATION
Parents should be aware of behavior changes in their children. Such changes
include; a decline in grades, truancy, graffiti in the youth's room, on school
folders or on clothes, wearing of certain style or color of clothes, breaking of
curfew, change in friends, drug and/or alcohol use, or possession of money or
items that a parent cannot explain. Involvement of your child with a group of
their friends in delinquent or criminal behavior may be another sign. Some gang
members devise hand signals to communicate with other gang members. Use of such
signals should alert p ...
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RACISM TODAY
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... (Piazza 78). "Racism is still strongly
prevalent in today's society" (Gudorf 3).
The three different basic forms of racism, open racism, violent
racism, and covert racism all express forms of hatred towards distinct
ethnic groups (Bender 47). These basic forms of racism, although
different in form, all have the same main purpose, to promote racism. Open
racism expresses freedom of racial thought and speech. Open racists
promote their views through strictly persuasionary tactics. This form of
racism is allowed in our society because of the First Amendment. Open
racism is currently almo ...
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Reducing Gun Violence
Number of Words: 2036 / Number of Pages: 8
... motor vehicles outpace guns as a cause of fatal injury, and guns will pass them by 2003 (Violence Policy Center).
Their are many different methods in , such as federal gun control laws, increasing penalties for gun-related crimes, banning handguns, on the television, and different types of gun safety practices.
Today there are 20,000 different types of gun control laws in existence, (Bender 197) ranging from those enacted by municipalities and states, to those enacted by the federal government. Some individuals opposed to gun control point to this fact, and assert that gun control is a failur ...
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Two Kinds Of People On Campus: Party Animal And The Sober Guy
Number of Words: 315 / Number of Pages: 2
... is usually a popular guy. People are always saying hi to
him or waving to him on campus. Most of the time he doesn't even remember who
they are. The sober guy goes to class and that's it. He usually has the business
before pleasure attitude. Once finished with the days studies he will then hang
out with his friends.
These are just two stereotypes of people on campus. They are almost
exact opposites. The party animal doesn't avoid trouble, has poor study habits,
and is very social. While the sober guy has excellent grades, stays away from
trouble, and isn't as social. ...
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The Subject Of Equality And Justification Of Social Hierarchy
Number of Words: 1413 / Number of Pages: 6
... “all men are created equal.”
Although some people truly felt that this nation must have a social hierarchy in order to stay competitive with foreign powers, in the nineteenth century many people began to express their concern that minorities and women weren’t allow to participate in the American Dream. Was it really possible for this nation to practice the belief that “all men are created equal?” Could society adapt? It would probably take generations. Its a slow process to eliminate old ideas and believes that have been engraved into our society for centuries.
In the time of slavery, many slaveho ...
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More Freedom Or Safety -- What Would You Choose?
Number of Words: 589 / Number of Pages: 3
... or
weapons by a student in a school is in no way in keeping with that idea.
Additionally, many students probably are incapable of properly using a gun
and that makes it even more dangerous for them to have one. Even though
Bishop Eustace does not have metal detectors nor are the students searched
when they enter a building, I think that if this is what would be necessary
to ensure the safety of the community, it should be done with no arguments.
If a student does not want a teacher to see what they are bringing to
school, then it most likely doesn’t belong on school property.
I feel that I al ...
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Personal Freedoms
Number of Words: 356 / Number of Pages: 2
... to get a good education. Some of these things are so important that there is laws to enforce them. Like school for instance, you are legally required to attend regular classes until the age of sixteen.
There are some freedoms that we are entitled to but that are violated by others. Take your right to safely walk down the street for example, in some neighbourhoods that is virtually out of the question.
I feel that the freedom to live where I want, go to the school of my choice, wear the clothes I want to, style my hair how I wish, marry who I want, have as many kids as I want, ( as long as I can suppo ...
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Transcendentalism
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... was to become one with the way of the woods, streams, ponds, and animals. Thoreau was also indicative of Emerson's success as a transcendental writer, because they lived together in the same house and shared similar ideas and beliefs. Along with the influence of Thoreau, Emerson was further affected by the writings of William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge in their book Lyrical Ballads. Emerson's poems reflect the images of the oversoul and harmony of man and nature. Unlike the previous poets, William Cullen Bryant was his own creator. Born in a rural area, Bryant had a deep interest in nature a ...
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Prejudice
Number of Words: 1374 / Number of Pages: 5
... as people are still here, it's impossible.
One way that America tried to stop was an act called Affirmative Action. Not only did it not work, but also it is a form of all by itself. Affirmative Action is a quota for job employment and also for school acceptance, especially the acceptance in to colleges. It states that a certain amount of people from each race can be allowed into a school. It also states that employers have to hire a certain number of people from different races. Affirmative Action is so ; I don't know how it even was thought of. First of all, Affirmative Action discriminates a ...
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