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The Causes For Child Abuse
Number of Words: 1844 / Number of Pages: 7
... and deserve attention, physical abuse is the only one
that is going to be addressed.
There are many causes for child abuse. The most common are
isolation, generation gap. immaturity, and alcoholism. Immaturity,
unfortunately is the culprit of many child abuse cases today. Children
suffer abuse because their parents/guardians are too young to cope with all
the responsibilities and problems that go with being a parent (Dolan 18).
If a young person doesn’t have the experience and hasn’t learned enough
about raising a child, then there is no way that the parent could possibly
understand the child ...
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What Is Friendship?
Number of Words: 362 / Number of Pages: 2
... a girl’s relationship with her best friend is one of vital importance to her. It is a known fact that women live longer and deal with stress better due to talking about their problems rather than acting impulsively like men. Bonds with a girl’s confidant are very strong and are hardly breakable.
Honestly, a boy’s relationship with his cronies mystifies me. I believe they have the same relationship as girls do, but with less emotional, in-depth discussions. Males experience problems in their teenage years and often deal with them poorly. This is because they often lack the best friend they can talk to n ...
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Medical Testing On Animals
Number of Words: 840 / Number of Pages: 4
... of animals
in laboratory experiments. They also emphasize that animal research holds
the key for solutions to AIDS, cancer, heart disease, aging and congenital
defects. Lastly they insist that, the result of these experiments has been
the elimination or control of many infectious diseases. This has meant a
longer, healthier , better life with much less pain and suffering. For
many patients, it has meant life it self.
However, there should be other means of research because the whole
process of animal research remains cruel and inhumane. Animal rights
activists have gathered much information ...
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An Anaysis Of Sexism Against The Female In Athletics
Number of Words: 2016 / Number of Pages: 8
... participating in college sports has jumped up considerable since the law was enacted twenty-five years ago. But the world changes slowly. U.S.A. Today surveyed 303 Division I schools to see where Title IX has taken us in it twenty-five years and found that men still get most of the money. Taken together, the results are like a “good new, bad news” joke. The good news: the number of female athletes has increased 22% since 1992. The bad: for every one-dollar spent on woman’s colleges sports three dollars is spent on men’s. Female athletes get just 38% of the scholarship money, 27% of recruiting ...
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Prostitution
Number of Words: 1529 / Number of Pages: 6
... to the taxpayer exceeds
$7.6 million annually.1
The San Francisco Task Force is a group of researchers, police officers,
members of the San Francisco community, government officials and
prostitutes, who frequently meet to discuss the issues of prostitution and
to try to come to some solution. Although they may not always agree, two
issues they are in agreement about are that the $7.6 million dollars would
be better spent elsewhere and that prostitution should be legalized..
Robert Noce of Manitoba city council wants reform of the Canadian Justice
System and he would like to see prostitution bec ...
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Communication With Teenagers
Number of Words: 1925 / Number of Pages: 7
... a few years and
at least five inches shorter than her. The brother is eyeing the sister
now and at times glancing at the television. The sister wears a frown as
she sits down and the brother has a blank, half-smiling, almost mocking
look upon his face as he stares at the sister.
The sister’s tone of voice is sarcastic and she appears to be
irritated simply by his presence. He begins to talk to her from the chair
across the room. “You didn’t do your dishes!” he declares, loud enough for
their parents to hear.
Bluntly she replies, “So?”
He rolls his eyes in response and then asks if she wants the o ...
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“Images Of Law Enforcement In The Toilet”
Number of Words: 1097 / Number of Pages: 4
... use good judgement. There are times when they do exert unnecessary force, and in those cases they should be subject to the full penalty of the law. However, “only one of the previous eighty-four coroners inquests in Clark County has found an officer negligent in the killing of a suspect” (Puit 1999).
One example of an officer using unnecessary deadly force is in the case of Officer Mortensen and Officer Brady. In this case the two police officers were off duty, however, it still shows that an abuse of power came into play. Brady admits that after a night of heavy drinking, the two decided to haras ...
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What Is Wealth
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... and
influence. With knowledge one can do these things. Wealth is not taking
things for granted. In many ways knowledge can help you achieve success. With
knowledge one can look into the past and see the mistakes that others have made.
The person with knowledge will not repeat these mistakes. Knowledge can help
one make the right choices in life. If one can make the right choices in life
and live a good life then they can truly have wealth.
Wealth is not the ability to take everything for granted. Wealth is not
greed and malice towards others. People sometimes put so much stress on wealth. ...
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Prostitution: A Victimless Crime?
Number of Words: 700 / Number of Pages: 3
... as crimes go prostitution is a victimless crime, but others would say that it is a matter of public safety and disease control. Would harsher laws end prostitution or result in a lot of persons getting their car impounded? Regardless as to what effects harsher laws will have on prostitution, new laws are still being tried out in several sates in America. Advocates for legalization say that harsher laws have to be enforced and that cost money. One Los Angeles official estimated that prostitution enforcement was costing the city more than 100 million dollars a year. Still the trend in America seems ...
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College Fraternities
Number of Words: 710 / Number of Pages: 3
... 1937:24) Throughout the nineteenth century many new fraternities were
founded, but none of these were permanent. By the end of the nineteenth century
there were over thirty general fraternities in the country.
Today's fraternities still have the characteristics of past fraternities.
These characteristics include "a ritual, oaths of fidelity, a grip, a motto, a
badge , friendship and comradeship (Klepper 1937:56) . During membership one
must learn leadership skills. For this reason fraternities embrace these
offices held by members: President, Vice-president, Treasurer, Scribe, etc.
S ...
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