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Linguistic Bias
Number of Words: 509 / Number of Pages: 2
... of society to see words such as "chairman, alderman etc..." not as a malicious attack upon woman, but as non-sexist, non-biased terms. "English language is alive and constantly changing"(Gelder). One only has to read out loud sentences from the 19th century to sense the shifts that have occurred in the last 150 years. When readers pick up something to read, they expect different formalities depending on the time in which the material was written. We are even beginning to see people who are scrutinizing the Bible.
While many United Church members are singing the praises of their Church ...
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Genocide
Number of Words: 1127 / Number of Pages: 5
... were
smashed, and thousands of Jews were arrested. This "Night of Broken Glass"
(Kristallnacht) was a signal to Jews in Germany and Austria to leave as soon as
possible. Several hundred thousand people were able to find refuge in other
countries, but a nearly equal number, including many who were old or poor,
stayed to face an uncertain destiny.
When war began in September 1939, the German army occupied the western
half of Poland and added almost 2 million Jews to the German power sphere.
Limitations placed on Polish Jewry were much worse than those in Germany. The
Polish Jews were forced to move i ...
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Television Violence And Its Effects On Children
Number of Words: 1097 / Number of Pages: 4
... affected by television violence. The overall
purpose of her study is to research the effect this violence has on boys'
aggression. Special emphasis is placed on factors such as teacher-rated
characteristic aggressiveness in the boys, timing of frustration (before or
after watching the televised violence, and violence related cues.
Josephson's study is detailed and technical. However, sometimes it
gets very difficult to understand the study due to the many advanced,
technical terms used. The purpose of the study is somewhat easy to
determine, and the three hypotheses on which she bases her resear ...
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The Wild Life: Single And Married Couples
Number of Words: 758 / Number of Pages: 3
... the air. They have no idea what day it is
much less if they have plans for the next weekend. Married people operate
on plans. They have such a full life a schedule is necessary to fit
everything in. A couple of weeks ago I ran into an old friend, an old yet
single friend. We talked for a while, reminiscing about high school and
past boyfriends, and decided we had to get together some time soon. She
and I tried to set a lunch date, or even a dinner date. After I offered
several possible days and times she concluded that she would have to get
back with me. She had no idea what plans she had already made ...
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Sexual Harrassment: We Need To Take Action
Number of Words: 1439 / Number of Pages: 6
... inquiries. Companies should create and publicize a forceful policy against sexual harassment. Companies must act before a problem occurs. The EEOC encourages employers to "take all steps necessary to prevent sexual harassment from occurring, such as affirmatively raising the subject, expressing strong disapproval, developing appropriate sanctions, informing employees of their right to raise, and how to raise, the issue of harassment under Title VII, and developing methods to sensitize all concerned. (www.uakron.edu/lawrev/robert1.html)." First, companies need a comprehensive, detailed written pol ...
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Women's Rights In Afghanistan, China And Iran
Number of Words: 2404 / Number of Pages: 9
... persist between women’s legal rights and their economic status. Women today constitute nearly 10 percent of the worlds poor, despite international efforts to compensate women and men equally in the workplace (Bender 69). While women made up about 32 percent of the worlds labor force in 1990, the percentage of women in positions to make important decisions was far lower (Bender 69). In the mid-1990’s, women held only 8 percent of top managerial positions in the U.S. corporations (Bender 69). Women comprised only 1 percent of executives in the 1000 largest corporations outside the United States (Bend ...
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Sexual Discrimination
Number of Words: 1134 / Number of Pages: 5
... of the economy and men's unequal responsibility to succeed in the workplace, to prove their worth by making money; and men's confusion over what it means to be a man today.
There are many stereotypes about men and women that are heard every day. The most common, however, is how men are considered jerks. That is one of the most popular ideas in our society today. Women have come to accept this idea as an excuse or answer to their problems with the opposite sex. How do they get this idea? It is unknowingly slipped into women's subconscious by a variety of forces. One of the strongest forces, however, ...
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Equality
Number of Words: 1244 / Number of Pages: 5
... fact that men were more accepting of the idea that women
belonged in the work place, but rather men were drown to the higher paying and
more socially appreciated managerial jobs brought on by the industrial
revolution. School boards did not mind these talented leaving because they
could higher a "less qualified women" for as low as one fifth of males salary
for the same job.
Susan B. Anthony was the first women to publicly speak out against this
gross injustice towards women. After being fired to "replace a male teacher
fired for incompetence,she was paid one third of the salary he had
received, ...
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Cosmetic Testing On Animals
Number of Words: 716 / Number of Pages: 3
... during the tests. After
placing the subezce into the rabbits eyes, lab technicians record the
damage to the eye tissue at specific intervals over an average period of
72 hours. The tests sometimes last seven to eighteen days. Reactions to
the subezces include swollen eyelids, ulceration, bleeding, swollen irises
massive deterioration, and blindness. During the tests, rabbits eyelids
are usually held open with clips, because of this, many animals try to
break their necks as they try to escape.
Acute toxicity tests, commonly called lethal dose or poisoning
tests, determine the amount of ...
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Teens And The Price They Pay To Look Good
Number of Words: 635 / Number of Pages: 3
... two to three times the amount of UV light that reaches the earth outdoors. UV light has been linked to serious cases of malignant melanoma, and even to the weakening of the immune system.
I understand that people like to look nice and want to improve their looks, but there are safer ways than these tanning machines. The average 15-30 minutes spent in a tanning bed equates to an entire day spent at the beach. "If the tan color is that important to a person," Dr. Siegle suggests the "tan-in-a-bottle products it stains the skin without damaging it".
The question I ask is; why do today's teens worry so ...
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