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Working Mothers
Number of Words: 1143 / Number of Pages: 5
... interest
in life because they are in the thick of it. They are living life to the
fullest. This model is the one that is constantly referred to as “bad” because
it paints the woman as someone who does not really care about the effect of
working will have on the baby. In fact, most of these mothers have made this
choice with painstaking care. They are constantly feeling what everyone is
thinking, and this in turn causes undue stress on these mothers. The other model
of the working mom is the one most people think of when discussing working
mothers. This model is one of a woman having too many dem ...
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Sex: The Ultimate Zen
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... in men, but most men still feel it, even though it might not be as strong as the woman’s feelings. This sense of attachment will turn into abandonment if one partner does not speak to or see the other again. By detaching emotion from the entire act, this feeling of abandonment will never be felt. Sex does not always have to be between a couple either. It could just be between friends. For example: Instead of going to a movie together, two people could stay in and fornicate. This is where the whole friends-with-benefits idea comes from. They do not need to be with each other all the time and do ...
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"Does The Military Continue To Have Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Against Women In The 90's?"
Number of Words: 1495 / Number of Pages: 6
... the women. Women have been viewed as outsiders in
a male environment. Discrimination and harassment occurs for women because we
are entering an all male dominated area. Some areas are still restricted
because of it. For example: serving in direct combat capacities such as armor,
infantry, and special forces--branches from which much of the senior leadership
is drawn. “In 1994, the annual Navywide Personnel Survey included questions on
women's role for the first time. Some 65 percent of officers and almost 50
percent of enlisted respondents said they did not think women were fully
accepted in comba ...
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The Hippie Culture
Number of Words: 1174 / Number of Pages: 5
... opened the minds of the youth; a new drug known as LSD came into existence: Depending on who was doing the talking, [LSD] is an intellectual tool to explore psychic ‘inner space,’ a new source of kicks for thrill seekers, the sacramental substance of a far-out mystical movement- or the latest and most frightening addiction to the list of mind drugs now available in the pill society being fashioned by pharmacology (Clark 59). With politicians and law enforcement officers looking on the drug as a danger to society, many expert chemists “set up underground laboratories and fabricated potent and pure LS ...
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Women In The Labour Force
Number of Words: 1044 / Number of Pages: 4
... there is a drop in female economic activity, the reason why is it affects their marriage and the care of their only child. An observation of labour force participation rates in Canada show that female rates rose a lot between 1971 and 1981, while the male rate rose unnoticeably. The increase in the female participation rate was found in all age groups except in older women. For women aged 15 to 19 the rate was as almost as high as the men. But the largest increase was in the age group of 25-44 years old, where the rate rose almost 50 percent. This meant that the participation rates of the females ha ...
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The Problems Of Affirmative Action
Number of Words: 592 / Number of Pages: 3
... Thus, many more deserving majority Americans were denied jobs and acceptance to college because the quota had to be met.
Affirmative Action promotes the hiring of less skilled workers, thus creating reverse discrimination. It upsets employers, forcing them to choose the best employee from a limited pool of minorities, not just simply the best employee. This creates a hostile environment where the employer is not satisfied with his choice, and where the peers of the employee look down upon him. All of these affect the moral of the workers and new employee, sewing new seeds of racism, when racism is w ...
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Notes: Americanization Or Candaisnism?
Number of Words: 945 / Number of Pages: 4
... new American films and media in Canada. -Canadian
resistors made a law to migrate any person that was
interfearing with the Canadian opinions and that tried to shape
it. -The group of Seven showed a distinctive American culture. -Groulx
fought children of Quebec cinemas to stop the influence
of American movies on them. He tried also to censor American
imported books and magazines.
GROWTH AND DISCONTENT
-The munnition boards were shut down causing lots of workers to
hunt for jobs. -The labour were not paid well and the veterans wanted
their $2000
bonus. -Employers ha ...
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The First Date
Number of Words: 567 / Number of Pages: 3
... will know that he could possibly be someone that I have been looking for. A man must also open doors for me. Opening doors, sliding out chairs, and paying for the meal shows that a man is a gentleman.
From the information I have gathered, wearing sexy clothes, acting natural, and not talking about ex-boyfriends are a few expectations that men have of women. Something that is very important to the men I surveyed is acting natural and having a pleasant attitude. Most men do no seek out that special someone and are out to have a good time and see where it leads from there.
The location of is perhaps ...
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Teens And Sex
Number of Words: 911 / Number of Pages: 4
... transmitted diseases, and H.I.V. infection. If a student
was at a party and decided, on the spur of the moment, to engage in sexual
intercourse, then it is more likely that they have a condom if schools
distributed them. This sounds good in theory, but will it really work? If
schools distribute condoms, shouldn't they also teach the students how to use
them and teach them a little about sex (sex education in schools, another
controversial topic)?
The world certainly needs to try to decrease teenage pregnancies, STD's,
and H.I.V. infection. In an article from the New York Times, the ...
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Public School Issues
Number of Words: 548 / Number of Pages: 2
... have opposing views. Many see the program as divisive and even ”anti-American” because it encourages students to find their ethnic identity instead of trying to identify with a united American culture. It is also a common belief that a “alternative” cultural education would impede the progress of the basic learning skills that were the backbone of the educational process.
I strongly believe multicultural education and its evolutionary reform is a necessity in our educational systems--especially because of our global expansion. As I researched numerous sites on the Internet, I found many sources to ...
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