Papers on Social Issues
Controlling Relationships
Words: 781 - Pages: 3.... and makes them realize they can
survive on their own! Then they can stop trying to change their partner and
simply enjoy them as they are. Unfortunately, both people need to learn from
their loneliness-so they can grow into people who want each other instead of
people who think they need each other.
It is often very hard to end a love relationship even when you know it
is bad for you. A "bad" relationship is not the kind that is going through the
usual periods of disagreement and disenchantment that are inevitable when two
separate people come together. A bad relationship is one that involves
continual frustration; the relationship see .....
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Hollywood's Attack On Religion
Words: 1561 - Pages: 6.... "A Declaration of War," Medved
discusses the facts surrounding the protest which took place on August 11, 1988,
in opposition to the release of the motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ.
MCA/Universal, which funded the Martin Scorsese film, called the protesters a
"know-nothing wacky pack" (38). However, as Medved points out, the protest was
"the largest protest ever mounted against the release of a motion picture" (37)
and included such groups as the National Council of Catholic Bishops, the
Southern Baptist Convention, twenty members of the U.S. House of Representatives
and prominent figures such as Mother Teresa of Calcutta and .....
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Television's Positive Effects On Society
Words: 837 - Pages: 4.... through the television of the latest news,
weather, and information which are important in our daily lives. The television
often acts as an almanac, dictionary, and an eye into the world around us. It
informs us of the most recent happenings around the world within seconds. Such
as the O.J. Simpson trial, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the wars taking place
in the Middle East. Through TV we can be warned about almost anything from a
hurricane approaching to the fact that the stock market is falling. The
television in today's society has become one of our most basic resources for
information. We use the TV as a convenient way to fi .....
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Greed
Words: 1035 - Pages: 4.... barons." These are inaccurate terms for these businessmen. They were not barons because they all started penniless and they were not robbers because they did not take it from anyone else. Vanderbilt got rich by making travel and shipping faster, cheaper, and more luxurious. He built bigger, faster, and more efficient ships. He served food on his ships, which the customers liked is a selfish desire for more than one needs or deserves. can make honest men murderers. It has made countries with rich valuable resources into the poorest countries in the world. We are taught it is bad and not to practice it. But consider a world without , w .....
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Roles For Women In The Military
Words: 1115 - Pages: 5.... the war machine. One could say that without women at the home front, supporting the work force, we wouldn’t have won the war.
The times have changed. It is now 1999, and the “Baby Boomer” generation is beginning to gray, and is looking forward to retirement. The male population heavily dominated this generation of the work force, and even more so, the United States Armed Forces. According to the document, "Report Of The Federal Advisory Committee On Gender-Integrated Training And Related Issues To The Secretary Of Defense,” the percentage of women in the military in 1972 was two percent. It later stated that the percentage of .....
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Male And Female Roles In Society
Words: 386 - Pages: 2.... my society what is appropriate behavior for a woman and my place in society. One realizes that men can exhibit behaviors associated with a dominant role and be praised for it. Ironically, attending a university and receiving an education requires dominant characteristics such as competitiveness, aggressiveness, confidence, etc. Bearing these qualities has served as a hindrance to being accepted by my society. Fortunately, my parents never stuck to the traditional rules for girls. We were taught how to do everything that a boy does, probably because we don't have a brother.
Although I strongly disagree with the role girls and boys are ex .....
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How Can We Tell What Is Good Or Bad?
Words: 577 - Pages: 3.... rather than thinking of the good of others.
This society has found it acceptable for a football superstar to be found with
an illegal drug to depart the judicial system with probation and again to play
football. This is a true example of how people today in our society live their
dreams through celebrities. People idolize immoral sport stars instead of
holding in a higher regard common everyday people, who are God fearing, hard
working, and ethically moral.
While in this society it is hard to tell what is true, it is also hard
when compared with other societies. For example, some European countries have
legalized the use of mild drugs. .....
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Human Behaviours And Society
Words: 441 - Pages: 2.... working, and so on). On the other hand, women are considered as the weaker sex, so they are defined as sentimental, skillful at home cleaning, sensitive, tender and so on. These kinds of characterizations are the social stereotypes that have to be followed by each gender.
Social behaviors are supposed to be due to hormonal responses in human biological functions, but most of the time it doesn’t happen. For example, if a man is in an elegant place with very many people, and suddenly someone attacks him without any reason, the hormonal response will be to act aggressively against that person. In spite of this, the social contest w .....
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The Hong Kong Chinese Community
Words: 700 - Pages: 3.... There is a very common belief
that you should not offend or challenge authority.
People have lost a lot of confidence in politicians because of poor
examples provided by ongoing tensions between Communist China and nationalist
Taiwan. "We have to educate them and tell them politics in North America and
Canada is very different from what they saw of politics in Hong Kong and China."
Dr. Joseph Wong, whose community activism has earned him the Order of
Canada, thinks that despite changes in Chinese attitudes, fear is still an
obstacle towards political evolution. People are not afraid to demand for equal
rights but the s .....
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Views Of Gangs
Words: 417 - Pages: 2.... drugs.
In many gangs to join you have to be jumped in meaning about 30 guys from
the gang come and beat the crap out of you.Or they give you some kind of
test like to kill some rival gang member or rob a bank. Many of the guns
gang buy come from the streets you can usually buy a gun from the back of a
truck for bout 50$.Even old gangs are starting to be reorganized. Also with
each type of gang comes with slang from the gang members countries such as
"ehh vato u messin wid me esse dont u know im loco" .Alot of gang members
are rich from selling drugs and things like that so u always see a big
gangster driven a real nice car. They also have .....
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