Papers on Social Issues
Female Discrimination At The Citadel
Words: 772 - Pages: 3.... ruling. This ruling declared the all male admission policy, at the state supported Citadel, was unconstitutional. The battle against coeducation began in 1993, when the school mistakenly accepted Shannon Faulkner; thinking she was male. The war was waged so fiercely, and with such ill will, that when Faulkner withdrew after less than a week, the victorious screams of the other cadets was shown on national television.
Why is it that these male cadets and their leaders are so against the integration of females in the school. According to Bem Sex Role Inventory, people perceive some characteristics as more masculine than feminine and some .....
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False Advertising
Words: 1110 - Pages: 5.... together perhaps holding hands are advertisements that are purely fantasy , as a situation in which both races have created a place of security, and equality for the sole purpose of media.
However, I see it differently I feel that advertisements both in magazines and on television there is no such underlying messages. Perhaps in Demott's generation it was normal to crucify and analyze interracial relationships. My generation is different because interracial relationships are of the norm and there is more of a chance to find someone who believes there is nothing wrong with them then to find someone who does. Only those of Demotts' generat .....
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Loving In Truth: Creating A Society Of Living In Harmony In The 21st Century
Words: 487 - Pages: 2.... programs are aimed at alleviating
symptoms rather than correcting the cause of the problems. More prisons, more
policemen, gun control, the FBI, and V-chips to block violent programs on TV
will never stop crime and violence. When we devote time, money and effort toward
problems and symptoms -- without correcting the cause -- the problems and
symptoms grow and spread like creeping crab grass.
But as an individual, what can one do? The answer is simple. All one has
to do is love. Love is the solution to all of the social problems in our society.
Adequate love will eliminate evil, crime, violence, mental suffering, the
suffering of innocent c .....
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The Prevalent Issues Of Surrogate Parenting
Words: 1766 - Pages: 7.... parenting is attracting wide spread attention as a
viable alternative for infertile couples intent on having a child. Contract
surrogacy is officially little more than ten years old, although surrogate
mothering is a practice that has been known since biblical times. In 1986 alone
500 babies had been born to mothers who gave them up to sperm donor fathers for
a fee, and the practice is growing rapidly.
For this reason there are many questions and doubts that arise from this
subject. Often there are many legal difficulties that come about with surrogate
parenting. In some states the contracts that insure the infertile couple the
baby of .....
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Marriage In Japan
Words: 490 - Pages: 2.... laundry, and many other things. Takeo Doi explains it with the term of amae that means the seeking or causing of oneself to be loved, nurtured, and indulged. He says it is an active attempt to make oneself into a passive love object. One reason why a man continues depending on someone else is that he has been witnessed what his parents have been done and now he considers himself as a head of his own family. In case of woman, it is difficult to keep her job after the marriage, because she needs to take care of her child, which is considered to be a wife¡¯s job. She has to do everything else except making money for the family, which make .....
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Underage Drinking: A Problem For Society
Words: 1125 - Pages: 5.... social, health, and economic consequences. It is a major factor in crime, violence, mental-health problems, and injuries including both those that are fatal and non-fatal. Unfortunately, these are problems that all of society will have to deal with.
There are a number of reasons why teenagers feel the urge to drink. Social environment, peer influence, stress, and even factors such as media influence contribute to underage drinking. “Researchers have found that peer influence, a more subtle form of peer pressure, can be a powerful predictor of alcohol use among teens.” (Mitchell, 27) Americans have a burning desire to be accepted .....
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Racism
Words: 646 - Pages: 3.... by example, will continue this trend (The Volume Library; 1988).
The Ku Klux Klan has been around since the end of the civil war. It is
a roller coaster of a history. From extreme power, to rapid decline, and
slow reemergence (Software Toolworks Encyclopedia; 1992). The clan, who is
notorious for its violence, has a relatively innocent beginning. It was
formed from some veterans from the confederate army and was first called
the Kuklos Clan which, in Greek, meant Circle Clan. One person thought it
would be a good idea to call it the "Ku Klux Klan" as a parody of the
fraternity names which always had three Greek alphabet letters in it. Th .....
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Gender Inbalances In School
Words: 492 - Pages: 2.... not promote women in these fields. It may have changed since then, but today’s females have either no interest in these fields or are not capable of entering them. I know that they (females) can do the work but there may be glass walls preventing them from entering.
I don’t believe that it is a “fruitless” effort to engage in a way that would promote women in these fields. Since I have been in college I have change my major 3 times. Most of my friends have also. So it is not the case that women have made up their mind by the time that they enter college and it can’t be changed. It may not be the individual teacher’s respons .....
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Women In Combat
Words: 642 - Pages: 3.... field agreed. The Gulf War had the largest deployment of women in the
armed forces in history. These women encountered the same risks as the men they
served with.
In the Persian Gulf, there were no exact positions and all areas were
equally vulnerable, so the idea of safe havens for women was not really
applicable. By many armed forces policies, females are banned from combat jobs
and units, but in the Persian Gulf War females were assigned to battleships,
aircraft carriers, and marine support groups dug into the desert. From their
experience in the Persian Gulf, military women have earned the right to be
treated as equals with men an .....
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Mothers In The Workplace
Words: 1752 - Pages: 7.... raising a child
is the best choice for a mother. Mothers who work, have less problems.
For one this means there are two incomes in the family and it also helps
with the pride of the mother. Another issue faced is the way a mother may
feel about a child going to a child care, in the long run she knows it is
the best. Mothers can find guidance if they are not able to find the steps
of how to deal with continuing to work. Mothers also know how important it
is, even if they work, to show love and want to be around their child(ren).
When a couple are trying to raise a family, it is much easier when
there are two incomes. This way th .....
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