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Anomalies Are Not Always Wrong

... meaning an actual operation, occurred when a Danish man named George Jorgensen was surgically castrated to make him "feel" more like a woman. He also got his name changed to Christine Jorgensen. By using these accounts, it can be understood that these are not "new" fads, but true dilemmas that have their own history. Transsexualism and transvestism are variations from society's views of "normal" sexual behavior. These variations of the norm are explained as being disorders and are almost exclusively found in men. Transvestism is the activity ...

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Slavery

... all ages and sexes. Women usually worked in the homes, cooking and cleaning, whereas men were sent out into the plantations to farm. Young girls would usually help in the house also and young boys would help in the farm by bailing hay and loading wagons with crops. Since trying to capture the native Indians, the Arawaks and Caribs, failed (Small-Pox had killed them), the Europeans said out to capture African slaves. They were shipped from Africa by the Europeans in what was called The Triangular Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This was an ...

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America And The Camel

... has changed over this time period. The first advertisement is from 1934 and is a baseball ad featuring Lou Gherig and his love for Camel cigarettes. This ad is a perfect example of how life was in 1934. First, during the beginning of the century baseball was bigger than it had ever been, including today. Baseball was seen as a growing source of entertainment. According to the book This Fabulous Century the most important new influence to baseball was the television. By as late as the end of the next decade the Cleveland Indians drew ove ...

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The Art Of Reasoning

... to have encouraging and pleasing beliefs, so we undertake inquiry to eradicate this doubt. Peirce thinks that there are four essential methods for fixing our beliefs, and they are: 1. Method of Tenacity If all we need is a settled opinion, then why don't we just pick an answer that we like and just stick with it? This way of fixating belief is impossible, as we would have to live like hermits. Living in a social setting, our beliefs would be challenged by those that we interact with in our daily lives. 2. Method of Authority Once the s ...

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Stereotyping Of Teenagers

... teenage girl, be accepted? One would think that if we can accept the poor, disabled, foreign, and homeless people regardless of race, religion, or gender; accepting a person who just chooses to dress and look differently would be easy. As I have found, such is not the case. Discrimination towards teenagers, especially the ones who chose to dress differently, is a problem. It is a problem that goes very often un-addressed. There are plenty of stereotypes, but I believe the one that is believed the most is what the stereoty ...

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An Ethical Dilemma

... pleased with it, they are also very grateful that the companies provide it. One woman, who did not wish to be named, almost had her house foreclosed on. If not for the service provided by the factoring companies she would have lost it. Another man, who also wished to not release his name, secured funds through a factoring company to expand his own business, and as a result he is more successful than ever. It is obvious that the factoring companies have provided a valuable service for some, but lets take a look at the dissatisfied custom ...

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Is History Destined To Repeat Itself? McCarthyism In The New Millennium

... Have you sold yourself to Lucifer?" and Abigail replies "I never sold myself! I'm a good girl! I'm a proper girl!(40)" She is struggling with him trying to hold her ground, but is becoming outraged, which is possibly her downfall. Even with this case of mass hysteria behind us, there are still issues brought up in our society upon which one can reflect on "The Crucible" and still apply the theme to the modern situation. The beating, or hate crime, committed against Matthew Shepard is one example of this. The brutal thugs who murdered Matt ...

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Virtues That Change Society In The Future

... the list of thirteen virtues given by Ben Franklin were taught to the new generation of kids, I feel that in the future, society would be filled with better and also more efficient intellectuals. As a result the society as a whole would greatly benefit. How can a list of thirteen virtues change society in the future? After a brief overview of the list I was not impressed. Maybe these would apply to Franklin's day but not to the twentieth century. With a few subtractions and additions the list of virtues may be a helpful tool in any persons lif ...

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Causes Of Divorces

... to follow, and many more. The culture clash is not noticed nearly as much until it comes time to raise the children. The father wants the children raised with his culture, while the mother wants them raised how she feels is right. This flares up arguments between the husband and wife, and also causes tension for the kids. Together this can led itself to a family splitting up due to cultural differences. A major and unpleasant cause of divorce is unfaithfulness between spouses. When one spouse commits adultery it can easily and quickly tear ...

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Materialism In The 1920’s

... is also living in a big house now so Gatsby figured she would go for bigger and better one. Next another way Gatsby is materialistic is by the expensive fantasy clothes he wears. Gatsby intently brags about how their imported from France and the price of them just to impress people. He also is never wearing a cheap watch or suit. When he ever goes down to New York city to his lunch inns with Wolfshien or his other materialistic friends. Gatsby also brags and over exaggerates when a person asks him where he got his education from and his mo ...

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Comparing Americans And Filipinos

... the United States and reside there. According to the 1990 U.S. census, Filipino Americans make up the second largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. There have been more than 1.4 million Filipino Americans in the United States. A majority of them are living in California, with smaller populations in New Jersey, Hawaii, Illinois, and New York. I, myself, am a Filipino American. The language of the Philippines is very different from the United States. There is an assortment of languages spoken between the Philippines and ...

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Appearances - A Universal Concern

... all peoples have expended great sums of money and energy to put themselves through a great deal of usually self- imposed tribulation and suffering, it is easy to discern the different perceptions of beauty held by various groups. These perceptions vary greatly abetween groups, which are demarcated by class, cultural, geographical, chronological, and religious borders, to name a few. What may be considered very attractive by one group may even be seen as repulsive in another. The gangster with tattoos all over his body, clothed in attire that i ...

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