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Role Of Women In The Developing Countries

... example. Chinese women almost devote themselves to their families. Husbands and children are regarded as focus of their lives. Sometimes they give up their careers, hobbies and interest for the sake of the families. Due to the poor medical condition and the traditional family concept that women are historical entitled of the task to give a birth to a baby boy, not many of them use modern contraceptive methods to control their family size. In this case, "on average, women in poor countries tend to have twice as many babies as women in the rich ...

Number of words: 600 | Number of pages: 3

Curfews

... I have ever heard. Police officers go around acting like they are your parents, when actually your parents know you are out having fun. It would make more sense for a police officer to go around making troublemakers and kids on probation go home. Why should many of us innocent teenagers suffer for having a curfew? Police officers go around trying to make a point, but what they do not realize is that teenagers don’t listen. They tell many teenagers to go home, but what ends up happening is they just go somewhere else to hang out. Teen ...

Number of words: 749 | Number of pages: 3

Swinger's Not Just On Playgrounds Anymore

... party. The couple has now turned their lifestyle into their business. For the past nine years Dave and his wife Dawn have run their own swing club in the Chicago suburbs. "We own Couples Choice, and though it's listed as a swing club it's a lot more social than people imagine," Dave said. This socialness includes dances, special theme parties, dinners and vacations. The couples who attend are also interested in learning about relationships, meeting new friends and for exposure to something new. One of the most common misconce ...

Number of words: 1774 | Number of pages: 7

Affirmative Action Today

... to make deliberate attempts to include minorities in employment and in college enrollment. In recent years, affirmative action has become an aggressive effort that requires and measures minority representation. As a result, affirmative action has produced undesirable problems in the American culture. The term "affirmative action" was first used in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. He signed Executive Order 10925 that stated "the contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated ...

Number of words: 1399 | Number of pages: 6

Animal Experimentation Is Acceptable

... listed the following as benefits of animal research for animals: drug treatments for illnesses such as diabetes and heart failure, invitro fertilization to preserve endangered species, and surgeries to repair abnormalities. A final benefit for animals is that there are over 80 medications that were developed through animal research for humans but are now used on pets, farm animals, and wildlife. Another good reason animal experimentation is tolerable is because sometimes we have to be cruel to improve our well-being. The first example i ...

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Road Rage

... stress, and traffic flow problems, because of a real or imagined driving error by the person behind them. I conducted research with an extensive survey to find out if the incidence of and aggressive driving habits are higher in men than in women. An explanation and discussion on will be followed by the results of my study. has become a major problem, especially in larger cities. Dr. Leon James, is an authority on at the University of Hawaii, and has the following to say regarding the issue. There's growing official alarm about . ...

Number of words: 2171 | Number of pages: 8

Racism

... their life. Because of prejudice, some of the time people with different colors of skin will be discriminated against when applying for a job, requesting a loan, seeking housing, or education. Occasionally, when two people of different races apply for the same position the deciding factor is their race or beliefs instead of their qualifications. An example of this is: A white person and a black person are applying for the same job and the person hiring is white. The black person has a higher education and more experience, but the white person ...

Number of words: 1501 | Number of pages: 6

Catching The Spirit

... game against Crenshaw High School.. After each level played, we fed the players and their coaches. It was especially hard to feed the varsity team, because we had just lost to them. Though, when the teams left, my teammates and I felt good about ourselves and our program. I believe that some of the smallest gestures of sportsmanship can be effective. An example may be picking up your opponent when she falls on the ground, or patting them on the back while your team is going through the handshake at the end of a game. This season, my tea ...

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Interracial Children

... why they are different and how to deal with it. Biracial children must learn to cope with the problems that come with being multi-cultural. One of the biggest problems biracial children have is finding their identity. "What are you?" is one of the most commonly asked questions that biracial children have to answer to. Being unable to give a one race answer causes problems for both the child and whom ever they are talking to. Many people do not understand how someone can be two or more races. In their eyes you can only have one ra ...

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The Right To Life

... ‘Jane Roe' took the District Attorney of Dallas county to the Supreme Court because she wanted an abortion and was not legally permitted to have one where she lived. She could not afford to travel elsewhere to have it "preformed" so she went to court. On January 22, 1973 the Supreme Court said that it was legal for any woman to have an abortion and terminate her pregnancy at any given time. The Roman Catholic Church has said that abortion is murder and violates all terms of human morality. My personal opinion lays between that of ...

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Society's Problems And My Role In Helping It

... has a stake in society. Not enough people see the whole picture when it comes to society's problems. If something hurts the society, it hurts the individual. For example, the problem of homelessness is not just the problem of those who are without residence. Their plight effects us all. Homelessness hurts the local businessman whose customers are frightened away by the homeless man living on the corner. It hurts those who have to commute to work via public transportation and must deal with the panhandlers. It hurts those whose homes are b ...

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Should Unmarried Couples Live Together?

... so they were looking for an alternative to marriage ( Parry 14 ). However, today in the nineties cohabiting couples see things different. These couples see cohabiting not as being “anti-marriage” but most of them see cohabiting as “anti-divorce” ( Parry 15 ). So, today peoples fear of divorce has lead them to see cohabitation as a “trial marriage” that will serve as protection from a marriage that will result in a divorce. People for cohabitation compare it to a new car, clothes or shoes. They ask the question, if you were g ...

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