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Feminists

... agree with the overall concept she is trying to convey, I feel that women do need to take action, and that not all opportunities are yet equal. The problem I have with her article is the image that she and other contemporary activists are coveying to the rest of society. When I think of a feminist two pictures come into mind. The first, which maybe a little outdated is a women like Susan B. Anthony, someone fighting for real issues that matter. The second is of a women like the author above, someone who is extreme just to be extreme. ...

Number of words: 569 | Number of pages: 3

Gender Stereotypes

... of mature judging values, are more susceptible to the influence of the television. They tend to accept everything they see on TV as real. Kids often identify with movie characters and comics figures much more than the elder generation does. It is the role of the parents to teach them that not everythink that glitters is gold and to give them a better perception of the world. That of course does not mean that parents are affected less by the TV. On the contrary, they are often more affected than their kids, of course not by cartoons, but by s ...

Number of words: 1402 | Number of pages: 6

The Clinton Sex Scandal

... Office. Now the Presidency must battle against Newspaper journalists, radio personalities, televised news reports and now, even more menacing: the Internet. Presidents who are constantly reminded of their power and prestigious rank, become exasperated because they cannot control the news media, even though they can to a large degree set the news agenda. Media has expanded in its presence, becoming widespread on the Internet, perhaps monopolizing the domain, by becoming more powerful and more used than written, televised or radio journalism ...

Number of words: 4720 | Number of pages: 18

Existentialism In The Early 19th Century

... Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, who was the first writer to call himself existential, reacted against this tradition by insisting that the highest good for the individual is to find his or her own unique vocation. As he wrote in his journal, “I must find a truth that is true for me . . . the idea for which I can live or die.” Other existentialist writers have echoed Kierkegaard's belief that one must choose one's own way without the aid of universal, objective standards. Against the traditional view that moral choice involves an ob ...

Number of words: 1643 | Number of pages: 6

The Police And Corruption

... With power comes corruption and/or misuse of power. The question that is presented is, how and why do the police exceed the parameters of their power and authority? This is an issue that is predominant in urban settings, but not exclusive to these settings. This is an important issue because it effects all people. The police is a government service to all people, but all people do not feel they are being serviced. Not everyone is satisfied with the conduct of the police. Why do people feel that police are crossing boundaries that ...

Number of words: 1393 | Number of pages: 6

Bias

... accuracy from the people that the information was obtained, either black or white. Most of the black slaves could not read or write. The ones that did, hid it from their masters. Because of this, most of the written books and documents and even diaries on slavery were written by the white masters. At that time most of recorded history was based on how the white masters viewed slavery. You did not get a view on slavery from the slaves themselves. In the 1920's, black scholars like W.E.B. Du Bois, Charles Johnson, and Carter Woodson, start ...

Number of words: 995 | Number of pages: 4

Terrorism

... an entire group that you can't touch? Governments endorsing terrorist acts and providing a safe house for them once they're on the run just adds to the problem. Hijackers can take their hostages, get the ransom and fly the plane to the country of their choice. That country is usually ready to welcome the criminal, for a small cut of the ransom. Algeria used terrorism as a business to raise capital. By providing immunity, they became a haven for terrorists. Many Middle Eastern countries resort to terrorism when dealing with other nations. Sau ...

Number of words: 2969 | Number of pages: 11

The Morality Of Creating Life

... for the creature, and would lead to its psychological demise. In the nineteenth century, the idea of creating life was thought to be science fiction. A nineteenth century writing, Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein, portrays Victor (the creator) as innocent and the creation as evil at the beginning of the novel. Later, it becomes evident that the monster was not evil when created, rather that the creature was made evil by the surrounding environment. Victor's immediate response was, as Shelly writes, "Great God! His yellow skin scarcely cove ...

Number of words: 2058 | Number of pages: 8

Prejudice

... I have experienced. Sometimes, I have felt prejudice against me when sports teams were being chosen. It seemed as if captains would look at me and decide that I was fat, wouldn¹t be very fast, or be very good and not choose me. In fact, I play hard and am fairly good at several sports. I feel like I can make a strong contribution to a team, and am hurt when captains don¹t want me on their teams. In fact, there have been times when I have gotten on a team and done well. Then sometimes the kids that I have played with will choose me t ...

Number of words: 406 | Number of pages: 2

Rights, Responsibilities, And Growing-up

... Amendment our first freedom. Among freedom of speech, of the press, of religion, assembly, and redress of grievances, it’s first among equals. Soon after a tragedy involving young people with firearms, President Clinton proclaimed, “A gun in the hands of a young person is a crime or accident waiting to happen.” Now, no matter how much publicity he got from saying that, it doesn’t reflect reality. I’d like to remind our president, with a father or uncle, older brother, or friend, that “A gun in the hands of a young person” is p ...

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Are Immigrants A Burden To The U.S?

... os as strong as that of the Irish, Italians, and Poles of early immigration. According to a 1990 census, forgien born males have a 77% labor force participation. Now, compare that to the 74% participation of native-born Americans and you see that immigrants are not as lazy as some would have you believe. 5.1% of working age immigrants, the majority of which were legally admitted, recieve welfare benefits. 5.3% of working age, native born Americans also recieve welfare benefits . Immigrants, both legal and illegal, are the minority of t ...

Number of words: 247 | Number of pages: 1

An Utopian Society Is Wrong For Our Society

... beliefs. Not everybody believes the same thing, there are many religions. In addition there are many ethnic beliefs in the world, there are also great quantities of languages, that would mean all people should speak one language too, that would be very hard to acheive. An additional reason is that there is no uniqueness, things that would usually set people apart don't stand out as much, If you were very intelligent people probably would not bring it up because it would draw attention. If somebody brought attention to somebody smarter ...

Number of words: 335 | Number of pages: 2

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