Is History Destined To Repeat Itself? McCarthyism In The New Millennium
.... The brutal thugs who murdered Matthew Shepard simply because of his sexual orientation deserve swift and certain punishment. Their acts are despicable. Unfortunately, a new form of McCarthyism is welling up in the aftermath of this crime, and it is despicable, too.
Ignoring the pleas of grieving father Dennis Shepard not to "use [his son] Matt as part of an agenda," homosexual organizations have rushed to exploit young Shepard's tragic death in Wyoming. A number of gay, lesbian, bisexual and "trans .....
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Good Public Relations
.... you can see how that reflects in the service that you get.
Another method is to create a distinguished history for a company. This would include how the company was started, who founded it, accomplishments and contributions, and other bits of information that would complement a company.
The media happens to be one of the most effective tools. There is a very strong love/hate relationship between corporate communicators and the media. On one hand, communicators need to get their messages out. The m .....
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School Uniforms And Discipline
.... and with whom we wish to connect.” (Coles 378) Therefore, in order for society as individuals to feel a sense of belonging it is pertnent we follow the norm.
Uniforms in schools especially can have a number of affects on the behavior and how they can be monitored. The number of violent and theft crimes that go on in school will drop tremendously. Fights among students over designer clothing and sneakers will be no more. Children who are more needy then others will not have to feel the competion amon .....
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Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990s
.... the subtle message that society gave was that the educated woman was actually selfish and evil.
I remember in a particular story I once read and the effect it had on me. It was a story in the McCall Magazine dated December 1949, called “A Weekend with Daddy.” A little girl, who lives a lonely life with her mother, who is divorced, and intellectual know-it-all psychologist, goes to the country to spend a weekend with her farther and his new wife, who is wholesome, happy, a good cook and garde .....
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Distribution Of Condoms Is Unnecessary
.... “If people are going to have sex anyways, at least distribution of condoms would make it safe.”(Jason Arnold) Although it is true that teenagers are already engaging in sexual activities, they can still have safe sex without distributing condoms in schools. They can get the condoms for themselves, and the schools wouldn’t be giving the impression that sex is o.k. as long as you use a condom.
2.5 million teens are infected with sexually transmitted diseases every year. (Margaret Pruitt Clark,pg.31 .....
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Study On Juvenile Psychopaths
.... it young criminals who make the Bloods and the Crips look tame." (10) They are what Professor DiIulio and others call urban "super predators"; young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families, who commit murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts. These emotionally damaged young people, often are the products of sexual or physical abuse. They live in an aimless and violent present; have no sense of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakabl .....
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Gangs
.... old, who is not yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against their morals.
One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids must be learni .....
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Affirmative Action Today
.... "the contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during their employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin" (qtd. in Hall 898). In 1954, the Brown decision [Brown v. Board of Education] required racial desegregation in schools and other public places. The Brown decision led to "the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, soon supplemented by the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act" (Graglia 26). .....
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The Role Of Entertainers As Educators
.... rules for theater performance in the process (Burdick 99). Similarly, Irish monks established singing schools, which taught uniform use of music throughout the church (Young 31). Through chants which were all the same, they spread identical teachings. Christian psalms and hymns in Apostolic times were sung to spread the knowledge and faith of Christianity. In fact, Christianity was promoted from the start by music. Churches were for long the only centers of learning, with monks teaching all lessons th .....
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Gender Role Socialization
.... and caring for the elderly at a young age. Specific responsibilities were given to the children based on their gender. Boys were subject to hard labor and tending to the “manly” elements, while girls mastered home economics in chores like sewing, cleaning, and cooking.
Although this society has experienced rapid chance over the past forty years, we still see some segregation in childhood behavior. Growing up for me was never easy. My responsibilities included tending to the housework, helping pr .....
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Three Values Every Child Should Learn
.... receive that respect.
Another important value children learn from their parents is to be independent. Children who are not taught independence will have both social and emotional problems later in life. Every person needs to understand how important it is to be an individual and take care of themselves. When children are young, they are constantly taken care of. They are feed when hungry, bathed when dirty and entertained at the first cry of boredom. It is difficult to wean a person from this if it .....
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War Between Sexes
.... difference between the genders, she conflicts with feminist arguments such as equality of men and women, sexual freedom, and ability of both sexes going any place any time. Academic Feminism is lost in the mist of social constructionism and we are not the products of the environment. Furthermore, according to Paglia men and women are in a war in which men are masculine, fighting for their identity. Women are trying to explain to men that they are different; they are women.
The author delivers her mes .....
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An Ethical Dilemma
.... provided a valuable service for some, but lets take a look at the dissatisfied customers.
Orion Olson was injured at the age of three by a severe dog bite causing vision and neurological problems. When he turned eighteen he was already homeless but soon received the first $7500 installment of the $75,000 settlement. This money quickly took him off the street but did not last long. He then turned to a large factoring company by the name of J.G. Wentworth. He sold his remaining future payments of $ .....
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Japanese Marriage And Wedding Traditions
.... to the "Yome-iri" system (for a bride to be accepted into her bridegroom's home). The change seems to have taken place in the 13th and 14th centuries by the rise of "Bushi" warriors in power.6
During the age of aristocracy, a bridegroom would nightly visit his bride at her home and only after the birth of a child or the loss of parents to the bridegroom or husband, the bride would be accepted as the wife in the man's home. Among common people, labor power was an essential factor to maintain a family .....
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The Effects Of Television Violence On Children
.... a major source of violent behavior in children. The research proves time and time again that aggression and television viewing do go hand in hand.
The television violence can cause actual violence in a number of ways. After viewing television violence the world becomes flat in comparison. The child needs to create violence to keep himself satisfied. Also the children find the violent characters on television fun to imitate. Children do imitate the behavior of models such as those portrayed in .....
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