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- 381: Abortion Paper
- ... containing intent. How can anybody see an evil intent in a woman's decision to interrupt pregnancy if it is a result of rape or incest? A woman cannot bear the thought of having a child that would be a constant reminder of what had happened on such and such a day, such and such number of years ago. She doesn't want to kill a baby, she wants to interrupt ... decide whether she wants to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. For reason's of women's right to self-determination, protection of their health, adequate care of children which are born and in order to prevent child abuse and mental disease, easy access to abortion is a must. Most abortions occur because contraception failed, because of a rape or because of a serious medical condition of the mother which could lead to ...
- 382: Wuthering Heights - Setting
- ... wandering the streets, brought him home and "christened hum Heathcliff." (WH-p.52) However, Heathcliff's happiness at Wuthering Heights was short lived and "died in childhood" (WH-p.52) as a result of the abuse he had received form his step sibling. As children, Catherine and Heathcliff were passionately close: "It was the greatest punishment ever invent[ed] for her to be keep separate from him," (WH-p.55) yet ... which worsened with the death of Mr. Earnshaw. Hindley stopped the "naughty, swearing boy" (WH-p.65) from his studies and forced him to live a life similar to that of a servant. As the abuse of Heathcliff's grows, he finds Catherine is his only means of please in his hostile environment. The two play endlessly on the moors by Wuthering Heights and in essence are children of the heaths ... blinded by the Victorian ideals of ignorance to those not prosperous. Upon her arrival home to Wuthering Heights, she dismisses her soul mate Heathcliff and his gypsy manners. Even the maid Nelly notices the "unfeeling child [and] how slightly she dismisses her old playmate's troubles. I could not have imagined her to be so selfish." (WH-p.69) Like Dracula, Heathcliff rejects the Victorian ideals Cathy has embraced. Catherine' ...
- 383: Teen Pregnancy
- ... many reasons and corruptions why so many teens are becoming pregnant. Teens are very easily influenced especially when it comes to sex. Take pornography, it leads to harmful fantasies such as rape or other sexual abuse. Pornography teaches that women, sex, and babies are just play things not serious problems when it comes to sex. It also teaches that sex is meant to be about fun not love (teen sexuality 47 ... it's because they feel they have to or it's out of guilt (pregnant too soon). When they keep the baby, how are they going to make it? Who is going to watch the child? If the teen has family support is a big help, but the baby has too many mother figures and can get confused. To many people can take care of the baby. It's not good ... may live in poverty. This is not always for the best (preventing teen pregnancy 1). Teen moms that get married usually drop out of school and stay home with the baby. Some may have another child in the future and may eventually get divorced. Many teenage girls are left with no diploma, no job skills and the babies (pregnant too soon 30). Teen births cost the government $25 billion dollars ...
- 384: Life, Death, and Politics: A Run-Down Of The Abortion Debate.
- ... fought for and all the respect they have gained as individuals. III. The religious aspect. The Church's judgment on abortion is neither male nor female. It is social. It places the rights of the child in the womb into the hands of the law which sees individual rights as inalienable. The relationship between morality and law, as between Church and society, is surely complex. The historical source of the Catholic ... to have loving, caring parents, sound health, protection form harm, and a social and physical environment that permits healthy human development and the assurance of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Conclusion: if a child cannot be cared for properly, it should not be brought into this world. Pro-life advocates sustain that a child, originally unwanted, may cause a change of heart in his or her parents, and should be born on that argument alone. Children born in the face of hostile animus from their parents are not ...
- 385: The Problem of Domestic Violence
- ... us to listen, but from this particular tragedy allot of good has come out of it and we can take heart in the fact that Nicole Brown did not die in vain. Why do men abuse in the first place? That question has allot more than one answer to it and among them are "he might be under stress, he was beaten as a child, he lost his job ..." (Domestic V. for B.), the possibilities are endless, women or the abused has always look at these reasons as excuses for the abusers to justify their doings, but sometimes men, or ... reason was that police officers thought that domestic violence was a family problem best dealt with within the framework of the family, but the major reason was, it seemed that in almost all of domestic abuse case the victims was the main protector of the abuser, "sometimes one or both spouses told police that they had already resolved their problems" (Family V.). Police officials and prosecutors had a hard time ...
- 386: The Shining
- ... about a white middle class dysfunctional family that suffers from natural and supernatural stresses in an isolated Rocky mountain hotel. .The father, a former teacher turned writer, is portrayed as a habitual drinker, wife- and child-abuser, with a kind of evil streak The mother is shown as a battered woman. The film suggests that due to the abuse at the hands of his father and the passivity of his mother, the child of this family developed psychological problems. He had imaginary friends and began to see frightening images. Early in the film , a psychologist is called in to treat the troubled child :and she calmed the ...
- 387: Pornography
- ... Deborah Cameron and Elizabeth Frazer point out that other forms of hard-core pornography that have to be kept under wraps, made and sold illegally in underground 'black' markets. These are ultra violent, 'snuff', and child pornography. Ultraviolet tapes or videos show the actual torture, rape, and sometime mutilation of a woman. 'Snuff' films go even future to depict the actual death of a victim, and child pornography reveals the use of under-age or pre-pubescent children for sexual purposes (17-18). These types of pornography cross over the boundaries of entertainment and are definitely hard-core. Now that pornography has ... violence. Dr. Marshall also quotes men in Nicols article as saying, "that they looked at pornography with the intent to masturbate, but then became aroused, and decided to go out and assault a woman or child." Men who are drawn into pornography and use it frequently, have also been proven to suggest more lenient prison terms for sex offenders" (60). If this previous statement is true, should we reevaluate how ...
- 388: The Life and Work of Ronald Dahl
- ... in his children, Harald encouraged his wife to go for long walks along the most beautiful trails in the Welsh countryside, hoping the magnificence of nature would seep through to the brain of the unborn child (Dahl, Boy 18- 19). The death of Harald Dahl when Roald was four had a devastating effect on the boy. Although he was very young, Dahl said that the loss of his father was the ... 93-98). He not only completed the semester, but also spent the better of four more years at the boarding school in England. The remainder of his time there was marked mostly by hardship and abuse, meted out primarily by the headmaster, the matron who monitored his dormitory floor, and the other faculty at the school. One particular incident demonstrating the cruelty of the administration concerned a false accusation brought against ... After considering his experiences with the merciless headmasters of the different schools he attended, Dahl's mistrust of adults becomes evident in a close examination of his stories. In fact, a convention of a mistreated child escaping from oppressive adults to achieve happiness is obvious in most of his tales for children (West 61). Another theme introduced in James which can be seen throughout the Dahl books, and that was ...
- 389: Porography
- ... in underground "black " markets.These are ultraviolent tapes or videos show the actual torture,rape and sometimes mutilation of a woman. "Snuff" films go even future to decict the actual death of a victim,and child pornography reveals the use of under-age or pre-pubescent children for the sexual purposes (17-18).These types of pornography cross over the boundaries of entertainment and are definitely Hard core. Now that pornography ... violence.Dr.Marshall also quotes men in Nichols article as saying, "that they looked at pornography with the intent to masturbate, but then became aroused, and decided to go out and assault a woman or child." Men who are drawn into pornography and use it frequently, have also been proven to suggest more lenient prison terms for sex offenders" (60).If this previous statement is true,should we reevaluate how many ... executive director of Emerge, at a Boston cousleling center for male batterers, states, "that only a minority of his clients (perhaps 10 to 20percent) use hard-core pornography.He estimates that half may have substance abuse problems, and adds that alcohol seems more directly involved in abuse than pornographic material.(Kaminer 115).The statement made by Adams and the view that pornography does not contribute to the act of sex ...
- 390: Extensive Symbolism Of The Sca
- ... track, or relieve the darkening close of a tale of human frailty and sorrow," as Hester or Pearl throughout the novel. The rose was symbol of love and life, to which Hester bore in her child Pearl. Pearl is a delicate petal to which brings much beauty and hope into the lives of others. She also says that her mother plucked her from a wild rosebush when she asks where she ... he who is the cause of his own fall. Despite the demonic imagery surrounding him, he remains the same man. He is a wronged husband, a figure the 17th century held up to ridicule and abuse. His lust for revenge is therefore not unnatural, and his method of revenge not hackneyed at all. No sword or poison could prove more lethal than the psychological approach that Chillingworth took upon Dimmesdale. In ... wasn t in Hester s life, Hester would almost surely commit suicide. Pearl was more than her mother s only treasure; she was her mother s only source of survival. Hawthorne describes Pearl as beautiful child with broad eyes and luxurious hair that will one day be black like her mother's. Her mood swings are peculiar. One moment she is laughing for no apparent reason and the next she ...
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