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- 6111: Torture, Not Culture - Female Genital Mutilation
- ... not stop at a store, but at a doctor's home. "This is your special day," Soraya's mother said. "Now you are to become a woman, an important woman." She was ushered into the house and strapped down to an operating table. A local anesthetic was given but it barely blunted the pain as the doctor performed the circumcision. Soraya was sent home an hour later. Soraya broke from her ...
- 6112: Violence on Television
- ... and realize the damaging results of violence on children will significant improvements be made to generate productive and imaginative children's television. Work Sited Belson, William A. Television and the Adolescent Boy. Great Britain: Saxon House, 1978. Broadcasting. "T.V. Castigated for Link With Violence in Children." May 10, 1982: 92-94. Brown, Ray, ed. Children and Television. Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications Inc., 1976. Chaffee, Steven H., George Gerbner, Beatrix ...
- 6113: Safety in our Schools
- ... could cause an explosion and be struck by equipment, colliding with a vehicle, etc. They would also slow down the firefighters often causing in yet another life or to the firefighter themselves. As in a house fire, your class should take precautions if you see smoke coming in your room or down the hall. If it's coming in your room, then you should close the door immediately if it's ...
- 6114: Drugs And Their Effects On Business
- ... the company. To help their employees to get off of drugs several the 500 largest companies have banded together to make up an effective program. Many of the Fortune 500 companies have set up in-house employee-assistance programs, and they have even set up toll-free 800 numbe rs for workers and their families to call for advice and information. The treatment of drug impaired workers is relativity new and ...
- 6115: Baby Boomers are Jealous
- ... classified by the term Neat' (Carnoy, p.80) Dr. John P. Robinson recently supervised a telephone survey and concluded that 57 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said that having a neat and clean house was "very important" to them (Carnoy, p. 80). When compared to the Baby boomers, only 48 percent of the 30- to 49-year-olds felt the same way (Carnoy, p.80) Examples proving that Generation ...
- 6116: How Can We Help the Homeless and Should We?: Searching for a Solution
- ... poverty that is marginally housed. She is "trapped" in between housing and none at all because of her poor background and problems with low income. The author even tries to help Virginia stay in her house at the time but it all collapses financially on her again. (Marin 250) That is why benefits for people who are actually trying to get back on their feet should be raised according to their ...
- 6117: Gender and Relationship of Children
- ... skills. Benenson (1993), designed a study which examined sex differences in children's preference for a dyadic and group interaction in preschoolers. Two experiments were conducted, each using puppets. Puppets were chosen instead of a doll so that it would appeal to both females and males. In the first experiment, children between 4 and 5 years of age interacted with a female puppeteer using 1 (dyad) and 3 (group) puppets. Enjoyment ...
- 6118: Gangs
- ... unchecked. If this is not addressed it will only lead to the decay of our society. We must take action to combat gangs in a new way. Vice President Albert Gore recently told the White House press corps, "Gangs have been a major cause of the growth in violent crime in the past decade." He cited a Treasury Department report that found the presence of rival gangs, the Bloods and the ...
- 6119: Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem
- ... technique because it does not change people's craving for drugs. Reasons leading up to drug use still exist. Arresting people for drugs does not kill their desire to use them. Closing down a crack house does not end the residents addiction, it just forces them to move. Reprimanding committed crimes does not eliminate the reason they were committed. Addressing drug offenses after they have been made is not an effective ...
- 6120: Monks and Today's Society
- ... today's American society are, fulfilment of desires, and a rebelling type lifestyle. Greed can be seen everywhere one turns; everyone is in competition with others to see who can get the best clothes, biggest house, or nicest car. It is a society based on more of "what can I have", than "what can I give." Also, everyone has desires, but it seems like today people will try to fulfill their ...
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