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- 881: Sexual Harassment
- ... in the news, such as Lorena Bobbit or Marv Allen, or President Clinton are bound to be discussed around the water cooler. Movies too, when Demi Moore was offered one million dollars to sleep with Robert Redford once, it had people all over asking the very question the movie used for its advertisement: “What would you do?” Maybe women who do not want to be involved in discussions that might be ...
- 882: Peer Pressure
- ... comes up, we quickly associate it with negative connotation, but studies have shown that there are positive effects that peer pressure can bring. Psychologists try to explain why teenager are particularly prone to peer pressure. Robert Bernstein, a professor at Miami University of Ohio recently said that, “Kids really do care about what their peers think, and they really are working very hard to gain acceptance and status within the peer ...
- 883: Life with Bureaucracies
- ... to apply to standard situations. They become inefficient and sometimes useless when applied to the unusual. Bureaucracies tend to reward obedience to rules rather than the creation if new ways to achieve goals. The sociologist Robert Merton (1968) has even argued that a “bureaucratic personality” develops, which emphasizes conformity, rigidity, and timidity. Along similar lines, C. Wright Mills (1959) feared “the ascendency of the cheerful robot,” the person who willingly accepts ...
- 884: The Politics of Homelessness
- ... The Heritage Lectures No. 194 Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1988. Hombs, Mary Ellen and Mitch Snyder, Homeless in America: A Forced March to Nowhere. Washington, DC: The Community for Creative Non-Violence, 1982. Lichter, Robert S. and Linda S. Lichter, The Visible Poor: Media Coverage of the Homeless: 1986-1989. Media Monitor 3, no.3, March 1989. Rader, Victoria, Signal Through the Flames: Mitch Snyder and America's Homeless. Kansas ...
- 885: Is Monogamy the Best Form of Marriage?
- ... about devoting one's self to that special someone. Being faithful in a marriage makes one feel accepted and loved, knowing they will have someone who will always be there for them. Works Cited Francouer, Robert T. "Is Monogamy the Best Form of Marriage?" Taking Sides November 1979: 72-83.
- 886: Sexual Discrimination
- ... on both movements. The society must realize that focusing on discrimination of women is only creating discrimination against men. The more attention women receive, the more power they receive over men, which leaves men powerless. Robert Moore, a psychoanalyst at the C.G Jung Institute in Chicago, states that it is ridiculous to conclude that "the empowerment of women means the disempowerment of men." (qtd. in Allis 256) Men and women ...
- 887: Freedom in the United States
- ... Freedom of speech is constantly being challenged as is evidenced in a recent court case where a Gloucester County school district censored reviews of two R-rated movies from a school newspaper. Superior Court Judge, Robert E. Francis ruled that the student's rights were violated under the state Constitution. I feel this is a major break through for students' rights because it limits editorial control of school newspapers by educators ...
- 888: The Deaf Culture
- ... us want to learn and speak it when we do not have to. The fluent and rhythmic motions are mesmerizing and captivating and anyone with the means to learn it should. Bibliography Bahan, Ben. Hoffmeister, Robert. Lane, Harlan. A Journey into the Deaf World. USA: Dawn Sign Press. Humphries, Tom. Padden, Carol. Deaf in America (Voices from a Culture). Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Levitan, Linda. Moore, Matthew.S. For Hearing People ...
- 889: Gay Marriages-Acceptable to God and America?
- ... far fetched that even my pastor laughed when he looked up the web site. I plant my Christian faith in the words of the Bible, and I have not come across anything that condemns homosexuality. Robert Knight, director of cultural studies at the Family Research Council and one of the biggest opposers of gay marriages, cites passages in Genesis, Leviticus, Judges, Samuel 1 and 2, Romans, Timothy 1, and Corinthians 1 ...
- 890: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... actually a young psychopath or psychotic. While these terms have become largely interchangeable, thanks in large part to Hollywood, there are distinct differences between the psychopath, the psychotic, and the Super Predator. British Columbia Psychologist Robert Hare, has done some ground breaking research into the study of psychopaths and has found that psychopaths tend to underutilize regions of the brain that integrate memories and emotions. These findings helped support long held ...
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