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- 301: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... 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 unspeakably brutal crimes against other people, often to gratify whatever ... 6 who'll be the super-predators." According to Fagan: Child abuse and alcohol ruin these children. But the groundwork was laid three decades ago with the widespread adoption of birth control, which made the sexual revolution possible. It altered people's dedication to their children and altered a fundamental orientation of society. Sexual morality got unanchored in the 1960s, followed by the legalization of abortion. "Abortion is a very definite rejection of the child. So is out-of- wedlock births, as well as divorce," he says. "The [ ...
- 302: How Adolf Hitler Got To The To
- ... the application of them to North American society shows the extent to which our society mirrors that of the Jordanians. Women in both continents are encouraged to believe that they are at fault for the sexual abuse they receive. In Jordan, men place upon women the idea that all sexual abuse or infidelity is their fault. "Rafa", a, 20-year-old Jordanian woman, languishes in prison contemplating a three day romance she had with a co-worker. She says, "With the mistake I made, I ... recently in Toronto, two young girls were locked up in a room and beaten by an uncle of theirs for simply talking to older boys. Constantly, women feel they are to blame for rape and sexual abuse committed against them. Many women do not even tell anyone about what has happened to them because their attacker has led them to believe that everything was their fault. In court, a woman' ...
- 303: Censorship
- Censorsip Censorship is a variety of things from yelling fire in a crowded theater to showing sexual intercourse on television. These things arent all either, there are millions of things we use or see every day that are censored for a reason. The reason can be many but the three most ... will tell you that with out censorship we would live in a world so dirty and irresponsible so indecent and shameful that it could not exist. We pretty much ignore the growth in violence and sexual abuse in our movies and on television. Have they gone away? According to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, by the time an average child leaves high school, he or she will have watched the happening of 18,000 murders on television. Prime time says the National Coalition on Television Violence, is filled with degrading sexual material and incidents where violence is strongly glamorized or used to excite. There have been 85 major studies of the effects of such violence on children. Eighty-four of the eighty- five concluded that ...
- 304: AIDS: Myths and Facts
- ... with the HIV virus. Drug addicts have been infected through the intravenous injection of drugs with second hand or dirty needles used by someone who carried the HIV virus. Prostitutes contract and spread AIDS through sexual activity with several different partners without knowing their partners' sexual history. This in turn, leads to the spread of the disease throughout the heterosexual community. Innocent infants are victims of the disease, born by mothers who are infected with AIDS. It is, of course, true ... are certain precautions that can be taken to control or prevent the spread of AIDS. For those who are sexually active, safe sex should be a must. The use of a condom, knowing one's sexual partner's background and the limiting the number of different partners can greatly deter the spread of AIDS. Abstinence from sexual activity is a sure prevention. Fidelity to one's sexual partner can be ...
- 305: Binge Drinking 2
- ... in learning impairment, hyperactivity, and personality and behavior problems, because today's society has accepted the casual use of alcohol (Effects, 1996, 1). Among men, research suggests that greater alcohol use is related to greater sexual aggression (Shalala, 1995, 2). Students living on campuses with higher proportions of binge drinkers experience more incidents of assault and unwanted sexual advances because of their peers drinking than do students residing on campuses with lower proportions of binge drinkers (Shalala, 1995, 2). Some campuses sponsor alcohol awareness events and classroom lectures and distribute information about alcohol ... rates of alcohol problems. According to Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services at The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, it seems that binge drinkers appear to engage in more unplanned sexual activity and to abandon safe sex techniques more often than students who do not binge drink (Shalala, 1995, 2). The purpose of this paper will prove whether or not Ms. Shalala is right or ...
- 306: Gene Therapy 3
- ... different religions see homosexuality as a sin, psychologists see it as abnormal behavior and many governments have declared it illegal and punishable. I myself do not believe in changing the human genes to eradicate a sexual preference. I would not advocate this procedure for members of my family or friends who are having babies, and/or for a society as a whole. There are many reasons as to why I do ... not agree to the procedure of gene therapy eradicating homosexuality from humans eventually and permanently. One reason that I do not agree with the procedure is because I believe it would eliminate the freedom of sexual preference throughout our society. As Thomas Jefferson stated in "The Declaration of Independence," "We hold these truths to be self- evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with ... 314). If we are told that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, then we should have the right to live with the homosexuality gene and have the right to sexual preference. No one should have to give up that freedom. A freedom that homosexuals would most likely consider a source of happiness. Homosexuals are happy with their sexual preference and should not be condemned ...
- 307: Homosexual Education
- ... upset if their child came home from school one day and said, "Mommy, guess what? We got to learn about homosexuals today. Ms. Conner said we are supposed to accept them no matter what their sexual behavior. Why did you and daddy tell me it was bad? Ms. Conner said it was okay." The issue of teaching homosexuality in the sex education curriculum is important because it affects all of our ... their boundaries when teaching young children subjects such as homosexuality. For example, in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the school board has voted to begin teaching preschoolers about homosexual lifestyles. They also want to back hiring preferences for sexual minorities ( Clinton's homosexual agenda 2). There is also a school in New York City that have told their students they must come to an assembly for two days in a row to talk about how normal homosexuality is, and how indecent, undemocratic, and homophobic it is to have any negative views of such sexual functioning (Socarides 3). It is hard for me to accept this type of teaching in the public school. When it comes to learning about homosexual lifestyles, I believe a child should be aware that ...
- 308: Flash Memory
- ... shown to be a solid indication of a previous abuse. Therapists must be careful in declaring that abuse has in fact occurred. Whole industries have been built up to really look into the cases of sexual abuse of children. Therapists who are supposed to help children recover from the trauma of the abuse are hired to interrogate the child, in order to find out if they have been abused. But often ... therapist suggests the abuse to the child, has 'memories' of being abused. Increasingly throughout the continent, grown children under going therapeutic programs have come to believe that they suffer from "repressed memories" of incest and sexual abuse. While some reports of incest and sexual abuse are surely true, these delayed memories are too often the result of False Memory Syndrome caused by a disastrous "therapeutic" program(Thomas & Billing Publishing 1995) . False Memory Syndrome has a devastating effect on ...
- 309: Religion,physics And A Social
- The key to humanities freedom lies in its religious and sexual paradigms. Religion, as a social control mechanism, has sought to limit mans sexual freedom. The stigma associated with sexual promiscuity permeates every level of our society. I believe that in time people will demand freedom in the sexual and spiritual aspects of their lives. In order for this to occur a paradigm must ...
- 310: Themes in Larsen's Passing
- ... to the fact that she passes as white and marries a white man. Although Irene expresses great contempt for Clare, she also possesses a deep admiration for her. This "admiration" could also be translated into sexual desire or lust. Throughout the novel, Irene attempts to rationalize her mysterious feelings toward Clare Kendry, but she can't. To Irene, "security was the most important and desired thing in life." (200) Her erotic ... Clare threatened her feeling of security, and that made Irene despise Clare. It is true that before one attempts to address the questions and problems of racial identity, the equally important questions of gender and sexual identity should be addressed. While it is true that Clare is passing, Irene is passing as well. As a Negro, Clare must "pass" to gain security in a white world, but by the same token ... is joke. As we later learn, Brian and Irene have a "sexless marriage" and that Brian "slept in his room next to hers at night" (179). This confirms Irene and Brian's lack of a sexual relationship. For Irene, her marriage is one of convenience, providing her with what she needs and values the most, security (200). It also provides her , as a lesbian, to "pass" in the heterosexual world. " ...
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