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- 991: The Life and Death of 2Pac
- ... today's most popular "gangsta rappers." His lyrics are usually vulgar, offensive, and explicit, and glorify the type of life that he and many other gangsta rappers lead. They depict violence, drug use, crime and sexual abuse as acceptable, and as a necessary way of life. They often go so far as to threaten the lives of rappers from rival record labels, with whom he has an East/West coast disagreement ... actually led the "thug life", as the tattoo on his stomach describes it. He was a magnet for violence, as his police record illustrates. He served eight months out of a three year sentence for sexual assault, and was to face sentencing this month for assault and battery charges on a music video producer and carrying a loaded, concealed gun. In 1993, Shakur was sued by a limo driver who claimed ...
- 992: Prejudice In To Kill A Mocking
- ... Like Jean Louise, the women of Maycomb have grown surrounded in sexism. They have not realized that the image of a woman, which is being portrayed in Maycomb, is fictional, and is an example of sexual prejudice. Another type of prejudice which exists in the novel is prejudice based on social class. Social class prejudice is based strongly on financial standing, and social acceptance. The Ewells, and the Cunninghams were farmers ... they are both lower in social class than the rest of Maycomb s people, and are both victims of social prejudice. Life in the small Southern town of Maycomb was filled with prejudice; racial prejudice, sexual prejudice, and prejudice towards those who have been socially unaccepted, or have a lower financial standing. Jean Louise Finch grows up surrounded in this prejudice, she tells us the stories of her encounters with prejudice ...
- 993: Abortion
- ... keep herself from coming face to face with the fact that her child was killed and she allowed it to happen." I believe that abortion is an issue of life and death. Yet, people want sexual freedom without consequences. So abortion is treated like and eraser to get rid of the consequence of their sexual activity. Not even the disabled deserve to die. It may be painful and hard to raise a handicapped child, but it is not okay to abort a child whose life will be less than perfect ...
- 994: 1984 2
- ... be detected or caught, at least in he beginning. One thing Winston did was keeping a diary. A diary was of the more serious thought crimes. In his diary, it is pointed out of his sexual frustrations, along with the displeasure of society as a whole. In his diary, he expresses that he longs for the pleasures of the past that were once allowed but no longer due to the power ... lead to his final downfall. Winston later goes on and meets a woman named Julia. He knows what he is doing is definitely wrong and is a crime but his dissatisfaction with life and his sexual frustration lead him to the wrong conclusion. That he still thinks that he can get away with this and that the thought police will never catch him. This is where Winston unconsciously seals his fate ...
- 995: Childhood Enemies
- ... individualfs genetic endowment plays a significant role in personality development, but these genetic influences are not 100% determinant of adult personality traits (Doherty, 1997). A combination of rapid physical changes and early exposure to sexual and violent images is shrinking the time between childhood and adolescence. It is widely accepted that a complex and subtle interplay between the growing adolescentfs family, community, and social environments and the dispositional characteristics ... hard scientific evidence to show how much a twenty second advertisement will impact the behavior of the viewers? Is it reasonable to think that young adults exposed to a visual and emotional TV diet of sexual pleasuring can grow up with anywhere near a realistic or holistic sense of the principles that create a good, enduring relationships and a happy life? (Berry, 1996). gItfs a process of gradual desensitization,h ...
- 996: A Hard Days Night Searching Fo
- ... chance at being the hero. Hemingway evokes immediate compassion for Jake at the suggestion of Jake's sexually incapacitating war wound. By appealing to the male reader's sense of machismo (and subsequent fear of sexual inadequacy) and the female reader's sense of sympathy, Jake's plight is given a tragic, but character enhancing, perspective. He can be immediately seen as brave and strong for living a "normal life" despite ... but given the circumstances, that love is, says Brett, "hell on earth. Instead of abandoning his feelings, however, Jake is shown as heroic enough to live through not only his impairment, but also Brett's sexual escapades. If such courage were consistently all that Jake displayed, at the end of the novel he would quite clearly merit the hero title. His petty jealousies and sadistic tendencies towards Cohn, however, destroy any ...
- 997: Borderline Personality Disorder
- ... impression of Borderline Personality Disorder. The reason for this is because some of the symptoms of Borderline patients are like the characteristics of adolescence. Examples of these would be uncertainty of life and career choices, sexual promiscuity, and substance abuse. However, those with Borderline Personality Disorder(B.P.D.) must also have these symptoms: 1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. 2. A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal ... the population is diagnosed with the disorder. Among this percentage, 75% of the cases are women. Some researchers speculate that women are more vulnerable because they are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual abuse in childhood and because they have more confusing role and identity options to consider in adulthood. It is possible, however, that borderline men are under- counted because certain behaviors, such as aggression and violent ...
- 998: Abstinence And STD Prevention
- ... the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant every year, 83 percent of these pregnancies are unwanted or unplanned. Half of the unmarried teens who get pregnant do so within six months of their first sexual experience. In fact, between 1986 and 1990, teen childbearing increased by 16 percent. Whats worse, pregnant teenagers often dont see a doctor until the time of delivery. Another serious problem surrounding teen sexual intercourse is the probability of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Each year, three million teens are infected with STDs. Among 14- to 20-year-olds, chlamydia is the most common. It has no obvious ...
- 999: American Beauty
- ... on the products required for a transformation into what is socially believed to be beautiful. Recently in history, women, who were far from being pawns and victims, used makeup to declare their freedom, identity, and sexual allure as they flocked to enter public life. The first social history of American beauty culture: a richly textured account of how women created the cosmetics industry and how cosmetics created the modern woman. You ... moves). Women were engineered to save their health and energy during the long human gestation period (could easily prefer a nap or a bite to eat). Though it may preserve elements of our evolutionary past, sexual attraction is more influenced by current cultural standards. The problem comes up when the standard is Barbie. Women judge themselves more harshly than men do. The majority of women believe men want them to be ...
- 1000: Impact of Abuse
- Impact of Abuse The impact of sexual abuse reaches all levels of a childs emotions. These emotions and the effects are listed below: Confusion: This is usually the initial reaction of the child. They will usually question, "What is going on?" and ... as the confusion which goes through a childs mind. "Since I was a little ten-year-old child, I had to deceive and hide from the world and my mother that my father took a sexual interest in me. Remember how you taught me that art of deceit? First you put me in a situation that had to be kept a secret then you pledged me to secrecy...As a ten ...
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