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- 1891: Bulimia
- Bulimia Americans place a great deal of importance on being thin. All the models, television personalities and athletes are extremely thin. It says to the American youth that to be successful you have to be thin. As a result, 1 in 10 teenage girls struggle with an eating disorder. Bulimia ...
- 1892: Euthanasia
- ... have to agree that the patient had less than six months to live, and the patient would be required to ask for euthanasia in writing. But even though it was voted legal, when asked on television, everyone asked said that they strongly believed that it was unethical. Said one, "Rules against killing are not isolated moral principles, but pieces of a web that form a moral code. The more threads removed ...
- 1893: Teens and Smoking
- ... with tobacco. During the 1040's and 50's smoking was popular and socially acceptable. Movie stars, sports heroes, and celebrities appeared in cigarette advertisements that promoted and heavily influenced teens. Influence also came from Television and other media sources. The desires to be accepted and to feel grown up are among the most common reasons to start smoking. Yet, even though teenagers sometimes smoke to gain independence, and to be ...
- 1894: Schitzophrenia, Childhood, Mental, Anxiety and Other Disorders
- ... is afraid of these type of people. This is because they do not want to turn out the way these people are. A common example of a mental disorder is down syndrome. There was a television program in the early 90's that featured a boy that had to live with this terrifying disorder. This show was very inspirational for all people with disorders. The boy's name was Corky who ...
- 1895: Obesity
- ... obsessed with appearance, especially weight. We are conditioned at a young age to believe the only way to be normal is to be thin. This norm is projected to millions of Americans each day through television, magazines, billboards and every other form of media and advertising. How are people to know acceptance and happiness with themselves and others when our culture propagates what the perfect body should be. It is the ...
- 1896: Lucid Dreams: The First Virtual Reality
- ... horror, my most terrifying nightmare has been where my family and friends have been taken control of by evil monsters that cannot be stopped. Rather than kill me they make me watch old 1970's television shows over and over. For years, men have thought that there should be a way of preventing or controlling these nightly events. Humans must, like any animal, sleep. We do not fully understand why we ...
- 1897: Dietary Guidelines for North Americans and Suggestions for Food Choices
- ... diet pills, fad diets, and other weight loss promises. These enterprises thrive on the ever growing amount of obese people and their need for a quick and easy solution. One can't turn on the television or flip through the pages of a magazine without seeing some kind of diet remedy, that according to the manufacturer works wonders. "Guaranteed to lose weight or your money back" is a catch phrase that ...
- 1898: Meditation: A In-Depth Look
- ... age, we often seek out materialistic means of happiness. Some pursue hobbies that like rock climbing that present both physical and mental challenges to satisfy this need while others stretch out in front of the television to relax. We approach our search for a better sense of well-being on a superficial level instead of dealing with the issues that are the root cause of our pain. We don't really ...
- 1899: Breast Implants
- ... women have sought out these clinics in droves. This enabled women to feel more confident about themselves and gave them a feeling of higher employability. For example, we see many women in the movie and television industry who have opted for a more well developed breast. These women such as Pamela Anderson Lee, La Toya Jackson, Helen Hunt, Lonnie Anderson and Dollie Parton just to name a few, have had very ...
- 1900: The Goals and Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions
- ... and extremism manifested itself within SNCC and CORE and the formation of Black Separatist groups such as the Black Panthers, the Weathermen, and RAM. The rhetoric of extremists inside SNCC and in other groups captured television camera's and although Reverend Martin Luther King continued to march and speak, the face of the Civil Rights Movement became that of Angela Davis and Huey Newton; the song of the Civil Rights Movement ...
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