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- 2251: Underage Drinking: A Problem For Society
- ... almost 3.6 billion drinks annually-- or 10 million drinks each day. (http://www.cspinet.org/booze/alcyouth.htm.) Underage drinking has serious social, health, and economic consequences. It is a major factor in crime, violence, mental-health problems, and injuries including both those that are fatal and non-fatal. Unfortunately, these are problems that all of society will have to deal with. There are a number of reasons why teenagers ...
- 2252: Impact of Television on Society
- ... apparently cheap to produce). Many people are concerned that programmes which contain adult content are schedualed too early in the evening, parents worry about anti-social values portrayed in programmes along with the images of violence which may have a dramatic effect on their children. In Australia inparticular many people are concernced whether the media reflects and assists in a tolerent multi-cultural society. For many the lack of real debates ...
- 2253: The Meaning of Society
- ... by the idea of chaos revolting in the society and that is why he explains togetherness and not chaos to be what makes up a society. Durkheim, a bourgeois liberal, was concerned with the instability, violence and decline in social order. Durkheim felt that the common values shared by a society, such as morality and religion were the basis of social stability. In his opinion, these values were what maintained a ...
- 2254: The Rwanda Refugee Crisis
- ... to the fact that " by June 1995, seven prisoners in every 10,000 were dying everyday " 6. At that rate in no time at all the whole prison population would die from overpopulation, disease and violence. There was an improvement of security at the refugee camps in the neighboring states. This was done in the hope of preventing the refugees from being intimidated to not return home. Most importantly an international ...
- 2255: Reform Movements Of The Nineteenth Century
- ... 10/97). The major social argument was religious based. Many religious groups stated that soldiers of the cross should lead blameless lives (Tindall and Shi 545). In addition, other temperance groups linked alcohol to family violence, poverty, loss of jobs, and crime (Moloney 11/10/97). In the industrial setting, alcohol was seen as the cause for decreased production, and a dismal workforce. Owners of factories noticed this decline in production ...
- 2256: Social Reproduction Theory
- ... in the inner city of L.A. the youth that attend the schools are at more of a loss because of outside sources. These could include thing like the influence of gangs, drugs, and possible violence within the schools themselves. Medal detectors being at each of the entrances of the school can also be a great hesitation for not only students but also for prospective teachers. If this is the case ...
- 2257: Transcendentalism
- ... is a reality for many that choose to be panthioistic. To all that bring the world hate, war, crime, and disgrace when has the choice of nature over rancor resolved to nothing but death and violence. When great writers such as Thoreau, Bryant, and Emerson grace the earth, leaving nothing but the best for us to reveal.
- 2258: America and Affirmative Action
- ... this country. When racial categories were created, simply being labeled a minority carried with it quite a slanderous stigma. Even to this day Black Americans combat lingering racism an stereotypes about their intelligence, tendency toward violence, sexual prowess, etc.... The idea that affirmative action policies introduce stigmas that did not already exist into the life of minorities seems nonsensical. To those who claim that this stigma undermines the effectiveness of Blacks ...
- 2259: War Between Sexes
- ... do not look at the history of rape, thus they are themselves confused. In mythology, it has been claimed that man has sexual anxiety and fear of women's dominance. Furthermore, the roots of sexual violence are the men's sense of psychological weakness toward women. Paglia suggests how to behave and confront the historical problem. The first step is to be strong and respond strongly when someone makes a sexual ...
- 2260: The Debate on Gay Rights
- ... I could see with homosexuals having children is not with them raising children but with how other people deal with it. Unfortunately, some people still strongly believe these people are dangerous and would even use violence against them, which is why many who have children try to keep it fairly hidden. Awareness definitely has to be taught and that homosexuals are people, just like the rest of us. As for marriage ...
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