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Human Behaviours And Society
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 441.... tender and so on. These kinds of characterizations are the social stereotypes that have to be followed by each gender.
Social behaviors are supposed to be due to hormonal responses in human biological functions, but most of the time it doesn’t happen. For example, if a man is in an elegant place with very many people, and suddenly someone attacks him without any reason, the hormonal response will be to act aggressively against that person. In spite of this, the social contest will surely dictate getting out of the place without causing any problem. It can be seen that s .....
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Appearance Vs. Reality Of Modern Music Affect On Teenagers
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1123.... of all the things that teenagers have in front of them day-in, day-out;
radio, television, clothes of peers etc. All of which are covered with popular
musicians. So if they are so accessible then most people are aware of this so
they start to pay attention to it, they see these extravagant people with no
boundaries, limits or regulations. Most of modern "rock stars" have a catch
something that stands out from the rest which leads to peoples attention. Also
most "rock stars" these days have a relationship with the teens, the teens see
themselves (or what they .....
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Gangs: A Violent Reality
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1527.... old, who is not
yet a member) is shown that s/he could make $200 to $400 for small part time
gang jobs. Although these are important factors they are not strong enough to
make kids do things that are strongly against their morals.
One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence becomes
more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The average child
spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom. Since nobody can
completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning something while watching
the TV. Very few hours of television w .....
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Sexism-Patriarchy
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2072.... subtle
discrimination is however, still quite prevalent in our society. Salary is one
aspect of this still present discrimination, a vast majority of women employed
in the work force today receive less of a paycheck for the same amount of hours
worked on the same jobs as men. This is reinforced by the low number of women
who have a high paying, high powered job. There are a significantly higher
number of women who have little or no power in decision making and earn a low
salary. The women that do get promoted are often the subjects of rumor and
remarks made in poor taste. .....
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Censorship Of Books: Freedom Of What?
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1181.... be able to decide what their neighbor's child
should and should not read. That would clearly violate our first amendment
right. The first amendment, in part states that Americans have freedom of
the press (to publish any material they want.) This also means that we can
access any of these materials. It doesn't mean we have the freedom to
control what others access, that would be referred to as communism.
In Triverton, Rhode Island a middle school class was assigned to
read a book called Go Ask Alice. The book portrays a fifteen-year-old girl
who is trying to overco .....
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Existentialism
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 545.... of the major playwrights during this period was Jean-Paul Sartre.
Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and
become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular
playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus
accidentally became the spokesman for the French Underground when he wrote
his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or "The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus
was the man condemned by the gods to roll a rock to the top of a mountain,
only to have it roll back down again. For Camus, this related heavily t .....
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Television Violence
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1747.... way people acted(14).
As seen in the survey the problem of television violence is being made
more aware to the people of the world. The problem has also grown over the
years to a more serious dilemma making the government start to try and solve
the problem by initiating laws in which television stations must limit violence
on T.V.(6). It is still not enough though the problem must be taken care of
promptly before it changes society as a whole. If the problem is not taken care
of swiftly then it could effect the future of the world by having violence
rampage the streets of o .....
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Understanding Behavior
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 620.... satisfied due to her lack of wealth. Darlene also
expressed that this form "classism" against her was apparent at sunday
school. It was so great in fact that she actually quit the classes to get
away from the sunday school "snobs".
It should come as no surprise that Darlene has also expressed a desire
to quit highschool as well. This may also explain her reluctance to join
any clubs and the way she anticipates unfriendly reactions from people she
meets. Darlene's teachers agree that although Darlene has an above
average intellect, she still only aquires average m .....
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