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US Society and the Welfare System

increases raised questions about the extent and quality of public assistance. Recessions, unemployment, federal and state debts, r...

CANCER, ITS IMPORTANCE, AND SOCIETAL IMPACT

But what is the deal when these cells multiply, and why is this bad? Normal cells are needed to keep the body healthy - when they ...

The Positive and Negative Effects of Using Cloning to Treat Genetic Disease

Switching around an embryos mitochondria might appear innocent enough but we must realize that mitochondrial genes act well outsid...

The Importance of 9-11

indeed witnessed an attack inside our borders but that attack was limited both in its extent and in the continued threat that it r...

Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Study:

vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...

Gender Reversal in Indigenous Culture

American Native groups as well. For many indigenous cultutes, in fact, gender-reversed individuals have played important ...

Sex and Morality

accepted element in some of the more primitive of the worlds societies, more advanced societies have historically regarded promisc...

Perceiving the Arts

had learned in Kindergarten. It was a song that had moved him and he wanted to move others. He waited his time and delivered his...

The Cultural Messages of "Beauty and the Beast"

to "active" and "aggressive" pursuits. This is not the model we find in Beauty and the beast. In the fairy tale itself (this expl...

Theme of Slavery in 3 Literary Eras

slaves are forcibly taken from their native lands, "Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children," which he argues goes ...

Albee: "The Sandbox"

their waste, an interpretation borne out by Grandmas lines: "they ... fixed a nice place for me under the stove ... gave me an arm...

Women, Men/Relationships in Midsummer Night’s Dream

even death. Rather than comply, Hermia elopes with Lysander, fleeing into the woods. Shakespeare emphasizes the enormous consequen...

Functions of Public Relations

functions for organizations in facilitating establishing and maintaining a positive public image, but it also functions for societ...

Role of the Feminine in Ancient Creation Myth

males. In both "Enuma Elish" and in Hesiods mythology, the Earth goddess is described in terms of motherhood. Tiamet first rages a...

Thirty Questions on Complexity by Mitchell lWaldrop

complex systems, whether they are ecosystems, individual organisms, or economics, have certain characteristics in common. Complex ...

A Tribute to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Who Brought Home the Medal

historical events. Instead there is an interplay between them, circumstance, and other major and minor players. At the time of t...

Female and Male Inequality and Societal Consequences

leads to a number of societal dysfunctions such as unequal access to education, jobs and other societal positions. A number of so...

Comparing John Stuart Mill and Mary Wollstonecraft's Ideas About Female Emancipation

live up to its promises. Mill realized that the male had practically unlimited power over the woman and that the institution of ...

The Societal Costs of Counterterrorism

ACLU (2002, 3) contends, however, that no evidence exists that: "statutory gaps facilitated the September...

Societal Role of Sports

provides a healthy venue for socializing. Rather than meet clients in a bar, for example, they can chat on the golf course. Young ...

Being a Teacher

only be exposed to ideas that are congruent with societal ideals. He argues, "Then shall we simply allow our children to listen to...

Meaning of 'Social Accents'

was used by the first editor of the English Pronouncing Dictionary and the model of pronunciation that he preferred (Tench 107). T...

Tracing the Origins of the Internet

the Internet (1999). The concept that anyone in the world can publish information and have it instantly available to someone else...

US Society and the Internet

incredibly intriguing and checks every day to see what the weather will be like. From such simple perspectives as this we can see ...

Societal Impact of the Media

then, after a time, actions follow (Waliszewksy and Smithouser, 2001). The human brain, they note, doesnt need that "garbage" (Wal...

An Analysis of The God That Sucked by Thomas Frank" – Impact Upon Understanding Of Or Concern About The Unequal Distribution Of Wealth

whenever a civilized society is involved. Indeed, the very notion of social justice often leads directly to social injustice, ina...

A Program to Reduce Overweight Kids

The prevalence of obesity has increased across the world over the last three decades. Effective programs to curb and prevent overw...

Overweight Children

It is no secret that a large percentage of the American population is overweight or obese. The tragedy is that a large proportion ...

Effects of Child Abuse/Study Summary

various measures, the first step that the researchers took was to compare maltreatment items that were administered in the lab ses...

Nigeria - Health

this country (Hargreaves, 2002). Tuberculosis is another one (Hargreaves, 2002). It has to do with a lack of inoculations against ...