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Violence and How It is Glorified in 'The Iliad' by Homer

In eight pages this paper discusses the epic's glorification of violence in an analysis that also considers gender roles, human na...

Differences Between Domestic Violence and Other Types of Violence

common, and even hitting children with sticks or belts has been common and often recommended through history for controlling child...

Causes and Effects of Violence in Schools

to violent acts in the news and other programming content. Television is not alone in this respect, however. Newspapers and even...

Current Prejudices against Women in the U.S.

stereotypes about lesser female competence" (Swim et al, 1995, p. 199). Modern sexism, however, is characterized by "the denial of...

Domestic Violence and African Americans

to criminal activity, to substance abuse. These problems have both direct and indirect impacts on the family. A considerable bod...

Media Violence Influences Teen Violence

the radar," so to speak of most parents as research indicates that once children reach high school, parents rarely check the ratin...

Protecting People from Workplace Violence

Of course, some may think that such legal tactics go too far. After all, a violent workplace offender should be responsible for hi...

Spiegelman, Remarque, and Wiesel: The Transformative Quality of Violence

device to thematically distill the essence of war and genocide, present its reality in a way that is more humanistic than statisti...

The Social Issue of Desensitization to Violence as a Result of Media Exposure

view of the systems and factors that impact the development of the mind. The philosophical premise was linked to the assessment of...

Performance Assessment within the National Health Service (NHS)

performance assessments from a legal perspective, a professional perspective and an ethical perspective. 2. Performance Assessment...

The Bluest Eye & The Color Purple

that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...

Prejudices Women Face in the U.S.

levels of power and position. It would be foolish to argue that women havent made progress, because they have, but it would also ...

Mike Nifong and the Duke Lacrosse Case

ambitions, the case seemed like an ideal vehicle to become a hero to the African American community of Durham, North Carolina and ...

Reform Movements of the 19th Century

In five pages this paper examines antislavery, women's rights, prison, education, and temperance movements of the 19th century and...

The Boys Scouts in Litigation

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

The Importance of Women's History

women to the sidelines of history, as insignificant to the progress of humanity. By implication, this view says that women did not...

International Women's Movements and Issues of Globalization

issues is a situation which traces its roots far back into history. The indigenous women of Latin America have been suppressed by...

Postwar Great Britain and Female Representation

that dragged Englands economy and drained her resources were the many and varied territories she claimed abroad. Faced with the de...

Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Over Diagnosed?

to high increased use, but this may also be down to increased acceptance and a low baseline. To assess whether or not there is a...

The Seven Sisters/Women's Education

The cultural bias against education for women was so severe in the eighteenth century that Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), note...

Toxic Taco’s; The Arguments Surrounding GM Crops

that GM crops have been put through. The consideration can be looked at from a commercial or business perspective, from a govern...

Religion and the Role of Women in the Middle East

gender equality is seen throughout the world and not limited to the Middle East (Kandiyoti, 1991). To assess the link between wo...

Is Globalization Synonymous with Americanization?

(Friedman, 2000). Naomi Klein is against globalization and also sees the process as one tjhat is spreading American values...

Herbert Gans/Urban Villagers

slum" and while its residents had their own problems, these difficulties did not evolve from living in this neighborhood (Gans xiv...

Suing Fast Food Restaurants For Obesity

The dictionary defines this phrase as: "in fact, whether with a legal right or not" and "acting or existing in fact but without le...

Women And Depression

of their physical, biological and social milieu, and how we respond is governed by genetic make-up" (pp. 44-45). Postpartum-relat...

The Role of Women in Islamic Society

no means represent the lives of most Muslim women (2002). What are the lives of most like? How are women viewed in Muslim society?...

The Cornish Case and the Right to Free Speech

of the Madison Country Day School to address difficult issues. Ms. Cornish charges that her dismissal has not been based on quant...

Impact on Language Learning, Global Issues

This research paper explored organizational websites of intuitions that focus on global issues, such as environmental issues, pove...

The Utilization of Personal Protection Equipment

equated with new technology. Still, this is an old problem. Other issues concern personal protection from biological agents. This ...