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The Causes For Child Abuse
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... they are emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Sexual abuse is an act of a sexual nature upon or within a child. Emotional abuse is a chronic attitude or acts which interfere with the psychological and social development of a child (U.S. 11). Physical abuse is the injury of a child, not accidental. Though all three types of abuse are serious and deserve attention, physical abuse is the only one that is going to be addressed. There are many causes for child abuse. The most common are isolation, generation gap. immaturity, and alcoholism. Immaturity, unfortunately is the culprit of many child abuse cases today. Children suffer abuse because their parent ...



"Does The Military Continue To Have Sexual Harassment And Discrimination Against Women In The 90's?"
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... While some women's experiences have been similar to those of black men, their integration into the military has also differed in several ways. Because of our society's fundamental belief that protecting the home and going to war are a man's work, men from minority groups have often been accepted more readily in the military than the women. Women have been viewed as outsiders in a male environment. Discrimination and harassment occurs for women because we are entering an all male dominated area. Some areas are still restricted because of it. For example: serving in direct combat capacities such as armor, infantry, and special forces--branches fr ...



Liberalism
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... personal life the highest priority, above even social or political considerations. Within the moral core there are three main ideas. An individual has certain personal liberties that guarantee protection from the government, and that everyone has the right to live under a form of law with known procedures, that corresponds to everyone, including the people in the high offices or positions. This also pertains to a person’s right to think, talk, and worship in any way that they feel they need to without depriving other people of their rights. Also within the moral core exists a persons civil liberties. These are a persons right to think for themselves and learn ...



The Repulsive Effects Of Smoking
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... about these questions: Does cigarette smoke effect a person’s health and body? Does cigarette smoke habit bring about financial problems? The most argumentative question was that if smoking is liked or disliked by the opposite sex? The answers given to questions asked on this survey are very educational and helpful. Smoking is the cause of most deaths in the world. It has killed millions and millions of people. Just in the United States alone, 400,000 people have died due to tobacco related illnesses. Study has shown that a single cigarette contributes to the loss of seven minutes of a person’s life. As Lawrence C. An, MD, documents, “Each day nearly 300 ...



Demographics
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... a critical anaylization of facts in hopes of getting a greater understanding. The first set of facts we will look at is the comparison of total black population vs. total white population . In New York in 1990 there were 10,653,051 whites and 2,805,115 blacks .From this information we can assume a few things . This shows that in even such a state with one of the most cosmopolitan cities(NYC) that most likely there will be more whites seen throughout. With a higher white population there will probably be more white community leaders, government officials .There will be more whites in the workforce . The total black persons was 2,805,115 vs.blacks in rural ...



Women In The Labour Force December 17, 1992
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... Italy, and Japan the female participation rate is very low. In most of the countries the labour force is most participated in the age groups between 20 and 24. The labour force of mature women is very high in Sweden, because of the encouraged day care facilities which also provides the females with legislation that provides them with excellent benefits. In Japan there is a drop in female economic activity, the reason why is it affects their marriage and the care of their only child. An observation of labour force participation rates in Canada show that female rates rose a lot between 1971 and 1981, while the male rate rose unnoticeably. The incre ...



The Need For An Anglo American Lifestyle
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... so, the Americans felt as though the Cubans were trying to recreate pre-Revolutionary Havana. However, the Cubans only wanted a better life. They had no intention of mixing with the American culture. The Japanese Americans assimilated into life in the Manzannar internment camp by making their surroundings as they were in Japan, creating lush gardens filled with cactus plants and rock gardens which resembled Mount Fujiyama (100). Both the Cubans and the Japanese were deemed less than American. The Cubans were acceptable as long as they did not assert their hotness, nor their Cubanness on the street under a shady palm tree(136), or hold a prominent position in ...



A Civil Rebuttal
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... chaos' in the search for our solutions and resolutions of the very ‘virus' it seems we have caused. I would not of course go so far as to say a civil war between the generations within this house, but moreover to express that simply by me using philosophy, it becomes not only my benefit, but a mutualism between us. Please feel more than obliged to correct me if I am incorrect (morally or politically) but are we not all philosophers ourselves? As a baker's vocation is to bake, a philosopher's vocation is to think. Is it not that we all think? I was deeply saddened at your comments in the oppression and restriction to what I may or may not strive to think. ...



Animal Rights
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... writhe and moan before falling silent. This experiment meant to simulate what happens to human beings in a car crash or a violent head injury. It isn't right to cause pain, suffering, and certain death to animals just for our benefit. Many scientists also agree that this experimental procedure was wrong but only because primates have higher intelligence. I don't think it is right for any animal of high or low intelligence, to suffer that way. In other laboratories animals are confined to small cages or locked up so that thay can't move. They are then used to test cosmetics and household chemicals. They have chemicals poured on to their eyes and skin to see ...



Racism
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... "Just shove off and let me be," Jimmy answered. It is like this everyday, everywhere, and everytime, people suffer discrimination. All because they have differences amongst each other. Different beliefs, different cultures, different skin colour, all of these act like building blocks to help construct what we know as Racism. Racism has become one of the many burdens amongst multi-cultural worlds like Canada and the States. Racism is a part of each and every one of us. No doubt, we are all racist, but this the term racism has been used too loosely. Racism has been mutated to such an extent that it could be a reason for war, a symbol of terroris ...




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