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Essays on Social Issues

Gender In Sports
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... of women who had to fight their way onto the team only to sit on the sidelines and watch. It is quite probable that such girls are only able to get onto the teams on the basis that most schools simply do not have a football team dedicated solely to the women football athletes. This lack of recognition for female athletes only becomes more frequent as one progresses through the levels of competition in virtually any sport. The games of women's teams, where they do exist, tend to draw only limited crowds at most levels of competition, scholastic or otherwise. In the realm of athletic activities, the American society has chosen not to offer the same opportunities ...



Responsible Driving
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... your behind the wheel youll probobly do a better job and know the correct manerisms and etiquites of driving. The main purpose of this speech is to let you know how to drive responsibly and safely. I will first review the dangers and risks of driving to let you know what your getting into if you use illegal substances or drive improperly. Then I will go into the basic signs,signals and rules of driving to inform you of the current laws and regulations. Finally I will go through a step-by-step process of driving, from getting out of the drive way to turning onto a highway. Accident risk is the chance of injury to yourself or others and the chance of damage to vehic ...



The American Association Of Retired Persons (AARP)
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... by volunteer board members at the local and national levels. The 33 million members of the AARP can expect many benefits as well as support from the AARP. The wide range of services span anywhere from movie tickets to grants for re-search. The AARP also has many publications in the form of audio and publications. The most famous of these publications is the bimonthly Modern Maturity which targets all readers inter-ested in AARP issues. The issues and goals the AARP advocates span a great deal throughout the political, economic, and social arena. While diverse in its areas of interest, the AARP mainly concentrates on social issues. Being a nonpartisan organ ...



Sartre And Homosexuality
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... person is a homosexual in the way that a "table is a table." Sartre’s argument lies within this framework. He believes that the homosexual cannot acknowledge that he is a homosexual. If the homosexual becomes "sincere", and expresses that he is a homosexual, he would be in bad faith. He would essentially agree that he is a homosexual in the same way that a book is a book. He wold be "affirming that he is a homosexual in the sense of being-in-itself, yet at the same time he would be aware that this was not, in fact, the case. Another paradigm that we could use is the example of Ex-President Richard Nixon. Nixon’s infamous statement, "I am not a crook," is a nea ...



Middle Class Blacks' Burden
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... of: 1)white people thinking blacks cannot do an adequate job, 2)lower class blacks who criticize middle and upper class blacks, and 3)victimization. Racism today exists in many different forms. There are many people who, all their lives, were brought up to believe that black people are of a lesser standard. It is no wonder that many people think African Americans perform inadequately even though these African Americans produce a high quality satisfaction. The people that doubt the work of an African American can obviously be seeing only the skin color. Lenita McClain states, "I am burdened daily with showing whites that blacks are people." Shelby Steele asks ...



Fetishism
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... could result in an orgasm. The Freudian view of fetishes changed over the years. His early view stated that fetishism was a result of some childhood fantasy or exposure that resulted in the fetish but he later changed the view. Freud later theorized that the fetish was a fear of castration on the part of the male. He believed that the association with the penis to the female reproductive organ was a reminder to men that castration is possible. This anxiety would cause the fetishist to associate his or her sexual desire with another body part or object. By doing this he or she can link sexual experience with another part and forget about infertility, humil ...



Providing Jobs For The Disabled
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... nearly ten thousand merchandise and specialty stores You can just imagine how many handicapped workers they employed. Weather it’s mental retardation or a strong injury, these problems in many cases will not hold back job productivity. Also remember that having a job, regardless of what it is, may often times be more valuable to the disabled, who may have had a hard time getting a job in the past. The satisfaction of having that job may be a motivating factor, and having motivated employees are what its all about. Another factor is they will be less likely to leave for another job (since it would be very difficult for them to find another one). Woolworth ...



Why Everyone Should Have Different Rights
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... they have now. The felons should not be able to walk the streets in plain clothes. They should have to wear a bright red or orange. Most of the felons when released go back to what they do best. The felons are not supposed to have a firearm in their possession some abide by this rule and some do not. There possession should be searched through on a regular basis. Illegal Aliens are a big problem in the United States at the time being. If they do stay they should pay taxes like the average citizen. And should not be able to draw welfare. The laws restricting illegal immigrants should be enforced. And all illegals that do not pay taxes should be s ...



Bilingual Education...”Si” Or No?
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... closeness with his parents by giving up Spanish--his native language. Rodriguez feels that bilingual education is wrong because using a family language in school “...misunderstand(s) the public uses of schooling and...trivialize(s) the nature of intimate life” (225). In his essay, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood”, Rodriguez applies many rhetorical features to build an effective essay with a strong point: children should learn a “public” language in school, not only to increase their educational prowess but also to gain acceptance in society. Rodriguez builds ethos by describing his childhood experiences. He talks of the trouble he had speakin ...



Binge Drinking On College Campuses
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... basis can have extremely detrimental long term effects to a person's body. Binge drinking is an often overlooked problem on college campuses. Although buying and drinking alcohol is illegal for most college students, officials rate binge drinking as the number one health problem for students today (Monroe 27). A study by the Harvard School of Public Health found as many as 70 percent of students at some college campuses binge drink. One-third of all schools surveyed reported bingeing by more than half the students (Kowalski 8). Many students feel they “know their limits, ” and can act responsibly while under the influence of alcohol. However, binge drinkin ...




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