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Why Are Individuals Aggressive?
<view this essay>.... are the cause of aggression. Brain disorders,
hormonal and chemical imbalances, environmental factors, such as heat, noise,
air pollution and overcrowding, although contribute to the causes of aggression
will not be discussed during the course of this essay. No universally adopted
definition of aggression exists, for the purpose of this discussion, the
definition of Gross will be used.
Gross defines aggression as :-"The intentional infliction of some form of harm
on others" (Gross page 444)
Freud proposed that aggression is an instinctive biological urge. According to
Freud this instinct, is made up of the libido (pleasure) and "Thanatos" (the
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Pornography Can Lead To Violence Toward Women
<view this essay>.... dollar industry in the United States, exists primarily for the purpose of enjoyment by a male audience. The mass circulation of pornographic films and magazines provides cultural, ideological support for the increase in sexual attacks on women. The word pornography comes from the Greek root porne (which means harlot, prostitute or female captive) and graphos (which means description of). True to the root meaning of the word, pornographic material depicts women as articles purchased or captured. Pornography dehumanizes women. The material often focuses only on certain body parts such as the breast or legs, suggesting that a woman does not exist as a whole p .....
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Views Of Gangs
<view this essay>.... Then there are branches of the gangs. It usually depends on were
you live to what gang is in your area.
Also many gangs are associated with drugs from smoking cigarettes to
sniffing cocaine. There are many gangs who buy, sell and even make drugs.
In many gangs to join you have to be jumped in meaning about 30 guys from
the gang come and beat the crap out of you.Or they give you some kind of
test like to kill some rival gang member or rob a bank. Many of the guns
gang buy come from the streets you can usually buy a gun from the back of a
truck for bout 50$.Even old gangs are starting to be reorganized. Also with
each type of gang comes with slang fr .....
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Two Views On The Confederate Flag’s Controversial Issue
<view this essay>.... General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard led his Army of Northern Virginia into battle at Manassas, Virginia against the forces of the U.S. Army of the Potomac. History would later note that this was the first major conflict of the American Civil War. The battle was unique in many respects. It came complete with spectators who carried picnic style lunches to enjoy while watching the fight. Soldiers of the Union Army wore uniforms of blue, gray and even red, but so did Confederates who were fighting for General Beauregard. To add to the confusion, both sides had flags that strongly resembled one another. Neither army could, at a distance, distinguish .....
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Television And Movie Violence
<view this essay>.... account for 60% of TV programming and that the amount of violence has steadily increased each year. Since 1994 violent programming on the major broadcast networks has increased 14% in primetime (Stern, 1998, p. 24).
Television violence is a serious problem and there has to be something done to keep the violence at a respectable level.
There are strong statistics about the amount of television watched by the public and the amount of violence that is shown on television. Such statistics highlight the potentially strong influence TV can have on those who watch it. It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see, and children are particularly recepti .....
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Should Unmarried Couples Live Together?
<view this essay>.... However, today in the nineties cohabiting couples see things different. These couples see cohabiting not as being “anti-marriage” but most of them see cohabiting as “anti-divorce” ( Parry 15 ). So, today peoples fear of divorce has lead them to see cohabitation as a “trial marriage” that will serve as protection from a marriage that will result in a divorce.
People for cohabitation compare it to a new car, clothes or shoes. They ask the question, if you were going to buy a new car and you see that it looks good and has nice features but you do not know how well it drives are you going to test drive it before buying it? or, do you try on cloths and shoes .....
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Underage Drinking: A Big Problem
<view this essay>.... to a motor vehicle. "For 20 year-old
Iowa State junior Scott Christy, acquiring alcohol is not a problem. All he has
to do is contact a friend... and within half an hour he can have the drink of
his choice" (Frerking). Because underage drinking is such a problem in today's
society, measures must be taken to reduce the problem.
One solution to the problem of underage drinking is to lower the
drinking age from 21 years down to 18 or 19 years. At first glance, this seems
like a good idea because a large portion of underage drinkers, mainly college
students, would now no longer be underage and would be able to drink legally.
Problem solved, or is it? Accordi .....
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Guns And Children
<view this essay>.... safe, dismantle the gun into a couple pieces and keep them out of the reach of the children.
Buying the bullets when you need to ,or keeping them in the safe that know one but you and your spouse has the combination to get into it. Find a carrying case that is durable and will last a while that can be lock up and put away from site of a curious child. There is also a lock that can be put in the back of the trigger, so that the trigger can not be pull to release a round of ammo. There are people that say they are just trying to keep there family safe from harm. Is there anyone that doesn’t want to be able to keep there family safe from any harm that might be th .....
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